Chapter 315 *spoilers*

[Suki]

Lol. Tricked.

[ffl]

lol. Hilarious... ... ...well... not really...

I will add on chapter thoughts when it's actually out and I have read the translations for it.

[MightyDustLoop]

It's out. Well, not the translation, but the chapter.

We find out Naruto's element. It's....uhh.....pretty fitting.....

[Hika]

Interesting and informative chapter. Naruto's element is wind. He'll be using his kage bunchins to 'cheat' his way through training (good ol' Naruto!) and learn something in a week that would ordinarily take 20 years.

Not much to say about this chapter other than we learned something new.

I do wonder though why they didn't bother to find out his element before now. That might have been handy.

[ffl]

Well... it seemed pretty obvious to me why they didn't figure this out before... Kishimoto just decided to use that idea just now. Same goes for the Kage Bunshin explanation.

Kage Bunshin was a given though. I just can't imagine Naruto doing anything without the use of Kage Bunshin. It's like a fifth limb for him, or a tail, it's just become second nature. Although, I didn't think that Kishimoto would make Kage Bunshin turn out like that...

Hehe, I'm sure that Togashi probably influenced Kishimoto's decision to use that method of testing for elements.

And the new jutsu...? I think it'll be flight. Rasengan-powered flight, maybe.

Hm, something strange though... you would think that Naruto would have more chakra if he had Kyuubi's chakra to aid him... but it's turning out to be the opposite. Maybe it's because the majority of Naruto's chakra goes to suppressing and controlling the Kyuubi's infinite and corrosive chakra.

Anyway, it was a nice and entertaining chapter.

[gameoffreak8]

So, Naruto's element is wind, eh. Interesting chapter.

[Hara!]

I wonder how he feels wasting 3 years of his life like that...

[DarkDestiny]

Yay! A coherent chapter! Although it's great and all that he is training, I hope the other characters are doing something to help out as well...

[abomination]

Decent informative chapter. Not much but atleast something new was learnt.
Naruto having a wind element chakra makes sense seeing as how he learnt the Rasengan relatively fast and the Rasengan is pretty much wind based.
But isn't the Kyuubi fire based himself? In the mythology of the 9 legendary beasts, each bijuu is associated with an element, and the Kyuubi is associated with fire.

Shukaku is associated with wind and earth ( well sand to get technical ). Nekotama- darkness,evil,death, etc. Isonade ( a shark )- water. Souko- poison . Houko ( a god of illusion ) can do all 5 elements, one for each tail. Raijuu- lighting ( duh ) and fire. Kaku- earth. Yamato no Orochi- same as Nekotama, and the Kyuubi - fire . And since the Kyuubi's chakra is molding with Naruto's own chakra, shouldn't he be wind and fire ? Atleast that's my thinking anyways.

[Jinto117]

A very good chapter in my opinion. Very informative and that's how I like it. For a moment there I thought Naruto would have some other element besides just wind. Perhaps he'll have another major element besides the wind in the future.

[venom112]

Finally they actually explained stuff. They didn't quite get at the technique Kakashi was talking about, but no "hey suspense!" moments, thankfully.

Turns out Naruto's kage bushins operate in a similar fashion to Maddox's powers, only the clones actually have to reconnect to Maddox's body. That and you can tell that Kishimoto pretty much just made that up on the spot, which would explain some of the absurdity behind decreasing training time.

Also, I know Naruto is really slow and has a hard time with explanations, but its true purpose wasn't covered up very well, and thus was slow and painful in itself. Its true purpose being to explain to the audience in deep and intricate detail how the kage bushins work. Likely the younger audience too, not that that is bad, it just further explains the overexplanation. Oh how Hitchcock would hate this style of writing.

Originally Posted by corncopp6

I wonder how he feels wasting 3 years of his life like that...

Naruto: Interesting you should ask. I don't care really, because think about it. If I didn't take so long to train, we'd have a huge amount of time to gather ol' Sasuke back, and he wouldn't be nearly as much of a challenge! That and... Kakashi is a bastard.

The greatest thing about this though? He can theoritically outperform Orochimaru in jutsu variety if he just gets the right information and is willing to do enough.

[Miroku]

I was starting to get worried about "THAT TRAINING," thank goodness it's nothing like;

Kakashi- Ok Naruto, this training involves you turning your head and coughing.

Naruto- Are you sure this wasn't a training method you used for Sasuke?

Kakashi- How'd you guess?

[SonRyu]

Even though I also feel that Kishimoto just made up this 5 element and learning from clones thing (as well as last chapters 12 guardian thing), I really like getting this kind of info. Good chapter.

[Denisa]

I am pretty sure Naruto will use more elements beside wind. This was just the start. Gaara used both wind and earth. Sasuke used both fire and lightning. It seems natural that Naruto will use more. Fire seems more likely.

How will he use wind? Even though it was only in the anime, Tenten was able to spin around like a tornado and hang in mid air while she attacked with her weapons. Based on what she does, I would say Tenten also uses the wind element. Now someone with Naruto's chakra could probably fly and move at great speeds like that. Like the Tazmanian Devil. And people say Tenten isn't important.

Since this chapter only concentrated on the training, I feel next week's will only show what Hidan and the money guy are up too. Probably some more Asuma, with a dash of Sai and Sakura, and maybe where Shikamaru went to. I still think it has something to do with Temari.

[Cow]

Great chapter very imformative.

Originally Posted by SonRyu

Even though I also feel that Kishimoto just made up this 5 element and learning from clones thing (as well as last chapters 12 guardian thing), I really like getting this kind of info. Good chapter.

The 12 guardians I can see, that kinda poped out of no where but it certainley add's to the Asuma and his story.

I also agree that the elements came out of no where.