Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

[Mei Terumi: Could Sakura's talent be a second personality? With this second personality, she wouldn't have to fear genjutsu at all?]

[Kurotsuchi: A genin, withstanding the Yamanaka clan's secret technique? That's definitely not something an ordinary person could do.]

[Tobirama Senju: A second personality... interesting. This kind of mental defense mechanism usually only appears in people who have experienced extreme mental trauma. But Sakura Haruno's childhood seems quite ordinary, and she even leads the way in provoking others.]

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[Also, at the start of the Konoha Crush, all the Chunin and Genin were caught in Kabuto Yakushi's genjutsu. Apart from Jonin like Kakashi and Guy, only Genin Sakura remained conscious. This must be due to the Haruno clan's super S-rank genjutsu defense talent.]

However, Sakura's genjutsu talent was completely eliminated later in the game, leaving her with only chakra control talent. From then on, Sakura was no longer suited for genjutsu and was forced to become a medic.

In the initial conception, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were supposed to be the three legendary ninjas of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

Sasuke represents ninjutsu, Naruto represents taijutsu, and Sakura represents genjutsu.

Under the sky, the other villages were all shocked.

[Fourth Raikage A: The Legendary Sannin of Konoha aren't even dead yet, and another new Sannin has appeared? Doesn't Konoha have a bit too many talented people?]

[Onoki, the Libra: The New Three Ninja of Shinobi, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu... Just how much is Konoha's core team hiding? Even a little girl can be chosen as the representative of genjutsu.]

In Sunagakure, Granny Chiyo sat on a recliner, her eyes slightly narrowed.

"Konoha is truly unfathomable."

Ebizo stood to the side and sighed.

"Fortunately, if that girl hadn't had her settings changed, Konoha might have gained another master of illusion."

Grandma Chiyo shook her head; she knew all too well the role of medics on the battlefield.

"Compared to illusion magic, healing is more useful on the battlefield."

Why did Sakura become a commoner?

The reason for all this is that Sakura was not popular in the early days, and her personality was not well-liked.

[But if the Haruno family were to be written about, Sakura would probably also have a childhood filled with the loss of both parents.]

Although Sakura was criticized for her wide forehead when she was young, this is nothing compared to the setbacks Naruto and Sasuke suffered.

[The lower popularity also has its advantages; the lack of in-depth character development meant fewer scenes of Sakura being bullied.]

Under the sky, everyone's lips twitched.

[Deidara: It seems that's true. If Sakura were portrayed more deeply, she'd probably be bullied even more than Naruto.]

[Kuroto: Indeed, her personality is really quite annoying.]

[Mei Terumi: Saying it's great to have no parents in front of orphans—this kind of personality really can't withstand in-depth characterization.]

The celestial backdrop transitions.

What would it be like if the disciples of the Three Legendary Sannin were switched?

After Team 7 became disciples of the Legendary Sannin, they went their separate ways. Naruto followed Jiraiya and learned the Sage Mode system from Mount Myōboku, Sakura followed Tsunade and learned the Hundred Healings Technique, and Sasuke followed Orochimaru and focused on the form transformations of ninjutsu.

However, upon closer observation, it's not hard to see that they haven't made good use of their own and their master's strengths.

[Ignoring plot and character relationships, what would happen if they were given a different master?]

Under the sky, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru all became interested.

[Jiraiya: Should we get someone else to teach Naruto? Will that kid even be able to learn anything?]

Orochimaru: Hehehe... Interesting. But Sasuke-kun's talent is such that anyone could teach him well.

[Mei Terumi: The disciples of the Three Legendary Sannin would switch places... This hypothetical scenario is quite interesting.]

[Kurotsuchi: Anyone would have a headache dealing with Naruto's personality, right?]

The text on the celestial screen continues:

1. Let's talk about Naruto first.

Naruto, being a member of the Uzumaki clan and blessed with the Nine-Tails' chakra, possesses exceptional chakra reserves.

His master, Jiraiya, specialized in ninjutsu. Jiraiya's Fire Release and Earth Release techniques were his signature moves, and his hair-based ninjutsu was his own creation. His diverse Sage Mode techniques are another story altogether, with his main focus being hand seals.

[And Naruto's weakest skill is hand seals.]

Under the sky, everyone sighed, thinking about Naruto's IQ of 90.

[Fourth Raikage A: Indeed, it's too difficult to get someone with an IQ lower than a dog to remember hand seals.]

[Nara Shikamaru: Naruto's memory... is definitely not good at this kind of delicate work.]

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Let's see what Naruto learned from him? He mastered the summoning jutsu, which requires hand seals, after a lot of effort.

[Furthermore, before the battle with Pain, Naruto could only summon tadpoles or toads.]

[However, Naruto forcibly taught the Rasengan, which doesn't require hand seals, to be a technique that requires a Shadow Clone Jutsu as an initiation, thus losing the Rasengan's inherent instantaneous nature.]

Inside the Hokage Building, Minato Namikaze pondered.

Minato frowned slightly. "The biggest advantage of the Rasengan is that it can be used without hand seals, but if Naruto has to use Shadow Clones to cast it..."

In another timeline, Jiraiya leans against the window, stroking his chin.

"I thought about that at the time too. But Naruto's chakra control talent is really not that good, making Rasengan with one hand is too difficult for him. At the time, I was just thinking that as long as he could make it, that would be fine, as for how to make it... we can optimize it slowly later."

The curtain continues to fall:

Aside from those, he didn't learn a single one of Jiraiya's ninjutsu techniques.

The three years I spent training outside the village were mostly dedicated to mastering the fundamentals.

[It's a bit of a waste of talent for the legendary Sannin to only teach basic skills; even Ebisu, who specialized in education, could do that job.]

On the streets of Konoha Village, villagers looked at the sky and discussed it animatedly.

"If it's just about building a solid foundation, wouldn't it be the same no matter who teaches it?"

"Not entirely... at least the Rasengan was taught to me by Jiraiya-sama."

On the training field, Naruto scratched his head, looking somewhat bewildered, as he recalled what Tianmu had said earlier.

"The lecherous immortal taught me the basics...isn't that normal? I didn't know anything back then."

Jiraiya stood to the side, looking at the sky with a complicated expression.

He did teach Naruto a lot of fundamental skills.

Naruto's chakra control is terrible. He struggles even with controlling his chakra release, let alone forming hand seals.

If you don't lay a solid foundation, it's all for nothing no matter how many ninjutsu techniques you teach.

But what Tianmu said wasn't wrong either. It was indeed a bit unreasonable that he had only taught the basics to one of the Three Ninjas after teaching him for so long.