Might be a stupid question

[stos289]

Originally Posted by: Goingin

Srry for saying but ur making an ass out of urself by saying opposite things. First u say "A genius (in Naruto) is someone who has very high natural abilities in all three forms of being a ninja: ninjustu, genjustu, and taijustu."

Then ur completely saying the opposite with "However, a genius is not always strongest as Rock Lee proves that with his work solely on taijustu,.."

The last line i got from ur post however is the right one. A genius in Naruto is someone who rises above others on one specific point of life
Like Rock Lee is a genius of hard work, always training to match and become stronger than others, even with only the Taijutsu, while other laugh at him for not able to perform nin- and genjutsu.

Sorry about that. I didn't know that this would become so controversial. Your right, I contradicted myself by saying that Rock Lee was considered a genius. I was just trying to think up of something off the top of my head. If I could fix my statement, this is what I meant. I meant that you don't have to be a genius, to be a strong person. Rock Lee did not have any kind of natural talent but with is hard-work in taijustu, he achieved a "genius" (and I used that solely as an adjective, I don't consider Rock Lee as a genius) like status in that field. Also this is my description of a "genius." Everyone else is intitled to there own interpretation of the word "genius." Again, I'm sorry for making an ass of myself and I promise I'll try to be more aware next time. Hope that cleared that up.

[chambers]

gai called rock lee a hard work genius did he not? this would seem to suggest gai was infact a genius but rather than having an natural ability to use a certain technique he is pre disposed to hard work. seems realistic to me, especially as real geniuses in life are the hardworking ones.

[Assertn]

i dont think the line kakashi said about lee being a genius was meant to be taken seriously

its probably just a way of demonstrating how surprised he was for a genin to be able to unlock gates......geez

[Board of Command]

I'd agree on that. It was just a way to say how hard Lee works.