Random Naruto Plot Holes That Are Pretty Hard To Igno (15 items)

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  (#9) Yamato's Existence Opens Up Some Major Plot Holes

  After gaining Hashimaru's powers through a brutal experiment led by Orochimaru, Yamato joins Konoha's military and briefly partners with Kakashi in ANBU. His powers were so strong that he could use them to restrain the Nine Tailed Beast. Kakashi could also do this with his sharingan, but his abilities were limited because using the sharingan siphoned so much of his chakra. If he'd had Yamato to help him, Naruto could have mastered the Kyuubi in record time. 

  The reason behind this particular plot hole is obvious - it's unlikely Kishimoto had actually thought of Yamato at the beginning of the series. 
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  (#11) What Is Going On With Shadow Clones?

  At the beginning of the series, it's stated that nobody can graduate from Ninja Academy unless they can create a Shadow Clone. That's one of the reasons why Naruto failed three times. But elsewhere in the series, they say that Shadow Clones are a jounin level skill. Why, then, are twelve-year-olds who will be mostly expected to do odd jobs required to have mastered it? 

  Also, if it is a requirement, why was Rock Lee able to pass the exam? He can't use chakra effectively, so it's pretty much impossible that he'd ever have been able to successfully create a shadow clone. 
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  (#12) Why Doesn't Madara Attack Naruto & Sasuke While They're Under Infinite Tsukuyomi?

  When Madara successfully unleashes the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he puts everyone on Earth in an extremely vulnerable position - one where their bodies are totally open to attack as their minds exist in an illusory world. 

  Madara might be cocky, but he's not stupid. There is no reason why he wouldn't have used the opportunity to eliminate people who were obvious threats to him. Naruto and Sasuke had already made it clear that they were incredibly powerful, and while he may not have known about Naruto's capabilities, he certainly would have known about his own descendant's potential.

  He clearly has no qualms about taking lives, so why would he rest on his laurels instead of making sure he'd succeed? 
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  (#5) What Happened To Naruto's Healing Abilities?

  After Madara ripped Kakashi's sharingan out of his face, Naruto is able to heal the injury for seemingly no reason. He claims that he can heal small injuries.
  Having your eyeball ripped out is not a small injury. It's actually a pretty severe one. But that's not the weirdest thing about this. While healing is certainly an ability that exists within the world of Naruto, this particular character has never been shown to have a similar ability. Sure, he just got a bunch of new powers through his Yang transformation, but if healing was part of it, then why does he never use his healing abilities again? It seems like it just came up randomly
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  (#13) How Did No One Notice That Obito Was Clearly A Teenager?

  When Obito approached Yahiko and Konan under the guise of Madara, it's almost impossible to understand why they believed him. Madara is a historical figure who exists on a fixed timeline - meaning, even if he somehow found a way to skirt his original passing, he'd still be extremely old. Yes, there are some jutsu that can ameliorate that, but those jutsu don't replicate obvious signs of puberty.

  As a teenage boy, Obito's voice would crack. Obito would have acne. Obito would be rapidly getting taller. And that's not even including all the emotional changes that come with puberty. There's just no way that he could consistently pull off pretending to be an ancient old man without arousing any suspicions at all. 
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  (#1) Why Did Hashirama & Tobirama Run Out Of Chakra?

  Reinaminated shinobi are supposed to have unlimited chakra. Why that's true isn't really clear, but whatever, that's the rule that canon laid down. This is later completely contradicted when Hashirama and Tobirama run out of chakra.

  This probably happened because having the former hokages at full capacity would make it difficult for Naruto and Sasuke to show off their skills, but they could have also not said that reincarnations never run out of chakra. 

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