@soupongo @ZenZu Naruto’s power progression up until Sage Mode is pretty funny ngl.
Blud emerges out of the timeskip weaker than Sakura and his only new technique being a slightly bigger Rasengan. He then gets casually speed blitzed by Sasuke, and the training that he undergoes to close the gap is to… learn a highly telegraphed Jutsu that has a long charge up time and does absolutely nothing to counter the massive speed discrepancy between the two, and is also massive overkill since a regular Rasengan would be enough to take out Sasuke if it landed… Surely Naruto could have used Wind Style to augment his speed?
Imo, Naruto should have just learned Wind Style during the timeskip with Jiraiya, and give him more Wind Style techniques than just Rasenshuriken ffs. Naruto then should have learned Yang Release in the Akatsuki Suppression arc. Given the heavy Yin/Yang symbolism between Sasuke and Naruto, it’s kinda weird that Naruto had no Yang Release mastery despite being the most “Yang” character in the series (Sasuke knew Yin Release since genjutsu falls under that category). This way, Naruto could actually be low Kage level when he beats Kakuzu
Blud emerges out of the timeskip weaker than Sakura and his only new technique being a slightly bigger Rasengan. He then gets casually speed blitzed by Sasuke, and the training that he undergoes to close the gap is to… learn a highly telegraphed Jutsu that has a long charge up time and does absolutely nothing to counter the massive speed discrepancy between the two, and is also massive overkill since a regular Rasengan would be enough to take out Sasuke if it landed… Surely Naruto could have used Wind Style to augment his speed?
Imo, Naruto should have just learned Wind Style during the timeskip with Jiraiya, and give him more Wind Style techniques than just Rasenshuriken ffs. Naruto then should have learned Yang Release in the Akatsuki Suppression arc. Given the heavy Yin/Yang symbolism between Sasuke and Naruto, it’s kinda weird that Naruto had no Yang Release mastery despite being the most “Yang” character in the series (Sasuke knew Yin Release since genjutsu falls under that category). This way, Naruto could actually be low Kage level when he beats Kakuzu