This is a concept that i'm not sure Kishimoto understands, in the manga someone is either a genius or a dropout two very large extremes. The concept of the late bloomer is NEVER brought up. People called Naruto a dropout, but I would argue he's just a late bloomer. He's not Rock Lee, who has no Nin/Gen talent whatsoever, he actually has talent as evidenced by him completing the Rasenshuriken and mastering sage mode. Things his "genius" father couldn't do. Naruto's "genius" exceeds Minato's and we shouldn't call him a dropout just because it took him longer for his potential to show. Scans like this try to downplay Naruto's talent when Kishimoto is showing us something completely different:
Now, I would also call Sasuke a late bloomer. As stated by the manga numerous times Sasuke has talent that not only exceeds Itachi's but Madara's as well. I take this to mean that in his prime Sasuke would be stronger than them at every stage. To illustrate my point:
Prime 3t Sasuke>Prime 3t Madara>Prime 3t Itachi
Prime Ms Sasuke>Prime Ms Madara>Prime Ms Itachi(Just going by skills and chakra strength, not special powers like yata/totsuka)
Prime Ems Sasuke>Prime Ems Madara>Prime Ems Itachi
Prime Rinnegan Sasuke>Prime Rinnegan Madara(If Sasuke unlocked it the way Madara did, and no JJ/Hashi powers for either)
But when we compare them all at similar ages Sasuke lags behind. As talented as he was as a kid, he was still a late bloomer. If his talent would of shone through he would of graduated early from the academy like all the other prodigies, but he wasn't even skilled enough to be ahead of Naruto, someone who failed the graduation exam three times. Even at 17 years old his talent hadn't fully bloomed yet unlike other people his age:
Sasuke was an extremely late bloomer considering his talent. But this is just my two cents tell me what you think.
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Now, I would also call Sasuke a late bloomer. As stated by the manga numerous times Sasuke has talent that not only exceeds Itachi's but Madara's as well. I take this to mean that in his prime Sasuke would be stronger than them at every stage. To illustrate my point:
Prime 3t Sasuke>Prime 3t Madara>Prime 3t Itachi
Prime Ms Sasuke>Prime Ms Madara>Prime Ms Itachi(Just going by skills and chakra strength, not special powers like yata/totsuka)
Prime Ems Sasuke>Prime Ems Madara>Prime Ems Itachi
Prime Rinnegan Sasuke>Prime Rinnegan Madara(If Sasuke unlocked it the way Madara did, and no JJ/Hashi powers for either)
But when we compare them all at similar ages Sasuke lags behind. As talented as he was as a kid, he was still a late bloomer. If his talent would of shone through he would of graduated early from the academy like all the other prodigies, but he wasn't even skilled enough to be ahead of Naruto, someone who failed the graduation exam three times. Even at 17 years old his talent hadn't fully bloomed yet unlike other people his age:
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Sasuke was an extremely late bloomer considering his talent. But this is just my two cents tell me what you think.