Why Genjutsu is USELESS now...

[@sixfromtokyo]

Thank you for watching :)

[@safehavendot]

No thank you

[@udayhd]

Thanks

[@anishorttzz]

hey six I was wondering how madara was revived back in his prime when hiruzen was revived as an old man, isnt edo tensei used to bring back someone at their time of death

[@aaveey]

My pleasure sir

[@safehavendot]

@@anishorttzz Kabuto preserved Madaras body to bring him back in his prime. Kabuto mentiones this as well when talking to Madara. Everyone else got revived at their point of death.

[@AsterikTeenus]

Do you think Sasuke lives in constant fear that maybe one day he will go to sleep and wake up in the Uchiha hideout and see Itachi still sitting on his throne?

[@xavmanisdabestest]

That's amazing

[@ultramusiq5507]

Lol, now that will be a hell of a twist. Lol

[@kimanireid6111]

In that scenario if he's still aware of what lead to the Uchicha massacre then I doubt he'd care about not being able to kill Itachi

[@daniellewandowski6945]

@@kimanireid6111 he isnt, all those events would be made by itachi so it wouldn't be a given they were true

[@kimanireid6111]

@@daniellewandowski6945 fair point

[@DanTheDoodler]

Honestly kinda sad to see. The power system in Naruto was so cool and so integral to the series and it sucks a lot of it seems like it’s being done away with

[@gameuniverse5973]

Genjustu was always on the decline i can count on my hand the amount of genjustu used in Shippuden not even counting the fact two out of the five uchihas in the show no longer used it in fights

[@christiansmith1895]

Genjustu was on the decline as soon as he said that it could manipulate tailed beast. Before that is was at least passable that you could fight someone with genjustu. Not to mention they made the Uchiha Genjustu way to powerful. If you aren’t an uchiha Kureani proved you might as well just learn Ninjustu.

[@bobjohnson1633]

They wrecked it immediately after Sasuke got EMS and Naruto got sage. They cranked everything to 11 and made all secondary characters completely irrelevant

[@bobjohnson1633]

When obito was showed controlling 9 tails, he had a bunch of shit set up with a big ceremony with seals and shit.

[@bourne8636]

Just saying that’s the whole plot of boruto…

[@jaxwolf438]

Itachi made everyone fall in love with genjutsu and its sad to see they don't have as many mental gymnastics as they did in the main series.

[@gameuniverse5973]

Itachi was the only dude who used genjustu in a fight regularly also dojustsu genjustu is just better than normal genjustu when was the last time a genjutsu not sage or dojustsu based was used

[@meburritoloco7475]

Power creep. You can't see any visual prowess affecting the battlefield, there is no physical feedback, there's no eye-candy on a massive scale, unless you want to count the Infinite Tsukuyomi . Trees aren't being destroyed, land isn't being exploded, no one is shooting lasers. It is however a lot more interesting in 1v1's to see who can outwit each other. My favorite instance is still how Sasuke 'genjutsued' Danzo into thinking one of his 'arm-eyes'? was still open. My one complaint about Genjutsu is how it was mostly ocular. We really only got variations with Tayuya and Ma and Pa who used sound. It would've been interesting to see Genjutsu activate with other senses, but I get why Kishmoto used it the way he did. Good writing is hard. I'm not mad, just disappointed.

[@reddboytv1332]

@@meburritoloco7475I mean you just proved why it was never used like that from the jump it’s always been boring lol I’ve always hated it and never seen the point of it…the only one that’s remotely cool is Itachis and that’s it. Y’all like to throw all of Naruto’s original flaws onto Boruto. Also notice how dude in the video kept mentioning uchihas? Literally nobody else really uses it atp if y’all want more uchiha villains just say that but I’m tired of them🙄

[@Rellfromthe4]

Itachi made genjustu pointless in actuality.

[@ixnexus]

@@meburritoloco7475 Pretty sure Kishimoto isn't even the main one writing Boruto.

[@5stargrim]

I feel like the major issue with genjutsu is that one single clan was carrying it as a concept in Naruto. Now that the uchiha are dead, there’s just no one capable of using it anymore, I guess. Honestly, I’m surprised it’s never even mentioned in the fight between sasuke and itachi. Everyone talks about how itachi was sick or holding back, but no one mentions the fact that itachi’s back was also broken from carrying genjutsu in Naruto.

[@jus_ice_4433]

There’s that one clan that actually specialized in genjutsu. They just weren’t shit compared to the uchiha; itachi flipped her own genjutsu on her

[@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess]

That last sentence was pretty funny. Props.

[@smitefulaxe1344]

@@jus_ice_4433 Ah, the Kurama Clan? In that on filler arc.

[@5stargrim]

@@jus_ice_4433 What the guy above me said, that was filler, and sadly if the first thing you think when you hear them is “that one clan” it probably wasn’t doing much for genjutsu either way

[@jr1648]

@@5stargrim haha its the chinoike clan and their dojutsu is the ketsuryugan XD

[@zuralani1]

2:38 small correction (unless it is anime only, in which case my bad): Kakashi introduced us to genjutsu during the bell test when he used it on Sakura, not when he used it on Zabuza.

[@footballstats9127]

It s in the manga too

[@zuralani1]

@@footballstats9127 i figured it probably was, but figured I'd put that there just in case

[@aliciogarcia1430]

Was expecting this scene when he said it 😅

[@Jajuan44]

Genjutsu was monopolized by the Uchihas, if you wasn't an Uchiha then your genjutsu just wasn't up to par. The Hyuga clan had taijutsu but they never monopolized it they were just better than most clans at taijutsu. But when it comes to the Uchiha if you're not an Uchiha yourself then you're not touching an Uchiha with genjutsu. Which is why we never saw much genjutsu from non Uchiha ninjas.

[@jackgonahieu4999]

Then the novels introduced the weird clan that controlled iron who were stated to be better at genjutsu.

[@GMEdgeRPG]

That's sad. Kurenai was a special jounin specialist in genjutsu, the best in Konoha but still was humiliated by Itachi's base sharingan genjutsu. I mean, cmon, the girl even put on the red eyes. Could at least have a fight instead of being a power scaling tool.

[@gabrielhoelzle8476]

The thing about genjutsu is that it's really hard to write into a fight compared to cool taijutsu moves or shooting fireballs. If it works it's insanely overpowered and if it doesn't nothing happens. There's a few awesome moments like in the Sasuke/Danzo fight where it's used as misdirection but the whole fight had to be written to lead up to that moment...

[@shathaan1763]

Tell that to every itachi fight

[@gabrielhoelzle8476]

@@shathaan1763 you mean the ones where he instawins because someone looked at his eyes or fingers?

[@shathaan1763]

@@gabrielhoelzle8476 yes, pretty easy to write imo

[@gabrielhoelzle8476]

@@shathaan1763 if your idea of a good fight is one of the fighters not having any agency I suppose it's pretty easy

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@shathaan1763 that just boring as heck Sasuke only successful genjustu in a fight was against Deidara and Danzo and Obito with Madara dint even use genjustu in fights unless you count Madara genjustu on the raikage which he just did it for fun

[@Black_Guy]

Genjutsu was introduced like it had wide-ranging applications, but it seems like most genjutsu are OP. My favorite genjutsu was Sasuke fooling Danzo with the izanagi eyes because it was simple and effective. Variety with genjutsu is the key. Not everything needs to be paralysis or mind control. Take Sarada versus Boro for instance, she could have used genjutsu on Boro to make him think he shifted his core, then Boruto could have blown off the top of his body and killed him. Perfectly simple, but super effective.

[@quentinjones6877]

Right

[@FriendlyDarkwraith]

Or she could have pretended to be affected by the virus to get in close and land a hit, then let Boruto and Kawaki deliver the "finishing" blow, which is what they did. And let's be honest, people would clown on Boro 10x harder than they already do if a measly 2-tomoe (3 in the manga, but whatever) Sharingan managed to put a Kara Inner in genjutsu.

[@christiansmith1895]

Than the People who Like Naruto but not Boruto would have just called it a copycat of Sasuke or Itachi.

[@Black_Guy]

@@christiansmith1895 She used chidori. I can't see anything being more copycat than that.

[@christiansmith1895]

@@Black_Guy I just hate when anime’s try to take some inspiration from others and people call them copycats. Like Boruto tried to make Boruto a troubled kid with a parent that isn’t home but he lives in a sing parent household with his little sister. But people say he is just a fake Sasuke.

[@BentoDaOne]

Realistically I think it’s just because Ikemoto can’t really draw illusions or doesn’t have the confidence that they’ll be on par with what Kishimoto did art wise since in the anime Sarada lowkey spams Genjutsu

[@homomagii]

That’s a good point!!!

[@bobjohnson1633]

He was writing it, wasn't he? And he's a shit writer with shit ideas.

[@jus_ice_4433]

I feel like it’s more of a narrative choice. The anime shows more of team 7 facing off against every day ninja while the manga focuses much more heavily on them fighting an opponent that’s totally impervious to the ability

[@BentoDaOne]

@@jus_ice_4433 I don’t think that makes any sense. People tend to throw around the word narrative randomly and think it makes more sense when “narratively” speaking the story is about Shinobi remaining Shinobi in the face of literal gods. If anything the people who literally are meant to fight deceptively should be leaning on Genjutsu now more than ever if narrative is to be considered. Six even pointed out moments where characters using Genjutsu would be useful and narratively sound. They’ve only fought 2 Otsutsuki (neither actually are stated to be immune to Genjutsu it’s just headcanon from fans) in the 78 chapters out currently. Even then there’s nothing actually stopping Genjutsu from being a factor against the likes of Code, Kawaki or even Daemon. I think Ikemoto’s lack of confidence in those more vague scenes is a bit more realistic from a manga creation side of things. You can’t write things you can’t draw/lack confidence drawing

[@unclephillymya]

Nah. If he can draw Momoshiki vs Naruto & Sasuke, he can draw illusions I think/hope that Genjutsu will make a comeback

[@Acradus]

I just hate how they ignore auditory genjutsu entirely as well. Auditory genjutsu bypass sharingan/rinnegan genjutsu resistance to some extent

[@LuckOfTheDrawReborn]

Also isn't Genjutsu proficiency suppose to be in an Uchiha's blood like fire style? Sarada using it on Boro would've made perfect sense.

[@SuperPianogirl123]

She tried to in the anime I believe

[@davidspearim5552]

​@SuperPianogirl123 But boros is supposed to be in insanity powerful And hes a cyborg that makes his half machine so I don't think it would work

[@brolo4784]

That’s makes me think of a good question, are all uchiha disposed to having yin or yang chakra whatever one is for genjutsu

[@SaberEBW]

W Six, I completely agree, especially coming off a series that used Genjutsu so well and thoroughly as well.

[@Rellfromthe4]

It was used more often because uchiha was extremely prevalent in shippuden. In boruto there is only 2 uchiha. Genjustu was never used that much outside of sharingan users

[@SaberEBW]

@@Rellfromthe4 Doesnt mean it cant be or the creators cant come up with interesting ways to use it. Its pure laziness and Boruto as a whole suffers for it. Half the amount of Uchiha and no Genjutsu makes no smense.

[@alexgaray1216]

I wish genjutsu wasn’t so underrated

[@davidspearim5552]

But it's not so underrated it is the most overrated ability in naruto You know how easy they could win a fight By using that ability

[@SaraphDarklaw]

Genjutu should’ve been used like debuffs in RPGs. And make them last until the affected figures out how it’s being transmitted (sight, smell, etc) and covering it up or overcoming it (sarutobi using smell to deal with his loss of sight).

[@brolo4784]

Dude yes , I’d even take it a step further and say they should’ve introduced a buff style genjutsu to empower one’s Allies. Like her bro go berserk

[@jaries9027]

I remember when everyone was mad Sakura never learned genjutsu 😂…it was honestly useless during Shippuden if you didn’t have a sharingan. The Uchiha was the only ones that could make it useful or OP.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Genjutsu is what D&D calls a range touch attack. Just like chakra strands. Sharingan can cast it directly from the eyes without hand signs. Aside from tsukuyomi, which is apparently unique to itachi, you could cast the exact same mirror genjutsu or paralysis genjutsu, which was stated to be a basic genjutsu.

[@alswisha8519]

There just how it was presented itachi and Sasuke got cooked by Takuya genjutsu pain also got cooked

[@yvesradiancemendoza5524]

Didnt have to be that way

[@TheGloryXros]

Why not make Sakura be impressive by making her one of the only non-Uchiha people to be able to break out of an Uchiha-level Genjutsu, like Tsukuyomi??? Shoot, Kishimoto had a chance to do this during the short interaction between her & Sasuke at the bridge.

[@Sissouchaos]

​@@TheGloryXrosand how she would do this..?

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

So much crazy things you can do with Genjutsu it's sad we don't see it more

[@appleboss9742]

How would you want to see it used

[@LowkeyXxx]

@@appleboss9742 put anyone including ostsutsuki in genjutsu like how all tail beasts got bodied in one second

[@Black_Guy]

The problem with genjutsu is that the only people we see use it with regularity are Uchiha or have a sharingan. Because of that, I never cared for it. It's just more Uchiha favoritism.

[@FriendlyDarkwraith]

Remember Kurenai? Exactly.

[@Black_Guy]

@@FriendlyDarkwraith I said with regularity. Kurenai showed up once for a fight. Lol Sadly, she was the only genjutsu specialist in Konoha. Sakura could have been a genjutsu specialist, instead she mainly used taijutsu.

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@FriendlyDarkwraith and she got dogged on by itachi who has a Sharigan which genjustu only good with dojustsu you just prove his point

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@Black_Guy genjustu is useless unless your a sound based which only three chars have one of them stole it from said user and dojustsu even then two of the five guys in the story who have sharigans don't even use it in fights Madara only did it for s h i t s and giggles on the raikage and Obito last genjustu was on yagura

[@Black_Guy]

@@gameuniverse5973 Genjutsu could have been written better. It could have been more effective. Kishimoto just never decided to use it for some reason. He just resorted to it when someone had a doujutsu for convenience.

[@aran.m977]

Yep. Genjutsu is absolutly non existing anymore. It's sad to see the three pillars of Naruto combat being reduced to taijutsu and crazy powers that can be used like Quirks from My Hero Academia.

[@cheeseburgerfreddy6350]

Crazy power's and taijutsu were always a thing though even in Shippuden, like hidan and kakazu or deidara and orochimaru. All of them had strange power's, and taijutsu is good because towards the end of Shippuden in turned into DBZ and the power and abilities being displayed got a little whacky.

[@gameuniverse5973]

​@@cheeseburgerfreddy6350you forgot Ms abilities

[@aran.m977]

@@cheeseburgerfreddy6350 yea that's true and nothing bad since there was still a balance between all of them during the most part of the series but in Boruto it's just reduced to these two things.

[@cheeseburgerfreddy6350]

@@gameuniverse5973 I mean there's not that many people in Boruto with the MS only Sasuke and shin have an MS, while in Shippuden there were plenty of Uchiha with the MS who were still alive.

[@cheeseburgerfreddy6350]

@@nameless.0190 Not all the enemies only some, Eida and daemon cannot absorb chakra and neither can code, only Boruto and kawaki can and even then there karma seals can only absorb pure chakra not natural elements so there's already a weakness for the absorption.

[@phobikshiki]

7:15 I’d even take this point as far as 3 Genjutsu when you consider the use of Koto to break Itachi himself out of Kabuto’s control in the first place. The other 2 never happen without it

[@craigemcmillan1927]

I appreciate how your review is simple and stayed on point. Good work, keep it up ❤

[@jackspicer6864]

I don't mind God ki in dragon ball but don't see the point in learning it if half the cast can just catch up to the God forms of goku and vegeta with just regular ki like it just seems like an unnecessary strain on their body and stamina just to fight people who can get that strong the normal way

[@jus_ice_4433]

the problem is series like these are never planned out. not even toriyama knew gohan beast was going to exist when he made Ultra instinct and Kishimoto didn't know he'd be making Ninjas in space eventually

[@armedweiss5531]

While other characters being able to catch up to Goku and Vegeta doesn't make sense and is bad writing, leaving everyone else in the dust and unable to do anything is also bad writing by effectively deleting the supporting cast from the series. Once they introduced that new tier of power in God Goku it was a pick your poison situation, cause either way it was bad writing. At the very least by giving everyone a sudden power increase for the ToP it makes it feasible for the other supporting cast members to actually do things.

[@djantouahmed7319]

Not to mention that the god ki doesn't seem different from normal ki.

[@Getsugum]

(I haven't watched the full vid yet so idk if you said this) I think kishimoto could easily add some insane shinjutsu that works like a genjutsu and then it would make a lot of sense for that shinjutsu to be used on extreme high tiers in the verse. It would add that interesting element of "genjutsu" back to some of the fights and it would make sense for the Boruto power system and scaling

[@gabrielhoelzle8476]

If you think about it Eida's ability is a lot like genjutsu

[@Getsugum]

@@gabrielhoelzle8476 Yeah I thought about that as well. We're not even sure what her love charm ability actually is though because Momoshiki said it's not a shinjutsu

[@deffydubs]

In the anime the 8th inner Ouga who was created to be Amado's research assistant used extremely advanced genjutsu.

[@SajSen02]

Kishimoto in nutshel: Now I have Shinjutsu. Genjutsu? I don't want to play with you anymore 😡

[@PrimalIncentive]

We barely even know much about shinjutsu tho

[@gameuniverse5973]

​@@PrimalIncentiveshinjutsu seems to be Jutsu which uses no hand signs so maybe like Kaguya dimension teleporting

[@chalbramwell5353]

@@gameuniverse5973 so minato has shinjutsu

[@josephrogers3666]

@@chalbramwell5353that is a ninjutsu and funjutsu mix

[@chalbramwell5353]

@@josephrogers3666 Funjutsu?

[@fre4k214]

Characters don't even at least try to use Genjutsu, like it doesn't even always have to be successful in achieving the desired outcome in a battle and it wouldn't be so disappointing since the main characters are still basically kids, they haven't achieved their prime yet so it would show that they have still room to grow, but the more experienced characters also don't attempt Genjutsu at any time at all Edit: I'm mainly talking about Boruto series

[@PrimalIncentive]

No one tried against Kaguya

[@gameuniverse5973]

Obito and Madara dint bother using genjustu even tho there feats imply they easily can

[@whymee123]

They could have made an ultimate surreal genre to Naruto using genjutsu and the interaction kurama has with him to snap out of the illusions while fighting, it is literally limitless what you could make people go through to mentally fatigue them, drive them insane, coerce them to think of enemies as allies, from images of hell to attacking their greatest fears. It could have shown how morally gray genjutsu was to use and even if only villains used it i would have been for it

[@thegrandyata]

I love your content, Six!

[@RedLogicYT]

Next: Downfall of Senjustu

[@FriendlyDarkwraith]

Yeah, probably.

[@ma_turk]

Genjutsu is hard to write into a fight properly. Especially since nowadays a lot of people just care about big explosions and cool colors during a fight. While there’s nothing wrong with liking that, it’s just that it makes it so genjutsu doesn’t fit into that aesthetic. One of my favorite genjutsu scenes was Sasuke vs Itachi, the mind trickery was so cool but it doesn’t fit in with all the big fight scenes we’ve seen in Boruto.

[@armedweiss5531]

Part of the problem is that so much Genjutsu in the series, especially in Shippuden, tends to be an instant win button and it's insanely lame if they end up working. Like Ma and Pa's frog song or anything Itachi ever does. It's hard to write a fight with Genjutsu in mind when so many genjutsus introduced in the series are just "I win" buttons

[@JKMlive]

A really good example is how Sasuke used it against Danzo's izanagi/izanami (can't remember which)

[@researchinbreeder]

I think the use of subtle Genjutsu in particular is something we should be seen more of. Like, most of Sasuke's fights in Shippuden are sick, and a big part of that is him using Genjutsu to mislead instead of just using it to auto-win.

[@conradlorgar5508]

Pretty sure he only did that with danzo almost any other time it was an instant win or completely nulled like with bee

[@researchinbreeder]

@@conradlorgar5508 he also used Genjutsu multiple times in the Deidara fight

[@brolo4784]

Would’ve been amazing to see someone start a fire and lead their opponent into the fire without noticing until it was too late via genjutsu

[@Sissouchaos]

​@@researchinbreeder"multiples times" how many ? The only one i remmeber is when he attacked him with chidori in curse mark 2

[@unclephillymya]

2:23 ain’t no way Six put this Aizen image in the video 😂😂

[@cloak_fn]

Genjustu makes naruto naruto so a creative concept they rlly should make away of the genjustu work arounds in boruto

[@CaptainKash-S532]

Kakashi vs Zabuza is still to this day probably one of my favorite fights on the whole series

[@RetroSkreamerz101]

This is the problem I find with most magic systems in media. As threats grow in power, so does the scale of abilities. But then you reach a point, like in Naruto, where it gets so damn ludicrous, you gotta find a way to tone it down which leads to retcons and complete reworks of what used to be foundational to series. As soon as Naruto went the DBZ route of making Otsusuki clan some damn aliens, I lost interest. The series hasn't been about ninja since then imo. Naruto went from being a nobody to learning his DNA is LITERALLY PART ALIEN and it's dumb to me. Hyuga, Uchiha, Senju, and by extension, the Uzumaki are all part alien and that killed the "shinobi" vibe for me.

[@tyler420durdenAk]

Spitting facts as always my brother

[@Tehz1359]

You should make a video covering how terrible 90% of ninjutsu was through out the series as well. I think one of the many faults of Naruto as a series is that many jutsu didn't end up being threatening at all. Save for hacks abilities like rinnegan, various MS abilities, flying raijin, wood release etc. It would have been cool to see the more ordinary jutsu be more threatening then it was. And I think it turned out this way because Naruto characters started getting a little too powerful. So I think they could have fixed this by straight up nerfing Naruto characters, and not necessarily just writing jutsu to be more powerful. Personally, I think the highest level should have just been Kage level. Of course not all kage level characters would be equal, but roughly in the same tier. I think this would have made for a more grounded experience. Instead of in order to be considered powerful in Boruto, you need to be God-like.

[@commander1suv492]

Genjutsu is just so open and without limits that it makes it hard to actually use it in the story. Theoretically any high level fights can use genjutsu to just fuck with the opponents: which will get confusing when actually seeing it or watching it. Especially when there's supposed like 4000+ genjutsu, that Hiruzen knows ALONE. It could also be used very lazily to escape situations like how substitution jutsu is practically teleportation jutsu at a small distance and used just to subvert a mistake most of the time.

[@KaoticReach1999]

As some have mentioned, the "age of things like ninjutsu/shinobi is over, like genjutsu" the main reason is, it involves the writer *not being lazy* Intelligent writing has been lacking in Boruto from the start

[@themalakorein396]

Personally tried a few episodes of the anime and only a couple chapters of the manga for Boruto so I don't know a lot about the series. But, I liked the fact that genjutsu wasn't extremely common in the main series. It made it seem like it was something harder to learn, and use effectively in combat. Which then made it all the more awesome when Itachi would show up and basically only use genjutsu and win.

[@yvesradiancemendoza5524]

By the latter half of shippuden he didnt use it as much The dragon ball powrr creep made it hard to right genjutsu to still be useful

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

So I have a question. Can Genjutsu (including Infinite Tsukuyomi) affect blind people? I'm asking this because Kaname Tosen, a character from Bleach is blind and he's supposedly immune to Kyoka Suigetsu so I wonder if the same applies in Naruto regarding blindness can save you from Genjutsu, visual Genjutsu at least. And I'm talking about normal visual Genjutsu, so no Izanagi or Izanami.

[@Kidkinsey]

1. Yes if you are blind then visual genjutsu wont work 2. Ks isn’t a super buffed koto they are barely similar. Koto gives you a command and rewrites your mind to the point where you believe your actions are coming from your heart. KS controls your 5 senses to create illusions

[@Legalize_Nuclear_Bombs_]

Wonder if this is the reason we never had any blind characters in the series lol

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

​@@Kidkinsey Yeah you're kinda correct about KS

[@basedcommentor]

It's stated everything the Infinite Tsukuyomi touches is put under genjutstu Itachi novels confirmed Mangekyo level genjutstu works by the user injecting their chakra into you, IT is the highest tier of MS genjutstu using the Rinne Sharingan. All evidence suggests the blind can fall under MS+ level genjutstu

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

@@basedcommentor But why didn't Itachi used Tsukuyomi on Kabuto when his eyes are still closed and only used it after he opened his eyes?

[@Lordotsutsuki_T]

Genjutsu became like this the moment perfect jinchurikii, uchiha and dojutsus became the focal point of the series in naruto

[@supremelore_1533]

I agree with all of your points, I just wanna elaborate and say that genjutsu has never been the end all be all to every fight. Though it did play a part in many fights, characters used it to distract or confuse opponents before taking them down. It was only really used to put down opponents after they were beaten ... even izanami had some fighting requirements.

[@Glitch9001]

pog new video, also a haku video would be very cool

[@ilynachooo]

Becoming my fav naruto creator fr

[@ZelZ-.-z]

Damn. Genjutsu really could just be scaled up. I never thought about that somehow I guess because it felt weird for Genjutsu to go like Infinite Tsukuyomi tier or past for certain characters or even close to that. The Otsu's maybe not encountering it also could be interesting. ~ I do like how the anime does make Sarada use them GEnjutsu's. ~~ Honestly kinda shocking I forgot how much Genjutsu was used and what it did in Part 2 but I feel it still kinda fell off a bit there mainly because it didn't really do too much in the parts and Kurenai kinda didn't get to do anything. The series def could have benefitted from being longer.

[@The4leggedpirates]

It’s like new bosses in Dokkan being immune to everything

[@jibril2473]

Ninja in the Boruto era have been implied on several instances to be able to resist genjutsu. A good example was the Houki Vs Inojin fight in the chunin exam.

[@stingdragon17]

I really do think Genjutsu would work well on Kawaki. Especially the subtle kinda (like Sasuke making Danzo believe he had more Sharingan left than he actual did). Kawaki just isn't experienced enough in deception, let alone Genjutsu. He wouldn't even recognize what was going on to fight against it.

[@dirkthewrench]

The problem with genjutsu is that it's just illusions. I think in terms of writing, it's just a no-win situation as it's too easy to be used as a crutch for twists or padding a fight, or could easily become too broken in universe, I think kishimoto made the right call abandoning it and using it sparingly

[@gavinma4831]

wasnt sasuke immune to infinite tsukuyomi due to his rinnegan? Imagine how resistant a guy with 2 rinnegan and one on his forehead would be. But yeah if they wanted to waste a pannel to silence haters they shouldve

[@joeker5208]

I guess the next video will be “The Over-Saturation of Taijutsu”

[@Tom-dr7jn]

The issue with genjutsu is that it’s way too vague how to resist it.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Recognize that you are in genjutsu and just alter the flow of chakra a tiny bit. That breaks you out. Itachi's personal skill made it difficult for orochimaru to break out without focusing for a few seconds, but it was significant because NOBODY could cast genjutsu that strong. Itachi flipped kurenai's genjutsu on her by noticing it, altering his chakra and casting the same genjutsu on her at a higher level that requires more concentration to break. Genjutsu has strength that makes it harder to break, and subtle genjutsu make it so you never even try, such as in Sasuke's fight against danzo. Danzo would have won if he noticed he was in a genjutsu.

[@bluezendra3546]

I think genjustu would be very interesting if we see it in other animes and games 🙂

[@Kidkinsey]

Yeah I’ll admit it’s weird that genjutsu isn’t even thought of being used by sasuke in his fights. Like u said I’m not asking him to Genjutsu gg isshiki or momoshiki but a small scale illusion would have been valid Even the applications that aren’t illusion based but that ones that can erase memories/view memories could have been used by Sarada or sasuke when it comes to interrogating Amado

[@gameuniverse5973]

If Sasuke dint try it against Kaguya why would he try it against Momoshiki or Isshiki

[@Kidkinsey]

@game universe yea that was weird too. Once they became God tiers they stopped using genjutsu in fights

[@Rellfromthe4]

@@Kidkinsey it’s hard to write in the story. Most times genjustu is used it’s a insta win victory

[@christiansmith1895]

@@Rellfromthe4 after Izangi and Izanami. I think the authors got afraid to use Genjustu to much Kishimoto kinds of uses as a cope out sometimes. Couldn’t kill Kabuto Genjustu Need Itachi to be good during war Genjustu How did Madara live Genjustu It’s why some Naruto fans dislike the Sharingan it became to powerful and Kishimoto used it to fill plot holes.

[@Kidkinsey]

@@Rellfromthe4 just have the Otsutsuki have resistance but not downright immune to it. Have an illusion battle like sasuke vs itachi or Kakashi vs obito

[@cozmicow]

perfect video for me to watch while im tabbed out doing other work

[@nsgthunderbird3007]

Isnt the ost running in the backfround of deathnote? Can someone tell me the name of this ost plzz

[@arthurbellon9446]

Genjutsu should be sneaky, subtle. Sasuke's way with Danzo is the best demonstration. Inducing your opponent a minimum error that costs their life later on the fight. But they pushed it too far, paralysis and mind control in a blink of an eye are hard concepts to surpass in terms of power balance. Who can win against it? The easy way out was giving the relevant characters and villains straight out immunity against it, just like they can absorb all ninjutsu. Now, 2/3 of the established power system is irrelevant. Talk about good writing...

[@highlightermarca-texto3281]

One of the coolest applications of Genjustu in Boruto would've been in the fight against Jigen. I've always thought we'd get to see more of Jigen outside of Isshiki's control, since his body cracked and he started crying. But we got nothing. What if, in the fight against Jigen, Sasuke puts Jigen (the body) under a Genjustu, which supresses Isshiki's control for a moment and we get an insight into Jigen (the character's) actual personality? He could either drop his staff and ask Sasuke to kill him. Or he could be suffering from extreme stockholm syndrome and get pissed off they put away his god. This wouldn't really change the fight, but it would be a really cool moment.

[@homomagii]

Nah facts

[@trey1215]

Wouldn’t have worked at all. Y’all have these expectations but don’t work lol

[@Rellfromthe4]

Nah

[@highlightermarca-texto3281]

@@trey1215 How do you know it wouldn't work? Is there any precedence for it? They've literally only used Genjutsu once in all of Boruto.

[@Codyslx]

@@highlightermarca-texto3281 Isshiki is a god damn outsutsuki who is capable of absorbing chakra. He controls jigen from inside his head rather than through the karma, so it wouldn't have worked.

[@utnis]

"Genjutsu is useless now" is a better title for this video. You're not explaining why it became useless, you're just saying it became useless.

[@brolo4784]

Genjutsu would’ve been a good ONE time plot device to have a whole fight happen with heavy stakes, real loss, a good victory and have it all swept away under the rug just have whole new fight with new stakes

[@luciferpitchblack3217]

Why did Al become a villain

[@boredfangerrude]

The thing about genjutsu is that it is best used in a way that people don't know they are under genjutsu. Yet, most of the genjutsu we see is super blatant to the victim that they are under genjutsu.

[@oflameo8927]

If Tsusnade is a master of Chakra control then she should be good at genjutsu, which she need to get critical hits with her fists or stall for regeneration. Doesn't Eida have a passive genjutsu on at all times?

[@quentinjones6877]

Sakura should've had genjutsu to differentiate herself from Tsunade

[@mentalist7772]

I think one issue with Genjutsu is that they made the Sharingan too op against it originally it was stated that one way to get out of a Genjutsu was by seeing the imperfections and weaknesses in the Illusion and that the Sharingan made this could notice these more easily than normal eyes, however Kishimoto made it in the series that everyone except Itachi who used Genjutsu was useless against the Sharingan. In fact in the original Naruto run when Kurenei goes up against Itachi the reason she loses so badly is not just because of the Sharingan but also because of Itachi's skill at Genjutsu. I think it's in the datebooks but there was a female Senju during Hashirama's time who was stated to effectively use Genjutsu against the Uchiha due to her high skill at it. So I think Genjustsu became more or less useless due to Kishimoto making the Sharingan too OP against it.

[@allworksnew]

I guess sound genjutsu is the best kind.

[@Sissouchaos]

I mean there is another way to break genjutsu and that by hurting yourself just a little bit (like what kurenai did or what shikamari did against tayuya)

[@MrJokerSenpai]

Genjutsu should be used in most fights, in lots of small ways. They could use it to have the enemy land a finishing blown on them, and then they fade out of existence and its revealed it was a set up for a big attack, illusions have so much freedom but they just forgot about them.

[@Swaggcares]

When the Swag collabs dropping again👀

[@Deode-d4h]

So it's basically Kishimoto not being a good planner of his own series and basically showcases that much of the series is held together with glue and staples, but done creatively and beautifully so it still has those memorable moments. A messy ball with the occasional beautiful vignette.

[@FailedUltimatelifeForm7-10]

14:49 why didn't Sasuke uses genjutsu on Kawaki in this panel?

[@adityasharma0376]

I wonder if there is a shinjutsu specifically for casting very strong genjutsu like infinite tsukiyomi 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@PortgasDASCE]

The og naruto powers were interesting, but poorly handled I believe. Like had Kishi focused on the different powers and how they work together and on strategy then I doubt we’d have as many impactful moments with character development because their personalities would be tied into how they fight more than their struggles. Personally I love naruto because of moments like Gaaras inflection upon his death, but the fights are super cool still. Naruto is a diverse series that handles emotion and symbolism well. It’s power scaling and consistency is solid, but not great- it isn’t a perfect series, but has a lot of draw for a lot of different interest. Sadly people seem to hate on the things they don’t like that aren’t done well, but all series have their weaknesses. Awesome analysis and super fun listening to you Six, just wanted to share my thoughts!

[@buttermanaws4693]

I think the big problem is that if genjutsu did work it would make these unimaginable threats the androids and otosutski seem beatable which the series can't do yet

[@victorn2555]

i wouldn't say beatable, more like there's a chance

[@SasukeStand]

What is Genjutsu by Kid Kinsey for those who want to know what genjutsu is.

[@thisisausername9356]

The thing that makes me sad is just how genjutsu just isn't as impactful if not casted from a Sharingan. Like we have the Frog Song but like all the examples you listed of casting genjutsu mid-combat, those are all Uchiha I do absolutely agree though, that people ignore the fact that it can be used for misdirection, like Obito's (failed) attempt to make Kakashi think he killed him, or Sasuke in his fight against Deidera and Danzo

[@aceclover758]

Itachi and the Uchihas just invalidated all genjutsu. Same way how Blaze release invalidated fire jutsus

[@gameuniverse5973]

Nah kashin Koji actually made fire attacks actually mean something after so long

[@Celediev]

could've made sakura so talented at genjutsu she's able to even trap Uchihas within hers ... would have solved 3 problems at once: how to make sakura actually keep up with Naruto and Sasuke, how to make genjutsu matter and how to defeat juubidara.

[@Eness64]

the danzo sauske fight is a prime example of what you discuss here its funny haha, its even stated sauskes genjustu isnt the greatest but he crafty with it so he wins battles with it. nice explanation of it to those thinking otherwise.

[@flowerboy821]

Hear me out, what if they introduce shinjutsu illusions, which would be way better than genjutsu

[@Fearz792]

How would that work though?

[@tylerdumplin5168]

As a general rule of thumb I do agree with you if you get rid of an established power system or way of doing things in order to introduce something new it is usually bad. But then again when I think of jojo a lot of people like hamon (myself included). I wasnt a big fan of it in part 1 but in part 2 I really enjoyed how creative they got with it. However in part 3 they entirely got rid of hamon for something else which is stands which was a bizarre decision. I hated stands initially, but the concept was very cool to me and later on when better stands came out I enjoyed it. However I've always said in the back of my head I wish Hamon and stands tied together hand in hand. I think it would've been better imo.

[@gameuniverse5973]

Honestly genjustu always been on decline since Shippuden Sasuke only used it after ems against the tailed beasts,Madara only did it too raikage for fun,and Obito who has some of the best genjustu feats does not uses it after yagura so if the Uchiha who are known for it genjustu are barely using them it not a surprised genjustu is just never shown

[@chalbramwell5353]

"Decline in shippuden" they've used genjutsu the most in shippuden

[@Cgl3g3nd]

I don’t agree with a few things, Ki=Chakra not ninjutsu. Also all the genjutsu you talked about are ocular jutsu and the enemies now have new ocular Jutsus. It could be used more but to expect to to change outcomes on basically gods is unrealistic. Also Amado and Delta have fake eyes so genjutsu won’t work on them.

[@ix_9_ix]

Pretty sure shinjutsu can have genjutsu like techniques. I know its the purest form of ninjutsu but you can argue its the purest form of jutsu as a whole encompassing all jutsu considering how its described

[@FertonFletcher]

Vaguely related, but I wonder what a natural predator species to the Otsutsuki would look like. Amado said something about them being parasites, so what beats a parasite? A bit fan fictiony I know, but still a thought I’ve had.

[@gameuniverse5973]

Another parasite

[@pro_user7]

Not sure if it was in the Manga, but in the Boruto anime Naruto used genjutsu on one of those little shin clones if I'm not mistaken.

[@gameuniverse5973]

What if Sasuke kept his cm when he fought bee and then the five Kage could he have won in those instances or what if Sasuke actually killed Naruto back in part one and got Ms would he beat sick itachi in a fair fight

[@makurosu8390]

Can you create a video of what if edo itachi joins the war instead of dealing kabuto

[@Xiuhcoatl_]

Bruh genjutsu was literally my favorite naruto "mechanic" like damn it's so sick thinking about how to use it and use it well. Now it barely even exists cause everyone got sharinnegans or whatever lmao

[@nobodyknowsforsure]

The strength in Genjutsu isn't the big things, it's the little things, like the Danzo part you described. Like what itachi did to the anbu pursuing him in the anime and they killed each other. Of course it's practically worthless to extremely high tier like Otsutski or (some members of Kara) but for general use it's a great tool and I suspect that part of showing off the subtle benefits of these things will be creating more 'Danzo' scenarios where it changes the outcome of the fight through deception. Genjutsu might seem a bit simple now but think about it, even simple attacks can change the course of a fight - after all a simple shadow clone defeated isshiki.

[@MrBroken030]

Dat yotsuba group theme, love it

[@rac2300]

They basically turn genjutsu into a tool that only uchiha can use efficiently. Sharingan's inbalance ruins ninjutsu, genjutsu, AND taijutsu in a way that nothing else in the series does. The eyes just do too much, even just passively.

[@guardrailavender]

Just leaving this here since I want more discussion on the topic, what's everyone's take on whether or not Genjutsu would work on Bleach characters? The main two arguments in Bleach's favor are 1. most Naruto characters wouldn't be able to see them (this is especially damning in the case of ocular genjutsu), and 2. Bleach characters (minus the humans) are souls, and Genjutsu hasn't been shown to work against souls. There's more, but I'm just wondering what everyone thinks.

[@ivanvonbewski]

Couldn’t the strongest version of genjustu just be shinjustu techniques?

[@FriendlyDarkwraith]

Infinite Tsukuyomi is literally a shinjutsu. Tsukuyomi is the shittier version derived from it.

[@BibboSama]

I woulda loved to see Kawaki take out out Boro because Sarada put him under a subtle genjutsu making him think kawaki was attacking somewhere other than his core.

[@SavageRush012]

Genjutsu had been useless pretty early on.

[@Sforza1987]

They have the perfect opportunity to reintroduce genjustsu with the pure eye in order battle enemies like Daemon, Eida, and non-shinobis like Kawaki, Otsutsuki, etc.

[@silent593]

It’s sad how Kishimoto made the Sharingan look like the most overpowered ability in the series just for the new author to show up and stomp the ability into the ground.

[@PrimalIncentive]

Having a mere sharingan was nothing compared to the power others had by the end of shippuden and the last. Kishimoto is the one writing Boruto now, he came back after samurai 8 got canceled

[@silent593]

@@PrimalIncentive crazy that you mention the end of Shippuden when Madara, Obito, Sasuke, Itachi, Kakashi, and Kaguya (rinnesharingan) all were key players during the war that were virtually unstoppable had a sharingan. And yes I’m aware that Kishimoto is back for the writing of the series but it’s not like he can really go back and make characters like Sarada and even Sasuke put their sharingan to more use. Sasuke should realistically never run out of chakra since he can fight Naruto to a standstill so at the very least he should have half of Naruto’s total chakra.

[@Rellfromthe4]

Dude what? The sharingan pretty much shat on everyone else until about the kaguya arc. The Uchiha literally made everyone else usless for 90% of the show.

[@silent593]

@@Rellfromthe4 yeah exactly. Not sure where they’re getting this delusional fantasy of the Sharingan being as useful as a paper bomb but it’s just wrong. Also even during the Kaguya arc you have Kaguya struggling to deal with DMS Kakashi who again, has a sharingan. The Sharingan is so good that the only thing above it when it comes to dojutsu is another ocular dojutsu that is an evolution from the Sharingan. Aka the Rinnegan which basically gave the user 6 different powers that could be used.

[@Rellfromthe4]

@@silent593 Facts. I forgot about dms kakashi for a second. That shit was so busted kaguya could barely deal with it and she literally has two doujustu. These ppl are very delusional… it’s almost insane how busted kishimoto made the sharingan throughout the show. If anything he stomped the byakugan in the ground.

[@angeloburgess9864]

I kinda wonder if momoshiki or any of the otsutski learned how genjutsu works that they would just use it to completely control anyone that has chakra …

[@mveal90]

Question that future flashback for Boruto could be the fight after code came to the leaf

[@DavidLucian]

In my opinion Itachi is one of the most Unique, Authentic and Influential characters from the series. The thing that people underestimate about Itachi fights/encounters, isn't just his power, (it's mainly writters or Kishimoto's fault for making Itachi seem or to look very powerful throughout the series) but how smart and intelligent he is during various situations, he never, ever underestimates his opponents because of his composure and his way of being, the level of thinking he's on honestly dwars most people in the series, with only people like Minato and Shikaku comparable with him. More precisly, Itachi isn't just any ordinary Shinobi also, he pretty much knows and he's also aware that all strong opponents have weaknesses (including himself), and he specializes in finding those "weaknesses" and exploiting them ("*Even the strongest of opponents always has a weakness*" - Uchiha Itachi) because he's that type of character who can exceed almost any expectations. Itachi is very unique and authentic, especially in the factor of facing various encounters approach, his unpredictability in his way of fighting style approach it's his key factor in all of his encounters. Being blind or nearly blind has never slowed him down (especially when he's pretty much serious, but that's the point, he has never go all out against anyone during the series.) Itachi it's that type of character who can exceed almost any expectations. (at least that's what we were shown in the anime by the creator Masashi Kishimoto). Moral of the story, never underestimate Itachi. He did more sick then most healthy ninjas do in their entire life. In my opinion No One should underestimate such an unpredictable Shinobi like Itachi, even Madara (I won't say that Itachi can beat him, but at least he will be pretty much able to put a decent fight that Madara will also be impressed in my opinion). Also how can some of you guys even consider that Totsuka Blade it's slow when no such speed feat has been shown through the Shippuden that state it that it is slow? All of you are assuming it to be slow it may not be the case... Its not that the sword is unavoidable but it clearly has a very long range and is a very long blade. If you look at the manga, Naruto, Bee and Itachi are all relatively small from Nagato's point of view, and you can see the Totsuka Blade extending all the way from Itachi, piercing through Nagato, and still managing to nearly pop out toward the reader out of the page. I would say its fast because Kabuto coudldn't even react to it, and its not like Nagato was completely immobile to the point that he couldn't sidestep the blade. Also, Kabuto controlling people from far away is never stated to inhibit the Edos' reaction speed in any way. Being controlled by someone thousands of miles away didn't stop the Third Raikage from dodging KCM Naruto's Rasenshuriken. And as for Orochimaru, the sword struck him in between syllables of a word during his speech. I think that that is pretty fast. Pair the Totuska Blade with a good feint and its lethal because its ethereal, meaning it can pierce through any object. If the sword didn't live up to its reputation then Orochimaru wouldn't seek it out. People need to stop downplaying Itachi and denying the very clear speed feats of Totsuka. There is no room for interpretations here. The advantage of being an Uchiha, especially for Itachi and Madara, is that during an encounter against them, they always have a counter because of their unpredictable way of fighting factor, they don't run out of options or techniques, they almost always have a counter in their arsenal, even forbidden jutsus seems irrellevant against them, only a few Uchihas know a certain way to approach the situation with a certain and effective technique, that's why is hard/difficult to fight against them in my opinion. ☯️ 🤷‍♂️ Here are the things that make Itachi so formidable. Tsukuyomi - A genjutsu so powerful that you literally can't escape it unless you have the same blood as Itachi, as stated by Itachi himself and proven later by Sasuke, or you're a jinchuriki. Jinchuriki are supposed to be immune to genjutsu but it hasn't been proven, but when Bee was fighting Edo Nagato and Itachi with Naruto, he said to watch out for Tsukuyomi explicitly. Literally 99% of all opponents fighting Itachi have no way of stopping Tsukuyomi. You could have the power to split the planet in half and it wouldn't matter. (Want to know why? - Kakashi pretty much state it in the actual anime and manga that Tsukuyomi it's such a dangerous Genjutsu Technique because it happen in a instant, even if you realize that you are trapped in the Tsukuyomi, it will be too late, because Itachi could approach you during that time in the real world (or he can use an Explosive Clone to approach you without you even realizing it in time and he can pretty much finish you before you can even realize, - 72 hours in Tsukuyomi realm means 1 second or a couple of seconds in the real world. Tsukuyomi can't be broken, when used to it's fullest.) The Sword of Totsuka and Yata Mirror - The Susanoo itself is a near invincible defense but these two weapons take it to the next step. The Sword of Totsuka can seal "anything" if it even touches it. It's completely OP. It's hard to fight a guy that can seal you away if his sword even touches you. The Yata Mirror is even a bigger deal in my opinion. It doesn't block attacks, it's "negates" them. You could throw an Amaterasu covered Bijuu bomb at Itachi and the Yata mirror will negate it, making it so the Susanoo doesn't even need to take a blow. You could punch the Yata mirror and the force will completely be negated. His biggest strength of all: tactical intelligence - Itachi always outsmarts and plans for everything because the plot demands it. You're physically strong? Itachi is already 2 steps ahead of you knowing exactly what to do. You're extremely fast? Again, 2 steps. You're going to try and outlast Itachi in a fight? Good luck. To add to this, some of the 3 most powerful techniques in the verse are due to his intelligence and planning ability; Izanami, Izanagi, and Kotoamatsukami. Izanami - A forbbiden genjutsu technique that allows you to alter someone's destiny. Impossible to break out of even if you know you're in a genjutsu without complying with the users set destiny for you. Even someone like Bee, a perfect Jinchuriki, can't escape Izanami unless he does what Itachi wants him to. Izanagi - You somehow gained an advantage over Itachi? He makes it so that advantage never happened. Kotoamatsukami - Though Shisui's technique, Itachi has his eye which effectively makes it his weapon. A genjutsu so powerful that the person it's cast on doesn't even know they're under a genjutsu. Like the Tsukuyomi, completely OP. To add to all of this, Itachi is pretty good at hand to hand combat(his Taijutsu it's exceptional and underrated) is great with shuriken, is extremely fast, is great with regular fire techniques, is slippery and unpredictable, and has the extremely dangerous and fast Genjutsu style of fighting approach that can caught you off guard almost at any time. With all of these things considered you've got one dangerous ninja. Lastly but not least Kishimoto made sure that Itachi was seen as someone special and he did an incredible job in establishing that in the story. When Itachi Uchiha awakened his Susano'o, he was seen wielding legendary weapons of the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror. The former allowed Itachi to seal anyone he pierced in a world of genjutsu forever, while the latter gave him the ability to deflect any and all attacks thrown towards him, regardless of whether they were physical or spiritual in nature. According to Zetsu (who was around since the period of Kaguya time era until the present of Naruto) he state it in the anime and also in the manga that these weapons, when combined with his Susano'o, made Itachi Invincible. This is why Kishimoto basically had to give him a handicap: Naruto AIDS. 🤷🏻‍♂️ ☯️

[@nathantryon1146]

Ill be honest I gave up on taking genjutsu seriously the moment Danzo first used Izanagi. It went from illusions and creative deception to rewriting reality and once that bar is met its pretty hard to go back to basics. Izanami was pretty dope though ngl

[@gameuniverse5973]

Izanagi was fair in my option you sacrifice a eye for a life

[@nathantryon1146]

@@gameuniverse5973 I agree, however I do think it was unwise to have the audiences first encounter with it be a dude who bypasses the extreme cost by having a bunch of eyes which in my opinion somewhat negates the feeling of how heavy a price you pay.

[@thatdoppioguy1825]

@@nathantryon1146 seeing Obito or another Uchiha use it first would’ve been more impactful to see and would’ve layed the ground work for the power alot better

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

i'm sure this is an unpopular opinion but since it's a discussion i may as well discuss my viewpoint. i'm sorry for the long comment, but you are not indebted to read it if you do not want to: to be honest, i don't like the Chakra power system. it's vague, has no real rules, and the characters come up with new and break old rules on a whim. in early part 1, it takes a ton of charge time (many handsigns) to summon a water dragon. later, characters destroy mountains with one handsign. it got to the point where naruto has so much chakra that he can cut the moon in half which just feels silly. people complain about Boruto with 'i thought this anime was about ninja' but claim their love of shippuden when laser beams destroy mountains and the moon itself. i'm not a fan of this escalation. that's Ninjutsu, so since the video is about Genjutsu, i will mention it. i enjoy the clever strategy aspect of genjutsu, like when Kakashi showed Sakura a dying, bleeding out Sasuke, and Sasuke tricks Danzo into thinking he has less or more (i forgot which) "ammo" for his reality warping power. this is clever and very 'shinobi'. so what is Genjutsu by the end of Shippuden? hell, i don't even have to go that far. by the end of Naruto part 1, we see Itachi's endless torture Genjutsu, a 1HKO technique really, it's a cool power idea, but it's so.. strong. i don't like how strong it is. that's just my feelings. another example is some fights just kinda having entire segments that didn't really happen, and were just Genjutsu, which can be cool once or twice, but i feel like it happened multiple times for me to get sick of it. since Shippuden is so long, i have not watched or read it in a while, so excuse me for not having any examples of this other than Sasuke vs Itachi. so, what do i think Naruto should have, if i don't like Chakra you may ask? well, to be honest, i know it's very non-shinobi, but lets be real, the series hasn't been about shinobi since around midway through part 1, but 'scientific ninja tool humans', for simplicity, lets call them Cyborgs. some examples of Cyborgs are Ao, Delta, Boro, Garo, Kawaki, Code, Aida and Diamon. i think their powers are very interesting and unique, and allow for very interesting and cool powers, that are explainable through science thanks to Boruto's sci-fi setting. it's very unshinobi, but i think we're way past that point. i love all these characters' powers, even if i didn't like Ao and his storyline in Boruto. hell, Garo was a rando minor antagonist to show Kawaki for the first time, yet his design and powers are awesome. it's really simple, but his fighting style really complimented Kawaki's, and i'll always remember his otherwise forgettable character thanks to it. though, if you want something more shinobi, i really loved Nature Energy. it's a gigantic shame that it basically stopped getting used after Pain arc, outside of fueling Madara for doing his bullshit which i did not enjoy. but yeah, i love Nature Energy, it's a great power system and it's a shame Kishimoto basically abandoned it in the same arc it was introduced.

[@ViewtifulBeau]

Even in og Naruto, Ninjutsu was already overflowing compared to Genjutsu and Taijustsu. Really wish we got more quick, tactical battles instead of big and flashy.