Originally posted by: Insomniac
its forbidden to save show watchers from a boring repititive move... damn
i don't think kage bunshin is a boring, repetitive move. i actually think its one of the more useful techniques used in the series. when naruto, neji, shikamaru, etc... were fighting the 4 Sounds, naruto threw a kage bunshin clone out at the spider guy and he thought he had killed naruto...but it was only a clone. afterwards, naruto came out of a tree to attempt (failed, nonetheless) an attack. a long time ago, during the second chuunin exam, naruto was eaten by orochimaru's snake summon...naruto used kage bunshin to destroy the snake. 3rd vs. oro...how else would the 3rd have beaten the 1st and 2nd w/out kage bunshin? he sure as hell would not have used Shiki Fuujin on oro with the 2 hokages beating on him while he tried to hold oro. Finally, just in episode 81, Kakashi used a shadow clone to use sharingan and use Kisame's Suikodan no Jutsu right back at him, while Kakashi pointed a Kunai at Itachi's throat (sure, Itachi messes Kakashi up, but i think i got my point across). there were plenty more moments when kage bunshin came in handy (taju kage bunshin no jutsu, harem no jutsu, etc...), so i dont think anyone has the right to be calling it a pointless, boring, repetitive move. Naruto may overuse it...a lot...but it doesn't take away from the fact that it usually takes a smarter-than-average person to use it properly...