please explain

[realobito1]

I am not sure. was everyone using earth release? don't you need an affinity to do earth style. That seemed like a very lazy way to make the alliance seem like they were doing something

 

[Kirikoe]

hmm it was odd.. using an earth style tech .. however it would be understandable if some of them already had training in using earth nature manipulation but meh...

kishi seems to have forgotten or jsut plain leaving out some of the previous said statements :/

not that it matters anymore il let it drop since minato is back xd=D

 

[S A G E]

Kakashi said that thru training you can learn to manipulate more than 1 elemental release.

However you have a dominant elemental affinity in which you are most compatible with

 

[KuroKaze]

Every Jounin Or higher level Can use More than one nature....(stated by kakashi/yamato) and the strength of the jutsu is determined by the amount/quality of chakra so...In my opinion The shinobis who don't have the affinity can produce doton chakra but with a lower quality and of less amount...and hence those walls were considered as weak by shikamaru...

 

[realobito1]

But every ninja can not use every element. It does not make sense for so many ninja (especially all of team Asuma) to be able to use earth release

 

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

you should post this in Naruto Section, to get a better response

 

[reizon]

i dont know if im right or not but i read it somewhere in a thread in nb.
here how it is:
so sasuke is fire type right.
tobirama is water type right
and hiruzen is earthtype
so they have that affinity

so basically hiruzen can puke earth and create walls
tobirama can generate water out of nothingness
and sasuke can breathe fire.

now not all ninja can use these type.
the reason why all nins were able to doton was because they were standing on earth.
they were standing on steel then only hiruzen wud be able to do doton but not all.
so that wat an affinity really is.

people say if you train you can get it
but naruto cant do fire jutsu
we dont know his other affinity but naruto can do water jutsu if he was standing on water, despite him not having the affinity