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The editor reasons were: \\\"They didn\\\'t train him because they were his friend, they trained him because of how super special awesome the many and varied legacies Naruto inherited. That he managed to befriend them on top of that is just gravy.\\\"
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Okay, so first of all, the point isn\\\'t that Naruto isn\\\'t special; he is, of course. But, him being special isn\\\'t the reason they trained him in most cases. You might have a case with Jiraiya, who decided to train him simply because Naruto was his god-son. So, unless Naruto became a complete and utter nihilistic douche, it\\\'s likely Jiraiya\\\'s behavior wouldn\\\'t have changed.
In the case of the Frog Sages and Bee, though, no way. The \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' reason they choose to train Naruto is because of his NiceGuy attitude, as their entire \\\"Child of Prophecy\\\" thing (which Jiraiya also believed in) is dependent upon Naruto being a decent person with a nice heart, in addition to all his special talents. Bee, in fact, didn\\\'t want to train Naruto until Naruto won him over.
The entire {{Aesop}} behind Naruto is that love and friendship is what makes one strong, not natural talent. I\\\'ll be the first to admit that this is kinda ruined by the fact that Naruto is super-ultra-powerful with his natural abilities, but the logic the show seems to use is that he never would have unlocked all of these talents or found out about half of them if he wasn\\\'t also a MagneticHero.
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Okay, so first of all, the point isn\\\'t that Naruto isn\\\'t special; he is, of course. But, him being special isn\\\'t the reason they trained him in most cases. You might have a case with Jiraiya, who decided to train him simply because Naruto was his god-son. So, unless Naruto became a complete and utter nihilistic douche, it\\\'s likely Jiraiya\\\'s behavior wouldn\\\'t have changed.
In the case of the Frog Sages and Bee, though, no way. The \\\'\\\'only\\\'\\\' reason they choose to train Naruto is because of his NiceGuy attitude, as their entire \\\"Child of Prophecy\\\" thing (which Jiraiya also believed in) is dependent upon Naruto being a decent person with a nice heart, in addition to all his special talents. Bee, in fact, didn\\\'t want to train Naruto until Naruto won him over.
The entire {{Aesop}} behind Naruto is that love and friendship is what makes one strong, not natural talent. I\\\'ll be the first to admit that this is kinda ruined by the fact that Naruto is super-ultra-powerful with his natural abilities, but the logic the show seems to use is that he never would have unlocked all of these talents or found out about half of them if he wasn\\\'t also a MagneticHero.
