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Did they tell how old were the clones or how many? On top of it the clones had made their own clones and while shin was also shown using the others as organ donors killing previous ones. { that spin off is still a spin off not the original manga }

Given how Orochimaru mentions that Shin was once a child, its safe to say that age like normal people.

Orochimaru said that he made many clones with Shin and said that one had in his lab was the last of them. Implying that Shin took the rest and the kids were them. The one in Orochimaru lab looked about the same age as the other kids.

Even if Shin did leave before the main story that still means Orochimaru had that one Uchiha clone in his possession yet never used took over his body.

Not in the least. That contradiction in your claim and conclusion was another example of flaw in your logic..

I mean does it really matter to the topic?

Shikamaru wasn't a sand nin.

Gaara was the one who claimed the one-tails was a spirit of the priest. Not Shikamaru.

Not applicable for the manga at all. that was for movie makers who wanted their childhood love crap while Kishi himself hadn't rushed in for any relationship.

Kishi had admitted himself that he pressured them to not have Naruto and Hinata's relationship naturally develop for that very reason.

Nope. I would believe if I saw a really fair and real list of retcons and compare it with other series which was equally dense and fleshed out universe and long enough to judge it fairly. But I haven't. Instead if I compare the same amount of panels and story progression in two series then Naruto comes of more packed with deeper personality characterization in shorter period of time and shows more complex plot than most of them. I have said it before - most weekly mangas start tripping as they cross the 100 chapters. They become somewhat repetitive in one way or another and power levels too keep on increasing. And since other mangas are neither being scrutinized that badly nor are that popular on internet, obviously you will see more results for Naruto.

# Naruto is named because it was among the most popular ( and often the top most) series on several internet forums. It got highest scrutiny in last decade while people ignore problem in other mangas.

# The most important factor that augments such an idea are people who exaggerate everything and call even normal plot progression as retcon. One example is highlighted in your post itself and I will come to it. I will bold & star it like this "**" to mark it. .
Even in the cases when you guys are shown direct manga page of overshadowing you are back with the same claim next time around disregarding the correction of facts last time. For some strange reason many of this group believe there are some kind of rule book for plot progression and these rules must be followed to be called good writing. Anything that doesn't follow their idea of how the story should have progressed and any twist or turn that writer take is a sin in their eyes.


# Third factor- because the final story was revealed in several steps many people started making theories of how the character would end up, then it became a competition to win the internet by being correct. And then they turned in to angry hollows ranting all the time that's the twist is retcon and an asspull ( how dare this writer ignore their theory and not use the asspull they were going for)!! The ungrateful jerk thinks that just because being the one to create these characters and verse and work on it for 15+ years he can do anything and not give ME the personalize fanservice!!!!!! Kishi's atrocity to write his own story and his selfish desire to look out for his own interest in his life's work annoys them a lot.

# Fans of other series which were already ongoing saw increasing and consistent internet popularity of Naruto as an assault to their favourite manga and mangka like see this noise and fan it. Another category is who wanted to see something similar that they had read in another rmanga and started ranting that it wasn't like that other manga.( no jokes)


An example of false claim of retcon fro your post is following ( as promised above):

You completely forgot about Bleach. That's a perfect comparison right there. One of the Holy Shonen Trinity, running longer than Naruto did, tons of characters, and has just as much depth as Naruto(not much).

Its retcons are not as blatant or numerous as Naruto's. That has to do with Kubo being a far better planner than Kishi.


This is the page you referred to:


She had used too much chakra by this time not because gravity was affecting - she simply harnessed more from the tree/captive shinobies of course.

Vague? What did you think you were reading actual physics derivations? It meant to show Naruto and Sasuke were affected by it and unable to dodge the attack that's all to it.

Yet she is able to (it even says that she can do that in your link), , and . In that very same chapter.

And you didn't answer how Naruto is able to move now.


Everyone knew Tobi was going to be important villain and had been making theories for years regarding his ID- they called him madara, so6p elder son of the sage...and here for some strange reason you thought he was Obito but you didn't consider him being the big bad. So even if you guessed the ID correctly, you made an incorrect assumption regarding it's role which contradicted how others were seeing him. In short you made up a theory of Kakashi facing Obito. Since that half of your prediction didn't come true you start bashing on it calling it retcon. Others who may or may not have guessed his ID still recognized that tobi was not some villain to be handled by supporting characters.


You once complained when I said you were trolling but then you repeatedly make statements that either represent the panel wrongly, or force an alternative interpretation instead of the obvious and simpler one then it becomes hard to not think if you are dragging on argument just for the sake of it or with alternative motives.

Except Kakashi is a main character, not a support character.

Not being the big bad =/= not important antagonist

Example: Itachi wasn't the big bad but he was still an important antagonist for Sasuke, was he not?

And how did people guess that Tobi was the elder son and Madara when their names weren't dropped until later? We are talking about early part 2 here.


BZ's reply was a hint but ambiguous and obviously to mislead people or to keep them guessing.

You're argument would be plausible if it won't for Kishi admitting that he made it up as the story went. Thus making it more likely that he didn't plan for him to being pulling the strings back then.

But lets say you're argument was true and it was just there to mislead people. That means Kishi resorted to creating plot holes to mislead people because that makes zero sense. Very poor storytelling.


Full appearance wasn't needed. Only person who made full appearance and commented at VoTE incident was Zetsu.

Were you saying that Obito was there or not?

That was your personal theory. People thought would be Madara or elder son and all kind of unknown but formidable opponents, not because all those people were idiots, but because he was showing all the signs of being more than what he looked and one of the big bad.

I never said they were idiots or of low intelligence. Don't put words in my mouth.
 
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Obviously a manga that was among the most popular among teens ( with lots of time on their hand and posting on forums) and the most discussed work on internet would be shown in top results. That's just common sense. How many other manga managed to draw that many communities of this size so far? A couple of examples to elaborate my point:

OP is adventure manga that often uses gag elements to explain silly action sequence/plot progression- so when Frankie makes stairs without any support in empty air, no one questions the logic behind. Oda is asked where did Frankie get his tools from in that scene and he replied from his pants which was basically just a tiny underwear. Everyone laughs and they move on. That's a good thing but Oda is able to do that and get away with such illogical stunts because of the gag aspect.

The Near and Mellow combo in Death Note comes of forced and a lot of Kira's action are over the top only seem to added to milk the series a little longer but all in all the manga is too short so exactly how much you can discuss it? ( not a question). It's not like that finale is more believable that Kaguya arc. It's just that story was much shorter and simpler.

So bringing in google research in a serious debate and trying to support the claim on basis of how many people are discussing it instead of facts just shows they are running out of arguments.

Bleach doesn't dominate searches regarding "asspull' and "retcons".

Star Wars had the expanded universe for decades. Yet its not at the top of the list.
 
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9. Naruto was healed by Kurama's chakra during the CE, so i disagree with this one.

8. It's not plausible that a jin kid using the base shroud of the strongest of the 9 bijuu to stop an overgrown snake?

7. What was it about that CS avatar that couldn't be defended? If Naruto can add add senjutsu properties that he was compatible with to a Rasengan, then surely Sasuke should've been able to use Jugo's senjutsu to do the same with his avatar.

5. Here's where your perspective is lacking: when Mei used that acid mist on Sasuke's avatar, she had intentionally placed herself in an enclosed area where the mist wouldn't get to any of the other Kage. There wasn't a single moment in the Gokage v. Madara fight where she could've done the same thing; partly because there was an inherent risk to the other 4 Kage, and partly because Madara's clones were attacking too hard and too fast for her to use it anyway.

2. You got your facts wrong. The switch actually took place in the giant water prison.
 

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Number was I saw coming from miles away and it still irks me. Honestly the only time I seriously considered drop the manga.
 

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Mei needs a close room to do steam , so thats not an asspull... Plus all you mentioned are not asspulls YOU JUST THINK SO
 

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Sasuke getting Lee speed in month

Sasuke not dieing from C4

Madara eyes less ps
 

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Given how Orochimaru mentions that Shin was once a child, its safe to say that age like normal people.

Orochimaru said that he made many clones with Shin and said that one had in his lab was the last of them. Implying that Shin took the rest and the kids were them. The one in Orochimaru lab looked about the same age as the other kids.

Even if Shin did leave before the main story that still means Orochimaru had that one Uchiha clone in his possession yet never used took over his body.

Seeing how one on one they do not even match up to Sakura, I don't blame Oro for trying to find a real Uchiha with more variety and potential than a faux Uchiha created in the lab. Shin clones cannot even deactivate the sharingans.

I mean does it really matter to the topic?

It did because that kind of logical flaw sums up your whole argument on this topic.

Gaara was the one who claimed the one-tails was a spirit of the priest. Not Shikamaru.

Kishi had admitted himself that he pressured them to not have Naruto and Hinata's relationship naturally develop for that very reason.

Gara simply told Shikamaru what sand had come to call Shukaku. It was still sealed in him before his mother gave birth to him. Old priest was his first jinchuriki who was locked in with a giant tea kettle and shukaku and was seen as corrupted spirit. Village didn't really see him apart from the Shukaku and hated him even though he endured it well and befriended Shukaku.

It's such a minor thing that doesn't affect the plot. What could be an interesting study of how Kishimoto developed his initial ideas as the story progressed is being used for useless fretting.

You completely forgot about Bleach. That's a perfect comparison right there. One of the Holy Shonen Trinity, running longer than Naruto did, tons of characters, and has just as much depth as Naruto(not much).

Its retcons and asspulls are not as blatant or numerous as Naruto's.

Running longer than Naruto? Bleach anime lasted 2004-2012. Naruto started in 2002 and still ongoing. Bleach sale 82 million copies till date Naruto is at 220 million. Bleach may run longer in the end but it hasn't crossed it yet. And you see there is a lot more to art of story telling and writing than you insist.

Yet she is able to (it even says that she can do that in your link), , and . In that very same chapter.

And you didn't answer how Naruto is able to move now.

Why are you asking things which you would know if you read the chapter properly? She drew chakra from the tree right after that but since she was momentarily weakenned she stopped using gravity field..

Except Kakashi is a main character, not a support character.

Not being the big bad =/= not important antagonist

Example: Itachi wasn't the big bad but he was still an important antagonist for Sasuke, was he not?

And how did people guess that Tobi was the elder son and Madara when their names weren't dropped until later? We are talking about early part 2 here.

Your big bad and Itachi argument makes no sense here. If Minato couldn't beat him back then Kakashi, who was not on Minato's level even, couldn't defeat Obito. So your theory that Obtio would fight kakashi only was weak to begin with. And Obito was responsible for killing Naruto's parents. I see no problem in him getting defeated by Naruto and friends.

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"I wanted Kishi to write it this way" argument =/= "Kishi ought have written or write X this way"

These are two distinct arguments. It's that simple.

Instead of defending a personal preference over Kishi's, and dogmatically calling a legit development as plot holes, one should rather check if there's an actual flaw with the plot from a logical stand point that needs to be corrected.


You're argument would be plausible if it won't for Kishi admitting that he made it up as went as the story went. Thus making it more likely that he didn't plan for him to being pulling the strings back then.

But lets say you're argument was true and it was just there to mislead people. That means Kishi resorted to creating plot holes to mislead people because that makes zero sense. Very poor storytelling.

Ambiguity =/= creating plot hole to mislead people.

Zetsu is a combination of two different persons. BZ always knows more and White Zetsu's is rarely in the know of anything that's going on. Black Zetsu explains him things sometimes and at others he is told to shut up and just follow9 like when asked to record Uchiha fight) But Zetsu's comments about Tobi were hints all along. Not only the black part told white Zetsu that it was not that simple he also never called Tobi as Madara.

I never said they were idiots or of low intelligence. Don't put words in my mouth.

I didn't. That was sarcastic question at the way you dismissed their understanding and interpretations.


Bleach doesn't dominate searches regarding "asspull' and "retcons".

Star Wars had the expanded universe for decades. Yet its not at the top of the list.

Bleach doesn't dominate it's sales either (82 million Vs 220 million of Naruto). Bleach is not popular enough. Star Wars writer nuked whole expanded universe in one blow.

It may be safe to bet you bring it up all the time on every forum/site you are, when someone tells you you that you exaggerate this issue. That's how many times I have seen you trying to rely on it for support. Have you run out of real arguments?

There is nothing wrong with a retcon that's improving the narrative adding by adding more facts to the plot. it's a device used in more than one ways. e.g. Star wars dumped the whole expanded universe to get back on track.
 
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Seeing how one on one they do not even match up to Sakura,

Actually Shin had Sakura on the defensive in their cave match.

I don't blame Oro for trying to find a real Uchiha with more variety and potential than a faux Uchiha created in the lab. Shin clones cannot even deactivate the sharingans.

Did Orochimaru tell you this himself? Besides, he has taken over non-Uchiha for taking down random fodders.


It did because that kind of logical flaw sums up your whole argument on this topic.

Lol

Gara simply told Shikamaru what sand had come to call Shukaku. It was still sealed in him before his mother gave birth to him. Old priest was his first jinchuriki who was locked in with a giant tea kettle and shukaku and was seen as corrupted spirit. Village didn't really see him apart from the Shukaku and hated him even though he endured it well and befriended Shukaku.

It's such a minor thing that doesn't affect the plot. What could be an interesting study of how Kishimoto developed his initial ideas as the story progressed is being used for useless fretting.

Yeah, that was the story Kishi made up many years later in an attempt to make sense of the retcon. Point is that dude has rewritten origins.

Running longer than Naruto? Bleach anime lasted 2004-2012. Naruto started in 2002 and still ongoing. Bleach sale 82 million copies till date Naruto is at 220 million. Bleach may run longer in the end but it hasn't crossed it yet. And you see there is a lot more to art of story telling and writing than you insist.

We are talking about manga here. Bleach will have a longer run than Naruto. No doubt. Yet it is not overblown with shoehorned retcons like Naruto.

Sale don't really factor into this.=/


Why are you asking things which you would know if you read the chapter properly? She drew chakra from the tree right after that but since she was momentarily weakenned she stopped using gravity field..

She didn't draw chakra until the next chapter. Again, it's stated that traveling through dimensions requires tons of chakra, so the massively weaken argument doesn't hold.

Your big bad and Itachi argument makes no sense here. If Minato couldn't beat him back then Kakashi, who was not on Minato's level even, couldn't defeat Obito. So your theory that Obtio would fight kakashi only was weak to begin with. And Obito was responsible for killing Naruto's parents. I see no problem in him getting defeated by Naruto and friends.

More importantly:

"I wanted Kishi to write it this way" argument =/= "Kishi ought have written or write X this way"

These are two distinct arguments. It's that simple.

Instead of defending a personal preference over Kishi's, and dogmatically calling a legit development as plot holes, one should rather check if there's an actual flaw with the plot from a logical stand point that needs to be corrected.

All that stuff wasn't revealed until much later in Shippuden. We're talking eariler on.


Ambiguity =/= creating plot hole to mislead people.

Zetsu is a combination of two different persons. BZ always knows more and White Zetsu's is rarely in the know of anything that's going on. Black Zetsu explains him things sometimes and at others he is told to shut up and just follow9 like when asked to record Uchiha fight) But Zetsu's comments about Tobi were hints all along. Not only the black part told white Zetsu that it was not that simple he also never called Tobi as Madara.

White Zetsu was in the Obito flashback, so he was in on it the whole time.

BOLD: That was White Zetsu saying that to Obito.



I didn't. That was sarcastic question at the way you dismissed their understanding and interpretations.

It's not like I was being condensing or anything.

Bleach doesn't dominate it's sales either (82 million Vs 220 million of Naruto). Bleach is not popular enough. Star Wars writer nuked whole expanded universe in one blow.

Naruto isn't nearly as popular as the expanded universe either. That thing started in 1978 and ran until 2014 where it was "nuked. An almost 40 year run of one of the biggest franchises in the world. No doubtly more popular than Naruto world-wide and not at the top of that list.

It may be safe to bet you bring it up all the time on every forum/site you are, when someone tells you you that you exaggerate this issue. That's how many times I have seen you trying to rely on it for support. Have you run out of real arguments?

Really? Name me the other times I compared Naruto to Bleach and the expanded universe in retcons.

There is nothing wrong with a retcon that's improving the narrative adding by adding more facts to the plot. it's a device used in more than one ways. e.g. Star wars dumped the whole expanded universe to get back on track.

Extending the narrative=/=improving the narrative. Lots of the retcons in Naruto were used solely to extend the series rather than improve it. My problem is that most of them are shoehorned into the series.
 
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there is lot of it but my top 5 is

5 - Minato know senjutsu & KCM (when the hell he hv time to train)
4 - When itachi and obito is enough to cleanse the clan
3 - 5 kage lose to Madara is shitty plot if i'm a writer, 5 kage will is demolish madara in 5 min
2 - when sasuke is also child of prophecy
1 - When reviled that Zetsu is the man behind everything in NV. He create the history.
 

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there is lot of it but my top 5 is

5 - Minato know senjutsu & KCM (when the hell he hv time to train)
4 - When itachi and obito is enough to cleanse the clan
3 - 5 kage lose to Madara is shitty plot if i'm a writer, 5 kage will is demolish madara in 5 min
2 - when sasuke is also child of prophecy
1 - When reviled that Zetsu is the man behind everything in NV. He create the history.

sasuke is not child of prophecy
 
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