Not all problems; but i high amount of them are caused by them.
I will give some examples and their over hype aswell:
-Sasuke being as fast as Lee in 1 month: So; Kishi needs to give a power-up to his beloved Sasuke? Why not take the speciality the guy who worked for it for years?! Yeah that seems like justice to me; and it also has a good message: "Geniuses can what you have worked for in you whole life in a short amount of time!!!" just perfect; we will use sharingan's abilities as plot device...
-Itachi vs Kurenai: You are a genjutsu specialist? Does not matter how much skilled you are; i fodderize you in an instant.
- Itachi can paralyze and mind f**k shinobis like Orochimaru and Kaksahi in an instant; he ain't even tried!
-Somehow all mofokas have monsters, some frikkin DNA or eyes to be op; they are just eyes; how much more they can be hyped? Sharingan copying techs? Fine, i can understand it; but how come creating a monster like Susanoo related to it? Or making never-ending burning flames? Or izanami-izanagi? A pair of eyes are giving you a life? An eye does not seem much of a loss to me in exchange of a life; and none of the characters i saw had to be a ninja with 1 or no eye for a recognisable amount of time...
Stuff and stuff.
Sharigan users earn their abilities by killing ones closest to them, which seems like an even heavier price to pay than months or years training. Even in the beginning of part 1 the hyuga clan was look at as overpowered, the rinnegan/sharigan are just on another level as is EVERYTHING in part 2.
I'll agree the EMS eye switching does seem more of a stretch than anything else.
I concur. The original Sharingan (all the way up to 3T) I was okay since it wasn't too OP. It was strong but not OP but the Mangekyou, Rin'negan are and in addition - they're so prominent in the manga it's annoying. The scale of the battles are so unrealistic and honestly look at the top 5 - all of them are Uzumaki, Senju or Uchiha. Top 10? Other then Minato and Kabuto (Kabuto has Uzumaki DNA and Minato got taught by one) all of them also follow this. It's annoying how no ninja has a chance unless they have a dojutsu or are Senju/Uzumaki blood.
Itachi>>>>Minato
TSUKOYOMI would rape him and make him rape himself
one glance at Itachi's eye then Minato's in comma
and if Minato will not look into Itachi's eyes
he will be hit by AMaterasu or a kunai to the brain
Itachi>>>>>Minato no diff
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Itachi>>>>>Nagato
there is no healthy nagato so
it's a MANGA FACT that Itachi>>>Nagato
Itachi can just TOTSUKA blitz Nagato even before he creates a
Chibaku tensei remember Nagato's slow as f*ck he lacks mobility
Itachi>>>>Minato
TSUKOYOMI would rape him and make him rape himself
one glance at Itachi's eye then Minato's in comma
and if Minato will not look into Itachi's eyes
he will be hit by AMaterasu or a kunai to the brain
Itachi>>>>>Minato no diff
You must be registered for see images
Itachi>>>>>Nagato
there is no healthy nagato so
it's a MANGA FACT that Itachi>>>Nagato
Itachi can just TOTSUKA blitz Nagato even before he creates a
Chibaku tensei remember Nagato's slow as f*ck he lacks mobility
Itachi>>>>Minato
TSUKOYOMI would rape him and make him rape himself
one glance at Itachi's eye then Minato's in comma
and if Minato will not look into Itachi's eyes
he will be hit by AMaterasu or a kunai to the brain
Itachi>>>>>Minato no diff
You must be registered for see images
Itachi>>>>>Nagato
there is no healthy nagato so
it's a MANGA FACT that Itachi>>>Nagato
Itachi can just TOTSUKA blitz Nagato even before he creates a
Chibaku tensei remember Nagato's slow as f*ck he lacks mobility
Read the 5th point, Kishi says that they have these flaws to try and make them look balanced but they never are utilised. You never see Itachi suffering because of his stamina, you never see Nagato completely draining his lifespan trying to kill Naruto, you never would see Itachi or Madara going blind. In the way of the narrative, these abilities serve their purpose and leave- making them in context, costless.
Read the 5th point, Kishi says that they have these flaws to try and make them look balanced but they never are utilised. You never see Itachi suffering because of his stamina, you never see Nagato completely draining his lifespan trying to kill Naruto, you never would see Itachi or Madara going blind. In the way of the narrative, these abilities serve their purpose and leave- making them in context, costless.
The price he was talking about was the same point I made, killing their closest friends/family to achieve higher power seems worse than spending months/years training.
The price he was talking about was the same point I made, killing their closest friends/family to achieve higher power seems worse than spending months/years training.
That IS just one eye power though. And it really doesn't impact the plot as we never knew Itachi and his friendships. It's a cheap way for Kishi to unlock higher level jutsu that make the story go quicker and the way he wants.
Kamui and Rinnegan don't need those things either.
The price he was talking about was the same point I made, killing their closest friends/family to achieve higher power seems worse than spending months/years training.
But that doesn't really matter when there are characters like Shisui, Obito, Sasuke and even Itachi who are basically handed the MS. (Granted we don't know shisui's story, and sasuke did believe he was in danger and wasn't supposed to find out itachi's motives, but the point remains.)
Itachi>>>>Minato
TSUKOYOMI would rape him and make him rape himself
one glance at Itachi's eye then Minato's in comma
and if Minato will not look into Itachi's eyes
he will be hit by AMaterasu or a kunai to the brain
Itachi>>>>>Minato no diff
You must be registered for see images
Itachi>>>>>Nagato
there is no healthy nagato so
it's a MANGA FACT that Itachi>>>Nagato
Itachi can just TOTSUKA blitz Nagato even before he creates a
Chibaku tensei remember Nagato's slow as f*ck he lacks mobility
i agree,i feel like MS,EMS rinngan powers are just cheat codes meant to keep uchihas alive,what's worse the way they get it: "awakened" a term used mainly in games to describe a sudden burst of power in order to be able fight in next level of the game since the enemies got stronger.
jutsus are supposed to be created,not awakened,the problem is that they get handed OP moves through the lamest cliché:the power of idk love or hate,so imma call it the power of butthurt since it seems more convenient.
as for people who say "OMG!they've paid a price someone close died!" i say everyone lost someone close so why didn't they have a sudden power-up?
I also agree completely. the invasion of Pain arc was completley raw and awesome, the Rinnegan was freshly used, sharingan didn't spam as much as it usually does, Naruto with sage mode and new techniques were explicitly valuable, but now the dojustu's are spammed, the sharingan is OP, Rinnegan is " God himself " jutsu, and sadly naruto barely uses sage mode anymore.
All in all, Kishi shouldv'e evolved the characters themselves, not their Dojutsu power.