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People complain about characters getting free powerups. With close analysis, you will see that most of these powerups are nowhere near free.
1. Jinchuuriki: These are at the pinnacle of some fans' hatred. However, those fans are neglecting to think about one key fact. That is:
Having a bijuu inside of you doesn't automatically give you the power! If just having the beast inside you gave you the power then Rin probably wouldn't have been dead because she would have been able to easily own those mist ninjas! You have to work for the power. Take Naruto for instance. Naruto actually had to defeat Kurama in battle to get KCM. That is not something that just anyone can do. Do you guys think Iruka or Ebisu could do that? I doubt it! Defeating Kurama and taking his chakara is a feat that requires both power and strength of will (so that Kurama's will doesn't over take you). Therefore, gaining this mode did require real effort. Furthermore, Naruto had to befriend Kurama in order to get BM. That is not something that just anyone can do. Two jinchuurikis (Mito and Kushina) failed at this. Kurama did not like those two. He had a strong distrust of most humans. Therefore, getting BM is not something that requires no effort. It is not just like this for Kurama. Other bijuus such as Shukaku and Son Goku have expressed utter hatred for humans as well. Therefore obtaining a BM and becoming a perfect jinchuuriki is no easy feat. It requires strength of the body the mind and the heart (referring to kindness). Finally, lets also not forget about Obito and the juubi. The juubi literally tried to rip Obito's subconscious mind to shreds! Obito had to struggle to suppress the juubi's will and regain control of himself. I would definitely call that making an effort. Not everyone could successfully suppress the juubi or any other bijuu. In conclusion, jinchuuriki powers are not a free power up. They are nowhere near free!
2. Uchiha dojutsus: People also seem to hate these for some reason. You literally have to go through emotional (and likely physical) pain to awaken even a base sharingan! To awaken mangekyou, you usually have to kill someone close to you (who will very likely put up a fight. Would you just let someone kill you for power?). This means that you may have to end up fighting a difficult battle in addition to feeling emotional pain! Therefore mangekyou sharingan is not a free powerup. Even in Obito's case, he had to feel emotional trauma. EMS is the closest to being a free powerup, but it is so rare and it still has required a tradeoff in both cases. In both cases of EMS, the Uchihas in question lost or even killed their brothers before getting EMS. If you try to take your brother's eyes while they are alive, then you will probably have to fight them. Either way, you are still making a major trade off for power (trading your sibling's life and your own happiness for power) and you may likely have to win a fight to get this power. Anything that you have to win a fight for or make a major tradeoff like that is not free. Therefore, EMS is not a free powerup. Finally, rinnegan is not a free powerup. First of all, if you even get to this stage then you have clearly put in a lot of work and suffered a lot. You then have to get some senju DNA. Madara had to fight an epic battle in order to get that DNA. Even if someone just gives you some Senju DNA, you have clearly earned it if you have worked your way up to this point. Therefore rinnegan is not a free powerup.
3. Senju DNA (more specifically Hashirama's): 1st of all, Madara had to fight for it, so it was not free in his case. Even for people like Obito , the DNA itself may have been free (even though Obito had to get half of his body crushed before getting it, so I wouldn't call it free). The power that resulted from the DNA however (wood style) wasn't free. Yes he automatically gained access to it, but he didn't automatically gain the ability to properly control it. The same goes for Madara. Let's not forget about Danzo. Danzo had wood style too, but he was horrible with it! It actually hurt him more than it helped him and it caused him to lose his arm! That just goes to show you that wood style requires actual training and skill to properly use and control (lest you end up like Danzo)! It is basically like what I said with the jinchuuriki. Simply having the DNA doesn't really give you the full power of wood style. You must train for it like Obito and Madara did. Yamato had it since he was a kid, so it is likely that he trained with it as well. Therefore, obtaining wood style (proper control over it) is not a free powerup. Hashirama's DNA was actually stated to be very difficult to control!
4. Madara Uchiha: See numbers 2 and 3 to get an explanation for Madara's power. In addition to that stuff, people complain about him being able to absorb ninjutsu without rinnegan and him taking Hashirama's sage mode. Madara stated that someone taught him how to absorb chakara. That means that he had to learn how to do it. Anything that you have to learn is not a free powerup. In fact, it is actually simply learning a new jutsu. As for getting Hashirama's sage mode, Madara legitimately defeated Hashirama and then absorbed Hashirama's sage mode using his absorption ninjutsu. Therefore, Madara earned it. He legitimately defeated Hashirama in battle for it. It was basically no different from Naruto taking Kurama's chakara to get KCM. Therefore it was not a free powerup. I will admit though that eyeless susanoo was unexpected.
5. Obito Uchiha: See numbers 2 and 3. He had to defeat Konan to get rinnegan, so he earned that. He had to work to revive the juubi, so he earned that too. (Plus you can see number 1 about that).
In conclusion, a lot of the stuff that some of you people call "free powerups" are actually nowhere near free. They all require things such as training, strength of will, kindness, sacrifice, emotional trauma, and pure fighting.
Share your thoughts.
1. Jinchuuriki: These are at the pinnacle of some fans' hatred. However, those fans are neglecting to think about one key fact. That is:
Having a bijuu inside of you doesn't automatically give you the power! If just having the beast inside you gave you the power then Rin probably wouldn't have been dead because she would have been able to easily own those mist ninjas! You have to work for the power. Take Naruto for instance. Naruto actually had to defeat Kurama in battle to get KCM. That is not something that just anyone can do. Do you guys think Iruka or Ebisu could do that? I doubt it! Defeating Kurama and taking his chakara is a feat that requires both power and strength of will (so that Kurama's will doesn't over take you). Therefore, gaining this mode did require real effort. Furthermore, Naruto had to befriend Kurama in order to get BM. That is not something that just anyone can do. Two jinchuurikis (Mito and Kushina) failed at this. Kurama did not like those two. He had a strong distrust of most humans. Therefore, getting BM is not something that requires no effort. It is not just like this for Kurama. Other bijuus such as Shukaku and Son Goku have expressed utter hatred for humans as well. Therefore obtaining a BM and becoming a perfect jinchuuriki is no easy feat. It requires strength of the body the mind and the heart (referring to kindness). Finally, lets also not forget about Obito and the juubi. The juubi literally tried to rip Obito's subconscious mind to shreds! Obito had to struggle to suppress the juubi's will and regain control of himself. I would definitely call that making an effort. Not everyone could successfully suppress the juubi or any other bijuu. In conclusion, jinchuuriki powers are not a free power up. They are nowhere near free!
2. Uchiha dojutsus: People also seem to hate these for some reason. You literally have to go through emotional (and likely physical) pain to awaken even a base sharingan! To awaken mangekyou, you usually have to kill someone close to you (who will very likely put up a fight. Would you just let someone kill you for power?). This means that you may have to end up fighting a difficult battle in addition to feeling emotional pain! Therefore mangekyou sharingan is not a free powerup. Even in Obito's case, he had to feel emotional trauma. EMS is the closest to being a free powerup, but it is so rare and it still has required a tradeoff in both cases. In both cases of EMS, the Uchihas in question lost or even killed their brothers before getting EMS. If you try to take your brother's eyes while they are alive, then you will probably have to fight them. Either way, you are still making a major trade off for power (trading your sibling's life and your own happiness for power) and you may likely have to win a fight to get this power. Anything that you have to win a fight for or make a major tradeoff like that is not free. Therefore, EMS is not a free powerup. Finally, rinnegan is not a free powerup. First of all, if you even get to this stage then you have clearly put in a lot of work and suffered a lot. You then have to get some senju DNA. Madara had to fight an epic battle in order to get that DNA. Even if someone just gives you some Senju DNA, you have clearly earned it if you have worked your way up to this point. Therefore rinnegan is not a free powerup.
3. Senju DNA (more specifically Hashirama's): 1st of all, Madara had to fight for it, so it was not free in his case. Even for people like Obito , the DNA itself may have been free (even though Obito had to get half of his body crushed before getting it, so I wouldn't call it free). The power that resulted from the DNA however (wood style) wasn't free. Yes he automatically gained access to it, but he didn't automatically gain the ability to properly control it. The same goes for Madara. Let's not forget about Danzo. Danzo had wood style too, but he was horrible with it! It actually hurt him more than it helped him and it caused him to lose his arm! That just goes to show you that wood style requires actual training and skill to properly use and control (lest you end up like Danzo)! It is basically like what I said with the jinchuuriki. Simply having the DNA doesn't really give you the full power of wood style. You must train for it like Obito and Madara did. Yamato had it since he was a kid, so it is likely that he trained with it as well. Therefore, obtaining wood style (proper control over it) is not a free powerup. Hashirama's DNA was actually stated to be very difficult to control!
4. Madara Uchiha: See numbers 2 and 3 to get an explanation for Madara's power. In addition to that stuff, people complain about him being able to absorb ninjutsu without rinnegan and him taking Hashirama's sage mode. Madara stated that someone taught him how to absorb chakara. That means that he had to learn how to do it. Anything that you have to learn is not a free powerup. In fact, it is actually simply learning a new jutsu. As for getting Hashirama's sage mode, Madara legitimately defeated Hashirama and then absorbed Hashirama's sage mode using his absorption ninjutsu. Therefore, Madara earned it. He legitimately defeated Hashirama in battle for it. It was basically no different from Naruto taking Kurama's chakara to get KCM. Therefore it was not a free powerup. I will admit though that eyeless susanoo was unexpected.
5. Obito Uchiha: See numbers 2 and 3. He had to defeat Konan to get rinnegan, so he earned that. He had to work to revive the juubi, so he earned that too. (Plus you can see number 1 about that).
In conclusion, a lot of the stuff that some of you people call "free powerups" are actually nowhere near free. They all require things such as training, strength of will, kindness, sacrifice, emotional trauma, and pure fighting.
Share your thoughts.
