Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
the purpose of the head/branch family system isnt so the head could be mean to the branch
its all about protecting their bloodline
We're getting a little off-topic here...but that's not really quite true, the way I see it...the real purpose of the seal is protecting the head family. If the purpose was just to protect the bloodline limit from being stolen from dead members of the clan, it could likely have been designed to do that, and that only, and be placed on all members of the clan, from all families...it obviously doesn't prevent passing on the limit to your children, Neji's existence proves that, so there's no need for the head family to not have a seal like that.

Instead, the seal is designed so that 1) it prevents the bloodline limit from being found out from dead branch-family members, and 2) any head-family member can kill any branch-family member by activating the seal. It's not really for protecting the bloodline limit so it never leaves the clan, as much as it is to protect the power of the head family--which rests on protecting the clan's power (the bloodline limit), and on no-one inside the clan being able to challenge the head family for power. Neji also says it's a mark of subservience, the branch families are supposed to protect the head family at any cost.

Unless I'm mistaken, Naruto agreed with Neji that the seal is wrong...and made a promise to find a way to remove the seal once he becomes Hokage. Hinata doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would be interested in protecting her status as the head of the clan via deadly power, so I can't really see her continuing the seal...I think she would agree with Neji and Naruto.