Naruto gave an entire speech to Neji about how destiny isn't shit and becoming an hokage/great ninja isn't something determined by birth and he'll prove it when he becomes Hokage
>turns out he's the son of a fucking hokage and the reincarnation of a ninja deity
At least Oda never had Luffy claim he was an average joe
Did you read Naruto as a kid? Guess what? Naruto was special since chapter one.
Lee bragged about hardwork beating talent. But he lost to Gaara (talent).
Sasuke worked day and night to possess half the strength of his genius brother. He depended on external power and STILL lost to Itachi.
Neji was a hardworker. Everyone from Team Gai was a hardworker. Then he was one-shotted by Naruto with Kyuubi's power.
In Naruto, hardwork is not better than talent. Just because a character is saying something does not mean the story is telling the exact same thing. It could be telling the exact opposite thing.
This world is much more complex than just destiny vs hardwork or talent vs hardwork.