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I don't think people understand what it takes to label someone a Prodigy or a Genius in the Naruto-Verse.
I'll start by breaking down the new generation thus far. EVERYONE in this new generation, far surpasses their father/mother as children, compared to them as children. This is going to be a known fact, with Kishimoto's quote "The generation surpasses the next"
For example, Chou Chou is using the expansion jutsu at her age, when Choji could only perform the same feature when he himself took pills to stabilize his body from memory. That's impressive, but is she a Prodigy? No.
What Sarada did, was extremely impressive, but was it stated to be impossible? No. Has anyone failed to do this who was an Genius or Prodigy in the medical field? No.
See the connection yet? Sarada is just lucky enough to be born with a parent who can teach her, study, and learn from. If Sakura was given the same opportunity, she would of been just as powerful. Can someone deny that fact? Nope.
We will see Shikidai, Inojin, Boruto, Lee Jr, and etc., perform better than their parents/teachers at their ages, but in the long run surpassing them may be possible for certain parents (just not Naruto and Sasuke).
Even Boruto being called a Prodigy is a bit unclear at this point. Because we have no idea what technique it is:
I. It may be a Lightning/Chidori Rasengan, something that a Genius/Prodigy failed to do already. Minato as well. Only Naruto succeeded to combine an element with the Rasengan, but he basically skimmed through the talent portion needed to create it, and used the clones to boost his experience and learn what the normal human-ninja couldn't in such a short amount of time. We know for a fact that Boruto can't create that same number of clones, so far he has only shown being able to create 2. So if he is able to pull it off, it's obvious what he is.
II. It may just be a new technique that he created himself after Sasuke helped pave the way after learning his elemental nature. Most shinobi haven't created techniques themselves, but some have, and they are usually extremely talented too.
This isn't a downplay or anything, but this generation is obviously going to surpass their parents (some of them) due to having the resources needed, where they failed.
I'll start by breaking down the new generation thus far. EVERYONE in this new generation, far surpasses their father/mother as children, compared to them as children. This is going to be a known fact, with Kishimoto's quote "The generation surpasses the next"
For example, Chou Chou is using the expansion jutsu at her age, when Choji could only perform the same feature when he himself took pills to stabilize his body from memory. That's impressive, but is she a Prodigy? No.
What Sarada did, was extremely impressive, but was it stated to be impossible? No. Has anyone failed to do this who was an Genius or Prodigy in the medical field? No.
See the connection yet? Sarada is just lucky enough to be born with a parent who can teach her, study, and learn from. If Sakura was given the same opportunity, she would of been just as powerful. Can someone deny that fact? Nope.
We will see Shikidai, Inojin, Boruto, Lee Jr, and etc., perform better than their parents/teachers at their ages, but in the long run surpassing them may be possible for certain parents (just not Naruto and Sasuke).
Even Boruto being called a Prodigy is a bit unclear at this point. Because we have no idea what technique it is:
I. It may be a Lightning/Chidori Rasengan, something that a Genius/Prodigy failed to do already. Minato as well. Only Naruto succeeded to combine an element with the Rasengan, but he basically skimmed through the talent portion needed to create it, and used the clones to boost his experience and learn what the normal human-ninja couldn't in such a short amount of time. We know for a fact that Boruto can't create that same number of clones, so far he has only shown being able to create 2. So if he is able to pull it off, it's obvious what he is.
II. It may just be a new technique that he created himself after Sasuke helped pave the way after learning his elemental nature. Most shinobi haven't created techniques themselves, but some have, and they are usually extremely talented too.
This isn't a downplay or anything, but this generation is obviously going to surpass their parents (some of them) due to having the resources needed, where they failed.
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