Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo
That was basically my point. The whole thing is so poorly thought out.
Normally I'd agree, but a lot more of this has been consistent since the very beginning than you'd think. Back in the very first arc, kakashi explained that there were 5 different elements found in chakra. At the same time, he was also surprised that a genin (Sasuke) was able to manipulate an element (fire). Even back then chakra revolved around the concept of 5 elements, yet there still existed oddball shit like kage bunshin.