I don't think current Naruto is smart, he was about to use chakra jutsu against Momoshiki until Borat stopped him. Naruto has a type of battle intelligence where he use's shadow clone spam, trasnformation jutsu etc to trick his opponents. Imo transformation jutsu etc shouldn't work on elite opponents but plot demands Naruto's opponents fall for an E rank Jutsu. Hashirama on the other hand is overall intelligent and has battlesmarts to boot.Hashi no question...even though current Naruto is prolly just as smart now.
Overall imo hashi is smarter
What was it that BZ said about sasuke and the sharingan? Something about it just being a tool and the strength of it depended on the user, or something like that. I see the same thing for shadow clones and transformations. It may be an E tank jutsu, but narutos unique thinking is what allowed it to be so effective, even against elite opponentsI don't think current Naruto is smart, he was about to use chakra jutsu against Momoshiki until Borat stopped him. Naruto has a type of battle intelligence where he use's shadow clone spam, trasnformation jutsu etc to trick his opponents. Imo transformation jutsu etc shouldn't work on elite opponents but plot demands Naruto's opponents fall for an E rank Jutsu. Hashirama on the other hand is overall intelligent and has battlesmarts to boot.
No, not really Naruto doesn't use it strategically the advantage he has is his opponent's can't see through it. No matter how skillful a person is against top tiers that falls into second rate writing Naruto can't change his smell, chakra nature etc. Take Kaguya she couldn't even see through it with a Kekkei Mora Byakugan or Rinne Sharingan.What was it that BZ said about sasuke and the sharingan? Something about it just being a tool and the strength of it depended on the user, or something like that. I see the same thing for shadow clones and transformations. It may be an E tank jutsu, but narutos unique thinking is what allowed it to be so effective, even against elite opponents
Was it ever stated that kaguya could see through techniques like that using either dojutsu? Maybe they just don’t have that tech?No, not really Naruto doesn't use it strategically the advantage he has is his opponent's can't see through it. No matter how skillful a person is against top tiers that falls into second rate writing Naruto can't change his smell, chakra nature etc. Take Kaguya she couldn't even see through it with a Kekkei Mora Byakugan or Rinne Sharingan.
Naruto does have the edge of shadow clone spam which he employs effectively. The only truly strategic users of the scj are Kakashi and Itachi, Sarada used it once against Buntan. None of them possess the luxury of spamming and or vast chakra reserves. Having said that he does use them to trick his opponents at times.
They see chakra on a higher level and any alterations in it, Naruto can't change his chakra nature to Sasuke's or emit the chakra of the yin seal. This is how they restrict the dojutsu(for him even against pain). Generally top level ninja should have a mechansim to tell the fake apart from the real otherwise it would make them incapable.Was it ever stated that kaguya could see through techniques like that using either dojutsu? Maybe they just don’t have that tech?
I agree with you it was a pointless Borat moment but they portrayed Naruto as stupid. That is after Naruto was having his chakra extracted by Momo and he knows it's(chakra absorbtion) is a well known power. I don't remember if he saw Momo absorb Shikamaru's jutsu if he did that would only make it worse. It's nkt entirely out of character for Naruto though he isn't meant to be intelligent, he's had many dense moments.Also, back to boruto telling naruto to not use scj against momo. I’ve been thinking about it and it honestly doesn’t make sense. Naruto has fought almost half a dozen rinnegan users by this point and for no reason should he have not already known that momo could absorb jutsu, I’m starting to think the only reason boruto told naruto that was so that borat could have another moment in the spotlight in a fight he had no reason to be a part of
Okay, I think I get what you mean. Maybe cause it’s such a useless jutsu it just blindsides these powerful opponents cause no one ever bothers to use it against them? Almost playing into their conceitment, like “I’m so powerful only the strongest will fight me” like how pain thought he was god and madara thought he was invincible (even though he kinda was), so when naruto busts out this e rank jutsu against s rank shinobi, no one ever sees it coming because they’re never looking for itThey see chakra on a higher level and any alterations in it, Naruto can't change his chakra nature to Sasuke's or emit the chakra of the yin seal. This is how they restrict the dojutsu(for him even against pain). Generally top level ninja should have a mechansim to tell the fake apart from the real otherwise it would make them incapable.
I agree with you it was a pointless Borat moment but they portrayed Naruto as stupid. That is after Naruto was having his chakra extracted by Momo and he knows it's(chakra absorbtion) is a well known power. I don't remember if he saw Momo absorb Shikamaru's jutsu if he did that would only make it worse. It's nkt entirely out of character for Naruto though he isn't meant to be intelligent, he's had many dense moments.
Ps. I agree Borat had no point being in that fight and the PIS don't get me started.
Madara tricked the 5 Kage into believing they killed him, when in reality it was a Mokuton Clone, this lead to the Kage letting their guards down. Madara can even tell a shadow clone and a real user in the war.No, not really Naruto doesn't use it strategically the advantage he has is his opponent's can't see through it. No matter how skillful a person is against top tiers that falls into second rate writing Naruto can't change his smell, chakra nature etc. Take Kaguya she couldn't even see through it with a Kekkei Mora Byakugan or Rinne Sharingan.
Naruto does have the edge of shadow clone spam which he employs effectively. The only truly strategic users of the scj are Kakashi and Itachi, Sarada used it once against Buntan. None of them possess the luxury of spamming and or vast chakra reserves. Having said that he does use them to trick his opponents at times.