Oh yeah totally, nobody has to teach the young at all such as say.. oh the entire village which may have something to do with stunting their abilities.

Either way who needs training when they go out and have real fights, I also seem to recall both Gai and Kakashi training on their own (one handed mountainclimbing for kakashi and all kinds of stupid stuff for gai)

The way I see it is that Konoha is very orientated around becoming a big happy family and training their young with care while protecting them as opposed to hidden mist and what produced Zabuza which ultimately leaves them weaker. Although this is where the "moral' of the entire manga will shine through that caring for somebody and happy teamwork makes you the best ninja in the world and Naruto is doing his best to spread the love.

Personally I always thought the villages sounded like they had more realistic scenarios for training killers/fighters.as seen by the aggression that they all brought to the table during the exams.

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