At first I didn't like the idea of not having a menu for quick refrencing jutsus but upon reflection I really like it. I would also like it if there was a way players could teach or share jutsus. For example, let's say i was the leader (or at least apart) of a mean (not necesarily evil) organization and there was a new recruit. Maybe he's kinda weak, or just simply more or less a fresh spawn. Perhaps on a mission (i don't mean a in game mission system, I mean the boss told me to go do something and so I must do it, or he'll be mean to me (kill me very violently)) and the new guy's my partner. Clearly i want to beef the new guy up, so I teach him/show him a jutsu or two he could perform at his level. I would love something like that, beyond the realness and perma death, it adds another reason to be friendly. It could also open the path to perhaps a risk to teaching it. Let's say that new recruit is a dude like Orochimaru, wanting to learn as much jutsu as he can, he acts weak around me, trains in secret and one day when i've taught him all the jutsu I can (or at least say I have) he stabs me in the back and moves on to learn more jutsu. I do not know how well this idea would be accepted, but it would add to the realism. In Naruto, people teach people Jutsu. In real life, people teach others how to do things and the student in both cases is more or less free to do as they please with the Jutsu/skill. Please, consider this. And remeber, knowledge is not power, it is potential power.
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