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

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  (#8) The Tailed Beast Seals' Weaknesses Could Be Avoided

  Considering how powerful the tailed beasts are, it's crucial that they not accidentally burst out of a person's body. Apparently, this is especially likely to happen during childbirth. Why, then, are the beasts so frequently sealed into the bodies of cis women? 

  It's great to have women in important roles, but it seems pretty irresponsible to seal a monster into the body of a female child who may want to have children one day - essentially putting herself and everyone else around her in danger should she choose that route. Why not exclusively seal the beast into people who can't get pregnant? 

  Also, is childbirth the only thing that causes this weakness? Presumably it's due to the extreme strain on the body, so what about severe illness or injury? In that case, why would anyone who had a Tailed Beast in their body become an active duty ninja? 
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  (#15) Madara Should Still Be Under Edo Tensei's Control

  Madara is able to free himself from the control of Edo Tensei, aka the Reanimation jutsu. This jutsu was invented by Tobirama, one of Madara's most noteworthy enemies. There's no explanation as to how Madara got his hands on it.

  It's possible that he used genjutsu to force it out of one of Tobirama's allies or that he independently invented it himself, but considering how closely guarded a secret it must have been, that's not exactly a detail that can be left out. 
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  (#6) Team 10 Definitely Knew Each Other As Children

  Team 10 is made up of the heirs to the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans, who have been passing on specific jutsu that are meant to be used in tandem for generations. The close bond between the three families means that there is absolutely no way that Ino, Shikamaru and Choji didn't know each other since they were babies. 

  For some reason, though, the anime decided to depict Shikamaru and Choji meeting for the first time at age seven. While this isn't impossible, there would have to be a canon reason behind it for it to make any sense whatsoever, and there isn't. 
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  (#14) What Was The Point Of The Akatsuki?

  The Akatsuki might be awesome, but their overall purpose is actually super unclear. While they were technically supposed to be helping Obito and Madara collect the Tailed Beasts, none of them actually accomplished anything close to that. Sure, they provided some of the most epic fights of the series, but in almost every case they were either destroyed or redeemed. 

  This wouldn't constitute a plot hole except for one thing: Obito already knew, before gathering them, that he was fully capable of collecting the Tailed Beasts on his own. Why put forth all that effort in not only recruiting the members but also setting up an elaborate ruse to keep them in action when he could have just handled it himself? 
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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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  (#10) Madara Took A Major Risk With Obito

  Madara did a pretty good job of brainwashing Obito into agreeing with his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. What he didn't do a good job with was giving Obito half a chance to get it done. He didn't give Obito any method of being resurrected if he lost his life - sure, Zetsu was keeping him alive, but Zetsu isn't an immortality charm, he's life support to make up for Obito's injuries.

  Also, Madara did nothing to ensure that his body would be somewhere Obito would find it. The person who got ahold of it was actually Kabuto, Orochimaru's mad scientist henchman. This means that it was basically hanging out in the middle of nowhere. Why didn't Madara think this through?

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