Masashi Kishimoto's embarrassment at writing romance in Naruto underlines one of the biggest problems in the Shonen genre as ...

These ended up becoming a major advantage for Naruto Uzumaki in battle and they most definitely helped him beat the likes of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and later, even Sasuke Uchiha. But, as the progressed, ...

Kishimoto's original plans for Naruto were completely different. The story might have failed if it had stayed that way.