Good observation overall...one thing I will comment on is the above highlighted point. A) MINATO sealed Half the 'YIN' PORTION of the fox's chakra within himself ....he took the other half of the fox's chakra 'YANG PORTION and sealed it WITHIN NARUTO. Remember, Minato could only take half of the Fox's Chakra away...it was impossible to do more than that and he admitted that. The Fox still had half his full chakra when he was sealed into naruto, naruto would only have access to a portion of the yang chakra mixing with his own. (for confirmation pls go to chapter 503, 504. re-read.)
B) As 16 years have now gone by wouldnt you think the fox's full chakra would be restored by now???? Makes perfect sense because Chakra continues to grow back because it is simply engery. We use it up, rest and get our enegy back, same thing with the fox. My point is simply that Naruto took a huge portion away from the fox himself during his fight with the fox while training with KBee, and yet the fox still have enormous reserves left. Almost Identical to what happen when his Father took half of the chakra away from the fox 16 years earlier. The third hokage noticed how much it shrunk after loosing so much of its chakra, and the same thing happened when naruto defeated him and took a huge portion 16 years later.
The difference this time is since naruto had the key and unlocked the seal, the portion he took directly from the fox was not limited to the Yang portion, he took it directly from the fox meaning he got a full Yin & Yang portion.
Naruto was used to the Yang portion he grew up with because it was part of him and that gave him huge physical energy reserves allowing him to learn sage mode etc. But this chakra is different perhaps because it contains both yin & yang!!!!
This may possibly be one of the reasons it (chakra) feels so different to him because it is so much more vibrant & dynamic.
Hope you all follow what Im trying to say here.... Anyway I am not sure what it all really means but I think it will have a bearing on future understanding of this whole thing including his training and how/why the fox will eventually work with naruto.
ps: Still, no one has ever explained how Naruto instantly knew how to do the seal he used on the fox, which the fox knew and recognized as a technique of the Sage of the Six Paths???
hi mjtuvok!
thanks for the comment re my discussion with quitoisright. just that your quote of my post is incomplete. anyways, I follow through your thoughts. do correct me…
A. i re-read the reference you mentioned. i for one understood the chapters and what they simply mean. i think minato sealed half of the fox’s yin-yang to Naruto and half of the mixture to himself. my answer to quito re the chakra was – Naruto was able to get the “yin” or the white chakra from the fox. as you mentioned – the “energy”. The color of the chakra was white. it was clear in the manga frames. the black chakra, the “yang “ stayed with the fox – and evidently, it was the fox’s will. and I believe, bee implies this in the current chapter during the training.
let’s discuss a bit of yin-yang.
yin is supposed to be the “female” or dark part of the circline symbol.
yang is the “male” or the white part.
now…Naruto is male – meaning, his yang aspect stays with him. during his fight with the fox, he was able to extract the white chakra. i referred to this as the “dark” chakra Naruto needed for his powers. just that, it was shown white – hence the female aspect for Naruto. And this is “the balance” Naruto would want for himself since he can’t tame the fox’s will yet. yin-yang essence – “balance”, i think it rings the bell.
anyways, black or white, the chakra we refer to is the “energy” of the fox. i may be wrong tough…
B. i am also confused re yin yang when great thinkers discuss it. but by simply understanding “balance”, i ought to conclude that everything or anything would have a “yin-yang”. love, hate, earth, wind, fire,,,any element or what have we. and I agree with you, yin-yang could be used up, could grow and could be taken as reserves.
after 16 years, after the the “fated encounter” between the fox, minato and Naruto…i really do believe – THE FOX’S CHAKRA – YIN-YANG AS A WHOLE, WAS RESTORED.
Naruto, as the jinchuriki had used the fox’s chakra on several accounts – full yin yang mixture.
but after his battle with the fox, it was very clear that the “yin” was what Naruto succeeded to absorb. Naruto’s WILL OR YANG won over the fox’s – i guess there will be no question about this. As to what color…we could possibly interchange this according to what we believe in. but it would be healthy to learn from you and from anybody else.
i have to contest you that, Naruto was not able to get half of the mixture yin-yang. It could be the yin or the yang only. this was clear in the manga as well – the fox’s will remained with the monster. or, it could be the “yin” of the fox. Not very sure…
yes, your premises could also be considerable. this is an open discussion point after all. yin-yang, the yin only, or the yang only…would be very well the reason of Naruto’s vibrance and dynamism since childhood we witnessed in the storylines.
What you say?...
Let’s discuss the sealing tech Naruto used with the fox some other time.
The fox referred to it as one of the so6p’s tech. a tech that is innate among uzumaki clan – which the clan inherited from the so6p of course.
I think, Naruto possesses the tech even he does not say something about it yet…sealing tech is moot and academic “innate” in him. and this is another worthy topic.
til next mjtuvok