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Tbh I think Naruto is a prodigy already but because no one has trained him in his early years he cane off as weak. While the "prodigies" we know in the show (sasuke/neji) have both been trained by their families

Who else loves Naruto?

Then the show would be called MENMA.

he is a literal prodigy by definition...

If Naruto wasn't outcasted by everyone in Konohagakure growing up and was taught properly while in the academy, then he would have likely excelled just as well as a shinobi during his early years.

Technically speaking as a reincarnation of Asura he already is a prodigy, but looking forward to the great story telling as always!

Wouldn't it be inheriting Minato's smarts? Minato holds the record for highest score for academy students. His mother mostly passed on the ridiculously high endurance and Chakra pool of an Uzamaki.

Naruto is a Prodigy, we were shown this multiple times, from him stealing the scroll to him mastering the Rasengan and Sage Mode. The only thing he ever lacked was someone that would believe in him and teach him the basics.

Naruto already is a Prodigy so I don't know how useful this scenario is other than overpowering him a bit earlier.

Is he not a prodigy? Learned multi shadow clone jutsu and rasengan by 13. Created the sexy jutsu by 12

As several people have already mentioned he's already a prodigy. The issue is that he had no base to work from. Every other prodigy in the series had a base to build off of in order to develop useful techniques from their respective clans with various genetic traits to enhance them. Naruto literally only had the basic academy jutsu until he figured out the Shadow Clone. Keep in mind, the shadow clone jutsu is one of the most advanced techniques ever seen for someone that age and he learned it in a few hours. I'm not sure any of his peers could've done the same thing. Additionally, he had another huge drawback in the form of Kurama. The way Kurama disrupted his chakra was a huge hurdle for him to overcome and even before resolving that issue he still developed incredible chakra control.

Naruto was The Prodigy. When he finally got a teacher to show him how to do things, he advanced exponentially. With no teacher and just a scroll with pictures and words, he was able to perform the multi shadow clone Jutsu with hundreds if not, thousands of Naruto clones

I miss when rock lee had screen time

I mean honestly he kinda was. He learned a forbidden jutsu made by Tobirama at 12, and an a Rank Jutsu made by Minato at 12/13ish, which took Minato years to create. He then went to perfect said Jutsu which is something neither Minato nor Jiraiya could do.

I’m pretty sure people already said this but yea naruto is already a prodigy he learned forbidden justu before he even graduated the academy; the only reason why he had a hard time learning justu to begin with was because he had to use his own chakra to hold back the nine tails and that lasted even when they befriended each other so basically rewatch all of naruto and remember he is basically giving the entire ninja world a handicap ( by that logic he’s the best prodigy in the show)

“Fresh little munchkin” 💀

"Madara done made a mistake and made himself alive again" is both a hilarious and also raw line.

I actually believe Naruto was already a prodigy. He just didn't have the right mentors and influences growing up to help him nurture his inate abilities. Iruka also explained in the first episode that like him, Naruto also only clowned around and didn't try because it drew attention to him as the class clown.

What if ? Naruto was protecting the village against the Sand spirit shukaku at 12.