In your definition of a tool, how is it different to protect and improve a village (entity) then from protecting a particular leadersOriginally posted by: InnerSakuraChan
A tool used for the protection and betterment of the village (or society in more general terms), not a tool for one paticular leader's ideology and personal gain.Originally posted by: Hotsuma
Every ninja is a tool, no matter how much they try to fight, or deny it. Naruto is also a tool.
And maybe I'm being realy stupid and pointing out he obvious here, but . . .
Isn't intelligence knowing how to use your strengths?Originally posted by: GokuSonGoku
Brain > Strength
Brain < Strength if you know how to use it
Someone who isn't very strong will have to rely on their intelligence. This would apply to Shika. For example, Shika knows when he has exerted too much of his chakra. His skills aren't very broad either, just the various shadow binds (at least that's all we've seen so far).
However, someone who is extremely strong, doesn't have to rely on their intelligence. For example, Naruto can just fight Shika head on. Why? Because shika's lacks strength. He can only try to shadow bind Naruto, but as we all know, the shadow bind can be repelled with a great amount of chakra (as shown by Tayuya @ level 2).
What I'm trying to say is that there is a limit to using your intelligence when your strength is limited.