The WORST Village in Naruto?!

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[@CryptusGaming]

Granny Chiyo’s back must be in shambles after carrying a whole god damn nation.

[@dandeleon2764]

She's literally credited with conquering an entire castle by herself 😆

[@lifeafter2020istrash]

Goofy

[@AL4IGH5]

Lol

[@ghostbearr1]

Why do you think she is so short?

[@XIX965]

@@dandeleon2764 sasori ended nations by himself as a sand shinobi

[@uhhshae]

Imagine if Sasori killed the 3rd Kazekage and then became the 4th Kazekage while still technically having the 3rd as a puppet

[@JoseSerrato0420]

Gonna make it Weekend at Rasa's 😂 Gaara: Dad, this is the nicest you've ever treated me Rasa puppet: *gives a thumbs up* Gaara: Is...is this medicine?? 😊

[@heyfell4301]

Then the Sand Village would have Gaara, the Fourth (in canon) AND the puppet of Third, + 100 puppets of war, + they would probably teach Sasori magnet release. So... yeah, not a 1 man army, but a damn 3 men and a puppet who carry an entire village alongside a magical giant dog. That's probably enough to overpower at least 1 or 2 Hidden Villages.

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

Sasori would turn the whole village his toy industry turning everyone into puppets

[@JoseSerrato0420]

@@Ishallreignsupreme Sasori *after turning the village into puppets*: Finally, my Sims are happy 😊

[@victorqwilleran3331]

@@JoseSerrato0420 lmaooo

[@lovelypanda8676]

"every one of them died alone, until one of them realized they need the people around them" This is so true if you think about how Gaara would have died to the Akatsuki had he not been friends / allies with Naruto / Konoha.

[@DaDualityofMan]

Well stayed dead lol

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

I mean he did die to them.

[@themain_main5745]

@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 i think they mean like, gaara would stay dead

[@every_username_is_taken]

Regardless of alliances and whatnot Gaara should've stayed dead. Resurrections in anime remove all tension from the story (cf. dragon balls). But that's another matter entirely.

[@boo9781]

@@every_username_is_takenwe’re talking naruto, the only important character to not come back to life was jiraiya…

[@Draxeid]

Legit, Hashirama could have EASILY helped them, first, use some of your skilled shinobi with water jutsu skills like Tobirama for example, make artificial lakes and ponds, and use wood style to bring more nature to the land, straight up, this would have been a great substitute for a tailed beast

[@gee1271]

It wouldn't have lasted due to climate of the region. The people also didnt posses the chakra natures to even help

[@Shalakor]

@@gee1271 Could have converted the Sand Village's canyon into a veritable Garden of Babylon, since the cliffs offer natural protection from harsh weather as well as storage space for additional water reserves. Would just take manual labor to maintain after getting it started.

[@SamDy99]

Pond in a desert 😂 It will be turned into quick sand after a sandstorm.

[@fg009letyrds8]

Yeah, that's the problem with the political setting lol, the fact that people like Hashirama and Tobirama exist that's capable of changing the landscape with a wave of their hands means that Sand Village shouldn't really be in a desert if Hashirama really do want to help then.

[@Draxeid]

@@fg009letyrds8 In my opinion it was mainly just Kishimoto's writing, he likely either didn't think of it, or he did but intedned to keep the region the way it was.

[@itsaku1984]

Wait…hold up. So Hashirama was trying to gain peace with a village that just wanted fertile land. A man who could use wood release…and maybe turn some of that desert to forest.

[@ihatemangareaders6368]

Bruuuuuuuuuuhhhh 🤯

[@truffle6082]

Blaming kishmoto writing him and tobirama could of greatly impacted the land of the hidden sand

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@truffle6082well apparently the land was too infertile so it won’t last

[@mung01re]

@@painvillegaming4119 This. Hashirama probably _could_ have made a forest somewhere in the Land of Wind, but what would be keeping it alive after he left?

[@nihili4196]

Remember that Tobirama was great with water release. They both could easily kickstart Sand's economy in a month, and then just send people with water release after small fee from time to time. That way Sand could both prosper while still being dependent on Konoha, therefore not starting any wars.

[@Egryn]

With the natural advancement of technology the Hidden Sand could focus on becoming an energy producer. Imagine using all that land and focusing it on wind power. The nomadic nature and small population would all minimal usage of energy, but also would allow the many clans to personally maintain the windmills and generators. It would become equitable to defend the land from enemies and if the Hidden Sand goes to war they can always redistribute power away from their enemies.

[@mwperk02]

Safe land based trade routes through the desert may also be a viable option.

[@RiftWalker111]

They could also get solar panels due to it always being hot in the desert, with more than enough power to keep the village comfy.

[@Egryn]

@@RiftWalker111 as an afterthought I feel the same, solar and wind could power every nation.

[@pikazilla6405]

I don’t think that would help a whole lot, that still wouldn’t be an export which the sand village desperately needs, and another problem with the sand is that even if they DID have resources they could export, their nation isn’t well suited for trade with massive hard to cross deserts, sure it’s better than what the mist have being surrounded by water but even if they did have the resources that other villages had the geography of the land of wind bites any use of those resources for trade

[@Egryn]

@@pikazilla6405 you realize in the real world countries chief export is oil and energy? In Europe Electricity is a major export of many countries. In fact the top 15 suppliers of electricity made up 71% of electricity exportation. Two words to help develop the Hidden sand WIND MILL The place is a desert. Almost every time you see the place the wind is blowing. It’s constantly hit with sand storms. Sand storms mean high winds. On not so windy days... well wind jutsu the crap out of them.

[@segastars9802]

I hate to say this, but whenever me and my friends talk about Hidden Villages that we would like to live in besides Konoha, we ALWAYS mention how we would NEVER live in the Sand Village. You couldn't even pay me to stay there. It will be a nice place to visit.. for a short while.

[@yeausama890]

Mist is worse

[@segastars9802]

@@yeausama890 @Yeau Sama I mean besides the "Blood Mist" history of the village and living in the era after the Fourth Mizukage, it's not that bad. The image of the village looks really cool as well. Imagine waking up and going outside to a misty environment. It's always cool and you don't have to worry about sweating out due to heat.

[@DaDualityofMan]

​@@yeausama890 I always thought Mist was the worst too, not just because of the environment, but also because they were the youngest and smallest village and they seemed like the most incompetent too probably partially because of that.

[@bizor22]

@@segastars9802 and tbh there strength isn't bad actually the mizukage a former 7 swordman's of the most

[@bizor22]

@@segastars9802 mist*

[@chubokuay590]

I’d love more in-depth NC explainations around more niche lore in Naruto, starting with the smaller ninja villages

[@LNGcreepyztv]

Solid idea man

[@NCHammer23]

Thanks so much! I like applying real world logic to anime

[@EvilM0nkeyRules]

The fact that the Hidden stone didn't get curbed by every village at once simply to get rid of them is astonishing and surprising. Hidden stone antagonizes and angers every single village just because they feel like it.

[@Hater20X]

Hidden stone is like China. No one takes them out because of thier sheer size. They could just throw 1000 shinobi at 1 guy and if that 1 guy kills them all they can just throw another 1000 at him.

[@boo9781]

@@Hater20X-so sir, how do we stop them? -throw 1000 shinobi at them -we already tried that sir… -damn… do 2000 then.

[@blackfox4138]

It's very much a quantity over quality situation going on. Where each village had a variety of clans, brigades, and organizations that spearheaded their military might, the Stone Village only had a few kekkei genkai to their name. However, what made them so formitable as one of the five great powers is the fact that they had the largest standing army and the largest reserves of shinobi. Where the Sand Village was crippled by their individual aces either defecting or dying, the Stone Village could easily replace each of their shinobi.

[@EvilM0nkeyRules]

@blackfox4138 Yeah but 4 villages vs 1 village is an even win. I'm saying the hidden stone antagonize every village whenever possible. So why didn't the villages just say fuck it and off them. Hidden stone has Kekeigengai. But their demnor is always to be thinking the opposite of other villages. 4rth Tsuchikage even threatened to leave the shinobi alliance at the first chance she got in Boruto.

[@abdurrahmanqureshi3030]

Hidden stone is easily the strongest village aside from the Leaf village.

[@kannan07]

Rasa:- i can control gold,hmm imma just use it for attacks,not like gold is the most valuable metal or anything like that,that would be stupid

[@rubixmaster7532]

can gold sand really be used to form ingots or coins tho? Cuz otherwise it would be kinda useless.

[@l0sts0ul89]

​@@rubixmaster7532 Yes? You can melt the gold sand into- gold bars and coins

[@Evangelicalme-vv1yx]

He did sell it it just wasn't sustainable enough

[@rsfakqj10rsf-33]

@@Evangelicalme-vv1yxhe probably just sells either the dust or pure ingot. With his control he should have sold detailed sculptures made from gold.

[@kadehaflund9295]

It just dawned on me just how much sasori fucked the sand imagine losing a world war then your strongest ninja decides to assassinate the strongest kage in the history of your village and just dips lol Also while rewatching the Sasuke retrieval arc I saw a flashback I forgot about kimmimaro on his way to the mist village encounters zabuza and haku what if zabuza had recruited him there?

[@canevas1017]

Gaara is definitely stronger than the third bro. Edit well I guess you could be referring to strongest at the time

[@babygurleatsshickennuggits4201]

Satori leaving so many of his puppets behind was a baller move. Especially since if anyone from that village tried to attack him with his own technique he'll just fuck them up

[@jaleelhull941]

Forgot to mention that their Daimyo started giving konoha a large portion of their missions, so they were going broke... Orochimaru killed their kage and used them as a sacrifice in his goal to either destroy konoha or at least heavily damage it, gaara killed a lot of their anbu/jonin,

[@babygurleatsshickennuggits4201]

@@jaleelhull941 Gara being 11 and doing all that to people who have been training their whole life. Then some child who hasn't slept in who knows how long with a face tattoo decides to fuck em up just because

[@DaDualityofMan]

To answer the question, Team Kakashi is dying in the first arc lol.

[@blueblade6174]

Crazy that it still maintained its status as a Great Nation despite all of it's disadvantages and downfalls. Those Sand ninja sure do persevere.

[@facundogonza5740]

Or it is a mere formality It has not been a Century since the system was stablished. Maybe by the end of the Century they officially lose it.

[@decimation9780]

Good dust is much heavier than iron sand due to it’s density, however it’s much softer than iron sand, so while it’s more powerful than regular sand due to its weight, it’s not as offensively and defensively powerful as the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand.

[@r.a.panimefan2109]

Except funny enouph gold is diamagnetic. It takes extremely strong and precise magnetic fields to be able to manipulate it. In logical terms there's absolutely no reason garas father wouldn't be able to manipulate iron. As it requires less powerful magnetic fields to manipulate. I blame kishis failing magic system in late shippuden for this. After all look at garra he can manipulate multiple metals. And that makes sense. Hot take tho 🔥 🥵 very hot 🔥 take. It makes no sense that magnet release would be wind and lightning. Wind doesn't have a thing to do with magnetism. A magnetic field is the precise alignment of electrons. So electricity. The later kekkie genkai like storm and magnet don't make sense.

[@ethanv310]

@@r.a.panimefan2109 I think he did this as a power way so Rosa wouldn't be an op character but I could be wrong and Kishimoto just didn't do good research or his a plot hole like a lot of things in Naruto

[@DaDualityofMan]

@@r.a.panimefan2109 I assume since so many combos were already used that point, he had to put random stuff together for new kekkei genkais he wanted.

[@zackfaircc5624]

@@r.a.panimefan2109 magnet release is not wind and lightning, it is wind and earth, only reason being, wind+earth makes sand (erosion). Remember, the kekkei genkai was originally introduced with only shukaku in mind, it wasnt until later that iron sand showed up. It is also not known wether it is only earth and wind or wether lightning also has to be involved, we know gaara and shinki both have lightning, earth and wind release, but rasa is only shown to have earth, wind and water

[@r.a.panimefan2109]

@@zackfaircc5624 lol that's what I said u know. I know it's wind and earth (In naruto.) What I'm saying is that it does not make any sense. In reality magnetism is the result of a electron alignment.

[@wassim_bn8750]

Just to correct your statement at the end : Shukaku isn't living with Naruto now (or in the Leaf), he went back to Suna after the whole Urashiki threat got dealt with and yes it's all mentioned in the anime.

[@coolcat6930]

Filler

[@wassim_bn8750]

@@coolcat6930 No

[@coolcat6930]

@@wassim_bn8750 that arc is filler

[@wassim_bn8750]

@@coolcat6930 Except it isn't

[@coolcat6930]

@@wassim_bn8750 I meant the urashiki part

[@musak.4068]

You told this story better than Kishimoto did.

[@chubokuay590]

Magnet release was probably treated the same way the hidden cloud was strict in granting lightning tattoos, i.e. Darui or the rest of the Raikage. It’s a huge undertaking/responsibility to have the ability thus it was relegated to the Kazekage lineage. Shinki’s mother may have died at childbirth, bestowing their family’s distant relation to the third and his magnet release

[@kenty2560]

Pretty sure Magnet release was already a thing. Third Kazekage just modeled his magnet release after Shukaku’s ability to use sand That’s why three of the Kazekages use metal sands

[@austinbevis4266]

Yeah there’s other magnet users. I just think it’s fairly consistent among the kazekage blood line

[@alfreddozier832]

@@austinbevis4266there’s was a cloud ninja who used magnet release

[@austinbevis4266]

@@alfreddozier832 I know

[@ArexuRj]

I have dropped Naruto before the world war arc. I just could not take the three main characters anymore. I love the mythology, the lore, the side characters the battle culture. Thank you for making so much content that helps me enjoy this world. Also I love the political and economical POV that's something that moves individual lives irl, and in this series. 🍃🔥

[@komlat253]

funny how weak the sand was cuz actually they have enough Uniquely strong ninja styles like the leaf. u don't hear a lot about the unique power from the cloud village so just saying,I like the puppet style and the giant fan weapons.

[@milestonecomics8049]

i think lighting style is the cloud.

[@risingreform3816]

The Raikage bloodline Killer Bee Darui Gold & Silver brothers Yugito they are top 3 historically in terms of strength of major ninja villages.

[@Hexis17]

wow, now that you mention it your super right. iv never seen anyone else use the wind style with giant fans except the sand village. from a writing stand point, it would be hard to deal with a skill like that being wildly used, since its pretty overpower and usually an instant win.

[@JoseSerrato0420]

When the Sand Shinobi were introduced they were regarded as some of the strongest ninjas but it was explained that they had recently invested in making each ninja individually strong due to cutbacks on how many ninjas they could produce, so they seemed extraordinarily powerful to us at the Chunin exam and had their own powers that they had uniquely trained in. But Temari lost to Shikamaru, Kankuro lost to Shino, and Gaara (who had years of specialized training) nearly lost to Sasuke and lost to Naruto who only had a few weeks of one on one training. Then, when you remembered that the Sand Trio were siblings, you realize that there was an age advantage for Kankuro and Temari in terms of years as genin. They were impressive when introduced but their special gimmicks made them powerful (aside from Temari who is bamf and would have beat Shikamaru if the audience becoming casualties wasn't an issue), so when the gimmicks were known they were much easier to defeat. However, we only saw a small glimpse of their techniques when they were holding back to go full throttle in the war, but the reason why ninja are so dangerous in the Naruto world is a variety of techniques and power, not just a single strong ability.

[@komlat253]

sorry I meant like the series started off trying to give us unique aspects of each of the great nations and talking about the tribes which makes then up. we can name clans in the leaf and mist. we can see unique fighting styles in the sand but the cloud village is literally like (we use lighting) but anyone with lighting element can use it . u can't name one clan from this cloud nor any special blood line. u can even find that in lesser villages but not in the cloud ,well I guess that's the black lighting but ......idk if I'd count that we have the demolition in the stone or the even Taijutsu specialist in the leaf. come one.

[@JustSomeDude42]

I think that Kakashi explained that they didn’t have the resources or infrastructure to carry out a proper counter or punish the sand so they let it go because the sand wanted peace for now and also didn’t have the resources or infrastructure to continue. But then they had three other villages, at least, who were eyeing Jonah’s like a fat injured lamb.

[@Kingneo0053]

Question. The Hidden Sand wants fertile land. The 1st Hokage has the ability to just create fertile forests anywhere. The 2nd Hokage knows water jutsu and is skilled enough at it to produce water with it. He also knows sealing jutsu and sealing scrolls exists during this time period. Sealing scrolls can be used to stores materials and objects. Could they have not used that combo to just turn portions of the Hidden Sand fertile? Worst case scenario the 2nd Hokage convinces the 1st Hokage into not going into Hidden Sand territory for security reasons and/or the trees can't be sustained for long due to the Hidden Sand's lack of fertility. However there is a workaround. Soil fertility is based on the presence of organic matter in the soil. This helps provide nutrients for plants and prevents water from escaping the soil from evaporation. This is why fertilizer and mulch is so useful and prized by agriculturalists and have been used for a long time. We're talking BC era. You can take those trees, compost them into fertilizer, and put that fertilizer in sealing scrolls. You can then use water jutsu to produce large quantities of fresh water, put that into containers, and then put that in sealing scrolls. Alternatively you can go to a large body of fresh that isn't being largely used, put that water into containers, and put those containers in sealing scrolls. You can then take fertile soil from Konoha, put that into containers, and then put that in sealing scrolls. This soil can be taken from areas that aren't being farmed or can be taken from areas that are being farmed. In the case of the latter fertilizer can be used to restore the fertility of those farmed areas. You can then take seeds, put that into containers, and then put that in sealing scrolls. Those scrolls can then be given to the Hidden Sand so that they can immediately grow crops. The first year could be for free as a show of good faith. After it's shown that this works Konoha could set up a trade deal and use that to further the village.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Few issues there. We don't know how long elements made out justsus last, tobirama was not giving any handouts and would only help the sand village the paid the proper amount, and hashirama wasn't going to force help onto others and would only done so if the first kazekage agreed to peace terms(which he wasn't really interested in).

[@chikipichi5280]

If only the trains ran on oil or vehicles were a more common thing. The Hidden Sand would be an economic powerhouse. Wait, have Dinosaurs ever been confirmed to exist in the Naruto universe?

[@ChristieLily35]

No, dinos haven't come up.

[@azureascendant994]

That would be awesome! The world does have giant turtles, lizards and snakes... Why not dinosaurs...

[@siiadaaron79]

The had giant scorpions if I’m not mistaken

[@r.a.panimefan2109]

Oil isn't made from dinosaur. Modern science says it was made from phytoplankton bio mass millions of years ago. Except there is alot to be said to say that oil may not actually be a fossil fuel. There is a conspiracy that governments and gas companies vehemently reject this. That Rockefeller in the late 1800s said that naming oil a fossil fuel will create false scarcity. In fact at that time before the oil fields were bought up. People used oil for lubrication. So before the industrial revolution. People could go out to Wells that had oil freely bubbling from the ground. In fact oil is the second most common liquid on the planet. And let me ask u this would the amount of oil burned and used really make sense if it was made from microscopic life in a ocean... There is no way that much liquid could be made by that little amount of biomass

[@ChristieLily35]

@@r.a.panimefan2109 .... well. Now I need to to down a rabbit hole. So I'm not a scientist, well I have a degree in comp-sci, but not that kind of science. However, fossil fuel coming from fossils always confused me. Like why is there so much? And everywhere? Thanks for this.

[@pedrocarvalhodarocha6947]

I’d agree that the sand was the weakest of the villages, at least until after the 4th shinobi world war. Mostly because of gara, him being friends with naruto, and temari creating what’s effectively a marriage alliance with the Leaf, they can import food to solve their food problems. Plus I’m pretty sure that gara is the strongest kage excluding naruto, which puts them in a pretty safe place in terms of military might. I actually think that if they aren’t the 2nd strongest currently, then they’re the third, and that’s just because the cloud has a perfect jonchuriko and 2 living kage.

[@gilgeaschwithkerk2344]

Gaaras father was the worst Kage. He used Gold as a weapon in a village that needed money. He tried to kill Gaara but that would had the effect that Sukaku is gone. Sorry for my bad english I am german

[@titekubo1997]

Besides a few mistakes here and there your English is pretty good and plus I agree rasa was a idiot

[@ethancraig2293]

Your English is very good 😁

[@Hexis17]

you conveyed a solid and true point

[@NCHammer23]

Well he did farm a lil gold but yeah not enough

[@gilgeaschwithkerk2344]

@@NCHammer23 also he could use water style, that plus earth style should make the dessert a land where you can grow food.

[@elsafowl]

Suna also has a very powerful kunoichi in Pakura, with her shakuton kekkei genkai. I really do not understand how such a powerful ninja could have been sacrificed by the village. Sure, it was to settle the peace with Kiri, but Pakura wasn't even aware she was being sent into a trap. It spoke volumes about how people from the Sand couldn't trust their own government or superiors. And the government couldn't trust their soldiers' loyalty to sacrifice themselves for the village. They're not united, not in the way the Hidden Leaf is united (with propaganda and the Fire of Will).

[@austinbevis4266]

She’s canon btw in case anyone wants to doubt what you said. But I agree they were dumb af for basically sacrificing her. She was crazy powerful

[@netero1682]

Because of Rasa's envy, he saw her as a rival. That man may have repented in front of Gaara, but when he was alive he was a bad person.

[@Maniacal_Laughter]

Didn’t we see the coast of the Land of wind in one of the naruto Movies? When Gaara, Temari and kankuro fought off the villains in the beginning of such movie.

[@BigMoney398]

Even on the map you can see it has a coastline

[@stranger9847]

lot of missed opportunity with the hidden sand. imagine a clan of insect users focused on scorpions and scarabs and such. or a clan with glass release Justus. or if they had a academy or clan of puppet masters.

[@ThattSwaggUnltd]

I think a ranking villages video would be interesting. You can rank them on many different aspects like economics, ninja force, the area. I’m sure you’ll have many different ideas for this topic!

[@richmaxmchalliwchester1984]

that's a great idea, he should do that, i think their overall ranking is: 1. Konoha, 2. Kumo, 3. Kiri, 4. Iwa, 5. Suna but it would be interesting to see some points and facts in video.

[@aceclover758]

Databooks already have stats for each village

[@danielg.w5733]

The power scaling in this series always drives me crazy. Like.. Who assassinated the first kazekage if he was strong enough to subjugate a tailed beast? Like.. The hell

[@nofatchxplzthx]

if you walked in on mike tyson sleeping you could easily kill him even though he would most likely wreck you in any other scenario. its all about circumstance

[@piercejones4355]

Same way for hasharami to many people and to little chakra

[@truffle6082]

Kishmoto bad writing if he never introduce tailed beast they be no plot holes. And keeping the Hokage deaths vague.

[@OneNormalHuman]

Maybe the guy killed him while he was asleep or poisoned him

[@fightingmedialounge519]

​@@truffle6082 eh, wouldn't say that fixes much.

[@jason1666]

I just realized puppet jutsu fills the niche of shadow clone (bolstering fighting forces) and edo tensei (using dead shinobi and their powers). Of course shadow clone and edo tensei are way better suited for each of those tasks, but considering both were forbidden, it gave the sand a niche!

[@corvintheartist4940]

This was a really top tier video. The amount of information you've been able to drag out of background elements is astonishing. It's almost like I didn't watch Naruto at all.

[@nategraham6946]

I hope you do a video on the Hidden Stone someday. The village with the least development and the least know shinobi, but the least number of Kage.

[@Haydenh127]

Once you made it clear that this wasn't just about ninja strength. Sand village is very light on the things humans need to live, they should have mineral deposits, mines, and they have the ninjutsu available to make a paradise out there, but don't have much evidence for them doing much of that. With ninjutsu I think they could terra form large swaths of the desert.

[@Internet_Pilgrim]

Hey MC. Would you be able to make a video in regards to some of the "natural" creatures in the Naruto-verse? The Toads, Snakes, Monkeys, Dogs, ect? I feel as though they set an odd precedent in the Nartuo-verse with power-scaling and capabilities (I.E pain's summons' indefatigability, Great Sage Toad's clairvoyance, Monkey King Enma's role) and whether or not without Kaguya if Chakra would have evolved on Earth. From what we were originally told of the Naruto universe it doesn't seem to actually be that old until the Otsusuki clan expanded the potential timeline. Natural energy being the progenitor of all Chakra would be an interesting theory as well that could tie into the native species of a life-fairing, eventual Chakra fruit baring planet.

[@DaDualityofMan]

I always thought it was so messed up being a summon, imagine you're just chillin and then you're teleported to a battlefield.

[@heartofdawnlight]

Theres one more example to stack on the pile about needing others. Pakura..... She was sold out. She had the most terrifying Kakkei Genkai we've probably seen. but instead of nurturing & growing that power they sold her life to the hidden mist & killed her

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

Strangely their genin are always shown stronger than every other village during every chunnin exam

[@truffle6082]

They were the focus on that arc, being the antagonist, orchimaru killing the Kazekage was a mistake if both of them attacked Konoha, he could of annihilated the village and take off with sasuke.

[@abdurrahmanqureshi3030]

The Sand always focused on quality over quantity

[@skulldice6669]

Idk why Gaara never learned Magnet Release from his predecessors. It's the same for Konaha having no one else who knows Flying Raijin. The kage like never pass down their best jutsu. An exception would be Tobirama with Shadow Clones and Flying Raijin to ONE person which was Minato. I'm starting to feel like Orochimaru had a point that if u die all ur best jutsu are lost.

[@maxbarker9068]

Magnet release came from Shukakku, gaara uses it and better than any previous kaze because he received it from the source as opposed to having to research it. He also taught magnet release to shinki so obviously he knows it

[@maxbarker9068]

Flying raiijin is also a forbidden jutsu, there’s very few ninja outside of kage level that are even allowed to learn them. It’s like asking why the president doesn’t give nuclear launch codes to military members.

[@skulldice6669]

@@maxbarker9068 you got a good point.

[@skulldice6669]

@@maxbarker9068 maybe I was thinking of Iron Sand? My bad.

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

Actually gaara inherited from his dad and he uses it as last resort.

[@Gration_]

If Hashirama had the littlest bit of attitude in him, That would have been the first and last Kazekage. "Okay, cool, you don't need a hand out, but keep coming with these ridiculous ass demands and you going to still get these hands." I also didn't know the second Kazekage was a MJ fan.

[@stormfang9208]

24:25 That interesting story is DONT LIVE IN THE DESERT!!!

[@lorddelta1805]

26:02 Oh... That... That's actually a scary idea. Imagine even a small group of maybe 5 shinobi at least as compitent as kid Gara, just crushing people to death with sand.

[@DaDualityofMan]

In hindsight, it's kinda weird that every village doesn't just have a bridage of kekkai genkai users, IIRC the Stone were the only ones with the Explosive Corps.

[@nofatchxplzthx]

you had to have the affinity for magnet release, which was super rare apparently

[@jonathanharvey1265]

Love these hidden villages videos! Please do a land of water hidden mist video 🙏🏽

[@JhelleMies]

Didn't Hashirama wanted to give tailed beasts for free but Tobirama demanded money from them ?

[@Dracomillei]

Yes. He was "selling them for peace". So peace was the price, not money

[@shadowslayer9988]

Tobirama made Hashirama sell the tailed beast for money.

[@bloyear]

the delivery on the line "And in fact there's a guy out there with a chakra saber cuttin' down peoples parents!" was the funniest thing I've heard in a long while. good job dood, great content keep it up

[@LaCrux]

Came for the worst village. Stayed for the entire historical account of the hidden sand village. Left with a life lesson.

[@Rikufan1994]

This video really made me thinking, waht IF Reto hasnt had overestimated himself so much, what if he had just bought a second Biju, maybe Suna would have gotten Chomei instead of the hidden Waterfall of all villages (which is pretty interesting what Hashiramas intentions were by selling it to this village spesificlly and not just keeping it for Konoha instead) Maybe with 2 Jinchuriki they wouldnt have sealed Shukaku in this teapot 90% of his life, maybe with 2 Bijus they would have been able to culturize more Living space in the Land of Wind or something like that. It really is a bit sad that Sunagakure ended up so misserable just because They established a base of trust and Unity just way to late were they basically had to start from scrach and now are at the mercy of ppl who are willing to work with them even in a time of "peace".

[@rolandjaycutter3504]

Frankly, its amazing that the hidden sand isn't constantly on the brink of civil war.

[@stranger9847]

Dear god imagine if the hidden sand was as bad as the mist with internal strife.

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

The one good thing they had is that they loved their village and all of them agreed that they don’t want to turn it into civil war.

[@VeniceTrojan]

I appreciate when he misspeaks little things like saying "hidden fire" instead of land of fire

[@asmallworld4159]

Great vid. I wanted to know which village was the weakest so thanks. Find a way to talk about the other villagers, this is a great series

[@WeRockYourBed]

yeah the thing with magnet release is that when controling something magnetic the indevidual doesn't change at all. however when they forcefully magnetize something which is di-magnetic/not-magnetic, they gain those dark rings around their eyes hence why rasa only gains them when he uses his gold dust. and also explains why Gaara always has those rings as well. also since Iron IS magnetic the third Kazekage and Shinki don't gain the rings around their eyes

[@horrorsans6118]

For this new generation rn for the sand village, it could actually grow alot cause they have the best and strongest KazeKage there is and that's gaara, Gaara is smart and he has the potential to increase his village alot, he's also the second strongest kage(Naruto is the first obviously) the other kages I won't rate but by what we seen Gaara is stronger then the other kages(except Naruto). Naruto made his village better so Gaara could to, they may possibly have the weakest village but they have a very smart and very strong kage at least and he has the potential to fix the village and increase it. Agree or disagree? Also shukaku isn't living in konoha forever, it's just for a brief time until everything is over plus the other villages don't have tailed beast either since there all roaming around.

[@MFShro0m]

Tbh I think you’re over-estimating what Naruto’s done for the village. Aside from encouraging trade and cultural exchange he hasn’t done much for the leaf aside from protect it as he’s not prodigious at governance. Naruto’s been lucky in that he’s had great back up from the other leaf ninja currently around helping him and the village in their own way. Gaara as far as we know doesn’t have that calibre of support. On top of that the strong tend to get stronger and part of the reason why konoha’s become the tech capital of the world is that the land of fire is the wealthiest and most populous land while the leaf is the strongest village. The sand may still develop really well under him but they benefit from few of the same things

[@BRPJR]

@@MFShro0m now that you mentioned it, it kinda made me think why is Naruto always tired and can't even maintain that many shadow clones compared to how he was early on. Yet people thinks he's WAY stronger than himself during the war. His intuition and craftiness also disappeared.

[@mwperk02]

@@BRPJR well after the 4th war wasn't his son made the main character of the series?

[@TyTheKazekage]

With him being my favorite character I would hate this but, it wouldn’t surprise me if Gaara doesn’t get assassinated as well not because he wasn’t a good leader but because he wasn’t aggressive enough for the village and they see that as weakness kinda like why the white fang k*lled himself

[@Shalakor]

He already died once, so that might count as his being assassinated quota.

[@soumya5131]

Hey Nick, Ao had a byakugan and a byakugan can essentially identify if anyone has been in a genjutsu. Ao was powerful so he must have determined that something was wrong with Yagura. It is also stated in the anime (I'm not sure about the manga) that Ao preferred the bloody mist era. Could you please make a video about this, yagura and the blood mist era? Thank you! Love your videos

[@austinbevis4266]

There’s actually some weird plot holes around that time period. Ao definitely would’ve noticed and also how did zabuza grow up in the blood mist village time period when it was caused by obito who is basically his age?

[@Th1sIsMyLegacy]

@@austinbevis4266The Hidden Mist was already vicious before Yagura was put under genjutsu, but yeah it’s kind of a plot hole. In regards to your question, the Byakugan can’t easily detect genjutsu. Ao detected Danzo using Katsuamatsokami because he detected Shisui’s specific chakra from Danzo’s eye.

[@austinbevis4266]

@@Th1sIsMyLegacy you’re correct about him detecting shisui’s chakra. I didn’t realize this until earlier this year

[@larodneycarter1732]

Hashirama could have just made the hidden sand a forest by clapping his hands together.....

[@blueblade6174]

I like to think he did, but then Danzo burnt it down and blamed it on an elderly retirement home.

[@daiblo.dshadow]

@@blueblade6174 seems like something a kid Danzo would do

[@blueblade6174]

@@daiblo.dshadow I was mostly referring to when he'd have formed Root

[@dawae2162]

Those woods are made from chakra so one day that forest will gone.

[@larodneycarter1732]

@@dawae2162 I see what you're saying. so no produce can be made from it?

[@drparadox7833]

Moment i read the title light bulb turned in my head with "SUNA!" They are in a middle of the dessert and Rasa is a worse Kage than freacking Hiruzen which is an accomplishment

[@dariusscamander9358]

Hiruzen was a great kage, he won the third great ninja war, maintained the will of fire within the leaf, and then had an era of peace in the leaf that only ended when pain attacked.

[@drparadox7833]

@@dariusscamander9358 Hashirama, Tobirama and Madara created Leaf so that children won't have to fight in wars. What did Hiruzen do? He sent CHILDREN to fight in the third shinobi WORLD WAR! will of fire? Allowing Orochimaru to continue to cause mayhem, knowing Orochimaru was in the forest of death, knowing he plans something, KNOWS HE BRANDED SASUKE, yet allows Sasuke to fight disregarding the fact that Sasuke can fly of the handle and kill everyone there and also having a dead jounin days before third stage AND proceeds to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it which results in massive destruction, loss of life and his own death

[@dariusscamander9358]

@@drparadox7833 They weren't children they were chunin at the time. They passed the academy and the chunin exam so no they were not children in the way Tobirama meant. That is why the academy and chunin exam were created. So similarly to how Naruto allows Kawakii and Boruto to stay in the village even though they can destroy it and kill everyone and no one can really stop them. Yes, the third wasn't perfect, but when a war is placed on you doorsteps you finish it. And that is what he did. The leaf wouldn't hold Lord Third in such high regard if he wasn't a great Hokage.

[@DMTInfinity]

Your Content Inspired my Second Channel's Main Series. Thank You for that.... I literally Binge your Content over and over on The Regular, and Naruto means so much to me, that you have become the Decorations on The Cake and I Love your Show so freakin' much, Fam..! 💜

[@LNGcreepyztv]

Brooooo let's goo!!! New video!! My personal fav village is the blood mist Day 2 of asking nick to consider making his own naruto character (background and abilities included) as I feel like it would be very interesting to see what he comes up with

[@jonathanwyatt1082]

Mist for the Win 🤜🤛

[@1ayaan10]

Yes

[@robertreeves9280]

I back this 100% let’s go Hammer we need answers !

[@34thoover]

cool idea would love to see it

[@NCHammer23]

Hmmm I’d have to think about it

[@breeant535]

I know it's probably not so interesting for a KZbin video since he's kinda side character but at the same time he's considered a genius so... Maybe Neji's life video? I know it's sad but it's my fav character ;-;

[@rsquare42]

They could have chosen the water tail beast or just ask hashirama for help with the land he could have literally made the desert a forest

[@Just_Dova]

Amazing video as usual. Not only was it an interesting deep dive into the history of the Hidden Sand but a great message at the end. Well done, sir!

[@TylernsuchPvP]

All of the kazekage got assassinated because of a massive skill issue

[@CinDaPoet]

Imagine being a hidden sand village member being told how y’all are going to attack the hidden leaf😭 honestly imma just leave

[@1129402]

Good video, interestingly enough an idea that could've been worthwhile is tourism earlier on. Having tourists come internationally and spend money and using those resources to expand into area like buying land wouldve been a very good investment.

[@josegar30]

If the naruto games can do is expend the world map. Boruto can’t do much since they doing their story but for ninja storm 4/5 there could had been a dlc expending the map since it was a time of peace

[@dgroves1570]

Hey Nick man I've got a problem. Nobody talks about the 1 good thing in Ino and Sakura's fight. Ino made a chunin level strategy with the hair thread rope. Chick pretended to lose her shit just to trap Sakura to use mind transfer. IMO genius.

[@kannan07]

So basically,sand and leaf are opposites Hashirama was ready to sacrifice himself for peace and trust madara and tobirama,tobirama sacrificed himself to protect 5 people who would have great importance later on Hiruzen sacrificed himself to try his best to stop orichimaru and trust the rest of the village Minato sacrificed himself for Naruto,who would go on to become the one person to unite everyone Tsunade was ready to sacrifice herself to protect the leaf from pain,by depleting her chakra,and did the same again against madara Kakashi is completely reliant on having the perfect team work,the team work that he thought was absent in his team Naruto is ready to sacrifice.himself anyday for anything that leads to the better future,and he's also the solo reason that everyone decided to work together Heck even normal jonin from the leaf are ready to sacrifice themselves for the better Like gai or asuma(well,they are by no means "normal" but still) While.the only kage from the sand who could do anything like this was gaara Thanks to Naruto's op mouth

[@DaDualityofMan]

Will of Fire and all that.

[@DeDraconis]

I'm watching this, thinking about the Middle East, and the conclusion I'm coming to is that A) living in the desert sucks and B) Damn but what if Sunagakure had oil?

[@lordhades598]

Do you think if Sasori didn't defect to the Akatsuki that he may have been a future Kazekage?

[@truffle6082]

Yes

[@MysticalArcane]

He is the most powerful nin ever produced by Suna in its entire history, so yes.

[@lordhades598]

@@MysticalArcane I'd argue Gaara would be the strongest if the Akatsuki didn't end up capturing him. But I agree it would've been interesting if he would've become Kazekage instead and see how the story would've played out

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

Not really, the sand kazekage comes from single line of family.

[@Kavity]

Making me lose hope in Shinki , he seems dope

[@JoseSerrato0420]

I think the reason they never made a Magnet Release Corp is that Magnet Release is still a kekkai genkai that isn't consistently passed down but is present in the village at a small level, since it's a mix of two natures like some other kekkai genkai it's probably hard to actually determine if someone can use it unlike doujustus that have a visible, physical alteration. What I mean is that the population that can mix both wind and earth together to make Magnet Release is very small and, even then, they have their own unique Magnet Release that it'd be hard to actually know if they could actually perform it. What if Rasa performed Magnet Release and no gold was around when he tried to see if he could do it? They would think he couldn't perform it. Gaara is surrounded by sand (and Shukaku gave him sand manipulation) but if he was born in the hidden mist he'd probably never know he could control sand. There's a 50% borne affinity for the ability and a 50% having the situations to be able to perform it. They could have probably increased their odds if they had a bigger population and they did selective offsprings like how blood-purity driven clans go about it.

[@skulldice6669]

Why do the kazekage keep getting assassinated... I feel like this is Danzo's fault somehow. 🤔

[@Katyloveheart]

I wouldn't be surprised

[@phonometric_]

Fun fact, pure gold is not magnetic at all. In fact, it has a negligible repulsion to magnets. There are only a few magnetic elements and those are nickle, iron, cobalt, and some rare earth metals like neodymium. All other metals are paramagnetic or diamagnetic. So in this case, using magnet release on gold sand actually makes less sense than regular desert sand, as at least desert sand can be assumed to contain some magnetic metals embedded within.

[@quentinjones6877]

But the gold is in dust form, wouldn't that be why it's Magnetic?

[@phonometric_]

@@quentinjones6877 No. If you rub gold dust with a magnet and the dust is attracted to it, the dust is not pure gold.

[@quentinjones6877]

@@phonometric_ oh, well this is all fiction anyway lol

[@EepyLizard]

I can understand it, and I didn't agree at first (still don't entirely, but you've definitely helped me see this side) but I can see why I should. I just don't agree. I don't know much about the Hidden Stone, and what I do know says they're probably weaker. I'd love to be proven wrong tho (I may love Gaara and Kankuro, even Rasa - fight me - but I love being proven wrong a little more).

[@ChristieLily35]

I wonder if the hidden stone has the same agricultural issues. I mean, what grows in stone? At least some things grow in a desert. Iwa definitely has the military advantage, but Suna are some crafty ninjas. Iwa does have a more stabilized government, while Suna is a hot mess. (I'm not trying to make puns, they're just happening) Iwa also has a history of just not making allies while Suna seems to at least try to make allies sometimes. Suna definitely has the worse off economy. I honestly thin they're about tied. Also, I think Rasa was put in an awful position and tbh, my own headcanon is that most of it is Chiyo's fault. Like I think she pushed him to make Gaara the jinchuriki and Rasa had no other options.

[@nightsnipernick7388]

The third and fourth raikage are stronger than any kazekage. The third raikage fought 10,000 shinobi for 10 days straight. The 8 tails is stronger than the 1 tail(not necessarily cuz of the tails) and the kazekage are relative to the one tails and the raikage are relative to the 8 tails. So the raikage are stronger. Also war arc naruto is stronger than gaara. Gaara mid-high diffed the fourth kazekage while naruto mid diffed the third raikage. Also the third raikage is the strongest raikage in shippuden and the fourth kazekage is not the strongest kazekage. The hidden stone also have a perfect jinchuriki in killer bee. So yes hidden stone is stronger

[@ChristieLily35]

@@nightsnipernick7388 I love you Nick, but Killer Bee isn't from the Stone and Lord Bee is now offended

[@jonathanlyons1272]

Yes, gold is significantly heavier than iron. It's a much better conductor and significantly more resistant to corrosion. Even more interesting to me at least magnetic release makes things that are not magnetic, magnetic like sand and gold. I wouldn't say someone who uses magnet release on sand or gold something not naturally magnetic wouldn't be able to use it on something magnetic

[@jonathanlyons1272]

Puppet style is able to throw ku-knife that is made of something magnetic "iron" but magnet release is not available to it. Don't get me wrong, a nation of Magnetos would be OP as f***, but then there is wood release.

[@kaleidoscopemediator8624]

Out of curiosity, if the first Kazekage had chosen to accept another Tailed Beast, which one do you think would've benefited the Hidden Sand either in military or another kind of application?

[@Ishallreignsupreme]

I might be intrusive to give my opinion since you ask him, but in my opinion i think seven tails was originally supposed to be given to the hidden sand but since they refused tailed beasts 7 tails was given to hidden waterfall.

[@abdurrahmanqureshi3030]

The fact that the 7 tails jin is not in possession for the sand is absurd.

[@tywedlake6988]

Damn those last few minutes hit hard your deep man

[@matiascarvalho9424]

I think the next storytelling product from the Naruto brand should had been more focused on politics and economics, etc. Growing with the audience. I like to think about more complex things about the world around this characters. But instead of doing that they went for "the new people" with Boruto. It was Bad for the brand. The anime went more inmature and the manga implies a dark story, but with characters that have inmature and childish personalities and objectives. The new fans they tried to bring to the brand never came. They are distracted watching tick tock and don't feel the nostalgia that Boruto is trying to provoque. A good story about one of the previous wars and generations explaining more of the geography, economy, political conflict and war tactics. Exploring characters and stories from other generations (some that we already know and some new), and adding depth to the world where Naruto had his adventures.

[@gigimoncler9624]

Well said! hopefully Boruto is the calm before the… storm?

[@matiascarvalho9424]

@@gigimoncler9624 i'm not to sure. The popularity of the Naruto Brand is dying because Boruto is not doing any good. I think by the time Boruto ends, no writter or business will invest in the brand. I hope i'm wrong, but I think Boruto is the end of this brand (I would be surprised if the manga and show are finished).

[@agathacccc2710]

Completely agree. I’m craving some world building so bad. So much wasted potential.

[@AlwayzGeekedUp]

Orochimaru just chillin around like he aint one of the biggest murderers ever 😭😹

[@jonathanwyatt1082]

Personally, i wouldn't want to live in the Sand only because i take seizure medication that reacts negatively with heat and i imagine it would be hotter than hell That being said, Mist Village for the Win

[@dandeleon2764]

I thought this was gonna be a ranking of the Hidden Villages. I'd say my personal ranking is: 5.Hidden Sand: No one wants to live there. 4.Hidden Mist: The many islands make it difficult to govern, and it is plagued by a historically corrupt government. The Lady Mizukage seemed to have made it a very culturally powerful nation, so it's also the most improved nation, economically. 3.Hidden Stone: Middle of the pack just because we know so little about them. Most stable government, with the least number of Kage, but also the WORST uniforms, like they literally wear bandanas. 2.Hidden Lead: Yeah, the best ninja come from here, it's where our personal favorites are, but it's not all sunshine. Lot's of baddies come from Konoha, and they've had more Kage than any other village (The Third actually took control of the village after the Fourth, so you could argue we should be on Kage #8). But they do have the Ramen Guy so they're still first alternate for the title! 1. Hidden Cloud: Always seemed to have its shit together. It's citizens appear the happiest, and actually had the incentive to train their Tailed Beasts, and not treat them like lepers. Also, the only villager that didn't have a member in the Akatsuki. Sounds like Cloud Village has a good mental-health care plan for their citizens! And wouldn't you know it, they have the coolest outfits, bruh, the Hidden Stone could NEVER!

[@Edited_Comment]

"Hidden lead"

[@shantoakter3124]

@@Edited_Comment leaf

[@dandeleon2764]

@@Edited_Comment Oop, well, yeah, I meant Leaf, lol

[@JordanWindhamBenford]

The Hidden Sand is not the weakest because if anybody knows anything about economics and war, nations like the Sand are the most impenetrable fortresses of death. Compared to nations like Iran, Iraq, etc. Their home is their greatest weapon and utilizing a terrain which is death to anyone who hasn't lived there makes your nation a place where the risk always outweigh the reward. Gaara is basically superman in his village and was fighting at the Kage level before he lost his virginity and can do battle with otsutsuki level threats even without having his number one asset (the landscape) support him.

[@albertgerges4083]

You should make a video about BORUTO charachters like Sarada or Mitsuki.

[@jaybee5315]

"We're desert-locked" Hashirama could have just sent Tobirama and conduct a 5-day seminar on suiton. Or more aggressively, just perform water shockwave and flood the deserts and create lakes and oasis

[@heyfell4301]

My favourite village is actually the weakest, but it's still my favourite just because it has the coolest Jutsus. Yeah, you Konoha fans can have the Uchiha bs and the Byakugan, the op magic powers that can level a town, but puppets and magnetism are by far some of the most creative, Aburame's insects are the only technique that compares to those too in "coolness factor". XD

[@blade7506]

facts

[@jayzg60]

I always found the sand to be the most interesting. Very different economy from the other villages, weak ninjas with a few extremely strong ninja. A culture heavily based on honor

[@thekillers1stfan]

I feel like there is a good argument for the Rain village too. Yes they had Hanzo and the Akatsuki, BUT they only had those shinobi because they were constantly getting destroyed by their neighbors. They have the Poland problem when it comes to geography, they are vulnerable from every side. Also it's a North Korea style dictatorship based on a cult of personality and an industrial wasteland.

[@Egryn]

Magnet release attracts sand by creating a causing the electrons to spin creating a conductor and an electrical charge to create an electromagnetic field. By manipulating your chakra you can alter the electrons around the sand as well making the now electrically charged sand a Mailable object. Aluminum is often sound in sand and you could use that to create the electromagnetic charge. Depending on geography numerous metals could be used to create that charge.

[@Egryn]

After writing this Magnet release is way cooler than people realize

[@DaddyHensei]

How magnet release controls sands? Chakra is magnetic because it’s magnet release chakra so it just attracts itself from the chakra in the sand! Kishi just didn’t think that far ahead. The real reason.

[@jasonfoley6502]

Some Hidden Sand ninjas can adjust well outside of their natural environment.

[@drigondii]

You can actually see on the maps that the Land of Wind DOES have access to the sea. What it doesn't have is FRESH water.

[@yxngfrog3711]

my theory is that magnet release is also a magnet to chakra as you can infuse sand with chakra and use the release to control it yknow

[@dudebucket60]

Ok, gold is not magnetic so if we think of magnet release more like the ability to control metal, then it can control sand. The primary component of sand is silicon, which is a metalic element

[@alucardonus]

I have crazy Boruto theory! Remember Mu? That guy who can split in half?... Imagine if Boruto learned and mastered this technique. He can just sacrifice part of his power by creating second body containing karma and Momoshiki and kill his other half. Sounds crazy right? But might work... Maybe you can make video about this. :D

[@shotzzzzz]

It also pays to notice that Reto probably couldn't afford a second tailed beast, even if he wanted it.

[@Javetts]

idk, puppets, and specifically living puppets are scary and cool AF. A puppet brigade is cooler than any clan tbh

[@muayboran6111]

Hidden sand has oil... just wait till they figure out how to use it

[@WolfOfRath42069]

The concept of magnet release controlling sand is similar to the science behind Magnetos ability to control earth due to the attraction between minerals at a cellular level.

[@ashutoshsharma7923]

Sasori is the most underrated akatsuki member. If sakura and chiyo doesn't have the Antidote, then sasori would have defeated both of them including chiyo who is definitely a kage level with low difficulty.

[@randymarshislorde]

Hammer bro, I've read enough fanfiction to know that whichever village is home to either Naruto or the plot-armored-to-hell Mary Sue self insert character is the strongest village.

[@johnwaggner9143]

For that last question on Magnet Release: the simplest answer is that it's a metaphorical name. Out of the 3 materials we've seen it manipulate, only 1 of them is magnetic, Gaara's Magnet Release's ability to increase the density of his sand has nothing to do with magnetism at all. So rather than Magnet Release being creating magnetic forces with your chakra, if you think about it in terms of its components of Earth and Wind natures, it makes more sense to describe it as "the ability to manipulate a specific kind of earth as freely and finely as wind can blow," meaning you can control that material even at the particulate level. For the Third Kazekage that material was Iron, and since he was the first person in the village to figure it out, they would've named it after him. What would they call it EXCEPT Magnet Release? Even if Gold and Silica/Sand aren't magnetic, they're still being controlled in the same way the 3rd Kazekage used his ability, so what reason is there to change the name? And as for Gaara's Magnet Release, it simply deepens his control of his material to the point he can tightly compress it into a hard, solid material, and also make it too heavy with chakra for any person to break free from, thereby not losing the advantage the 3rd and Rasa had with their control of a heavier material than Silica. It all makes a lot more sense when you don't take what they say so literally; that's just good life advice.

[@patrickwitek]

I know no one will see this but I can't imagine Suna could even afford to purchase a Tailed Beast from Konoha, as such not to show weakness they demanded something else. They are likely one of the poorest not just out of the 5GN but in the world, it would likely devastate their economy, especially since we know Konoha charged quite a lot for them as that influx of money was able to get them through the next 3 Great Wars. It must have been a incredible amount, doesn't really make sense for Suna to be able to afford it without facing some form of recession.

[@Sorrus-B4lyfe]

Think it’s safe to assume why there’s a “Curse” on the lineage of the Kazekage = They’re a nation of nomads who like their freedom. Meaning their allegiance has always been fragile. Gaara attempted assassination by his other Father… You don’t see the Third or even Danzo try to kill Naruto when he was a child. The sand village is just problematic and I honestly don’t know HOW they even managed to form a nation to begin with. That’s like going out deserts on Earth and see if a country is formed “naturally”, not by rich people building an airport and city.