RE: The Naruversity
Sup, bitches. Been a while since I posted in this thread.
Why don't hidden villages teach their Genin Advanced Jutsu.
See title. Why aren't Genin taught more advanced techniques when they're younger, so they can continue to work on them and refine them as they continue on their careers? Well, there are several reasons:
One: They don't need them. You don't need to know how to make blades of wind or create big swamps to weed a garden or find a missing pet. Even relatively simple C-rank missions, like tracking down a wild animal, can be managed through appropriate use of teamwork, Bukijutsu, Shurikenjutsu, and/or traps.
Two: Responsibility. A lot of Genin are, put simply, total morons with little-to-no self-control. There are Genin who don't even know what chakra is, Genin who think dieting is a suitable lifestyle choice and Genin who entirely wrapped up in their own obsessions or self-interest, to the point where they'll use lethal force or Kinjutsu against their fellow Leaf Ninja if given the opportunity and the slightest provocation. These are not the sort of Shinobi you want to teach dangerous Jutsu to. Give them a Katon Jutsu and they'll probably burn down half the village. Instead wait until they mature a little, and are capable of placing the protection of their village's citizens as their highest priority. They're barely out of their pre-teens, after all.*
Three: The "Cool Factor." There is little point in denying that High-Level Ninjutsu are also frequently very impressive. As such, Genin are also enthusiastic about learning and performing them. The problem with this arises when they not only tend to neglect their other training to practise an advanced Ninjutsu, but tend to overly utilise said Jutsu to their detriment. There have historically been many Genin who have failed missions, been captured, or died due to this sort of behaviour. Furthermore, their capture frequently means that not only has the Genin's home village lost a stupid Genin (who one day may have grown out of their stupidity,) but an enemy has acquired a corpse or prisoner that holds secrets that can be extracted or divined through interrogation or vivisection (or both.)
Four: Loyalty. Some Shinobi betray their village. Best to be as sure as you can that they won't before you teach them advanced stuff.
Five: Fundamentals take longer. On average, a Shinobi can learn a high-level Ninjutsu of one of the five basic Nature Transformations in around three months. Do you know how long it takes for the average Shinobi to become reasonably skilled at a style of Taijutsu?
A lot longer.
Six: Unless they are ridiculous prodigies both physically and mentally/spiritually, they
literally can't.
In order to empower a Ninjutsu, a Shinobi needs three things: stamina, the ability to convert a significant amount of said stamina into chakra (and a pathway system robust enough to handle it,) and the control to infuse enough of the moulded chakra into the Ninjutsu that it actualises.
Of course a Genin should be sufficiently adept at these three aspects to perform E-and-D-rank Jutsu, but what about things that are more advanced? If there's someone who's stamina, circulatory system and control is sufficient to utilise a more chakra-intensive Ninjutsu, why not teach it to them?
Well, the thing is, moulding large proportions of your stamina into chakra is
hard. The human body isn't designed to force more energy out of your cells than it's comfortable with just so you can throw a fireball. It wants to keep its energy where it is, in case of an emergency. Speaking of emergencies, until a Shinobi learns to overcome this natural instinct and defence mechanism, moulding large percentages of their stamina into chakra would normally only be possible for them in a life-or-death situation. Indeed, many a Shinobi has advised a student who is learning to consciously mould the maximum amount of chakra their pathways can handle to
"release all the chakra in their body as if they're about to die."
Even once a Shinobi has learned to mould a substantial amount of (and a significant percentage of their total) stamina into chakra, the number of Ninjutsu that they can use it to empower (without undergoing further training beforehand) is relatively low.
For example,
it is impossible to perform a B-rank or higher Ninjutsu of any of the five basic elements without learning said element's Nature Transformation first, a process that can take months to reach a point where your "average" advanced Ninjutsu (of that element) is possible, and even years to completely and fully master.
While there are many Hand-Seals associated with a particular element
(such as the Tora, or Tiger Seal for Fire Release,) these seals are, simply put, limited. The Tora seal can only convert a finite amount of chakra into Fire-natured chakra, and said Fire-natured chakra will only be of a certain temperature. Obtaining a degree of skill in the art of Fire Transformation will allow a Shinobi to surpass both these limits, and combining their own skill with the Tiger Seal will allow them to go even further. The same applies for the other four basic Nature Transformations, and the Hand-Seals associated with each one.
The same reasoning applies to Shape Transformation, albeit to a lesser extent, due to the majority of Hand-Seals being connected to Shape Transformation.
The final type of Transformation utilised in some Jutsu is the art of intentionally imbalancing moulded chakra to contain higher proportions of either spiritual or physical energy, in order to utilise Yin Release or Yang Release. For example, almost all B-rank and above Genjutsu require a higher ratio of spiritual energy.
However, inexperienced Shinobi will in almost every instance have more of one type of energy than the other, and thus their chakra will be predisposed towards Yin or Yang. As they continue their careers, this imbalance will begin to correct itself (and a Chunin is expected to have put significant effort into and made progress into correcting this imbalance.) Unfortunately, someone attempting to learn how to intentionally imbalance their chakra before their energies have come into balance is known to almost always damage their control over their chakra, and in some severe cases, permanently inhibit their development and ability to perform some or many Jutsu disciplines.
As such, the "pool" of Jutsu available to comparatively untrained Genin is far smaller than might first be imagined; to the point where it almost seems more logical to have them focus entirely on punching and stabbing people, just like people did before all of this new-fangled fancy-schmancy chakra stuff.
*It should be noted that there are many arguments for forcing young Genin to mature early, and even for mentally conditioning them to be "emotionless tools." These arguments are infinity more idiotic than the afore-mentioned moronic Genin. Even ignoring the moral considerations, Shinobi who are not given time to mature and emotionally grow tend to either "burn out" faster or develop emotional problems and idiosyncrasies that inhibit their development.** Furthermore, Shinobi who are trained as "emotionless tools" tend to be relatively easy to co-opt ("a tool often only cares that it is being used, and not who it is being used by,") demonstrate a lack of versatility by being inept at any mission they were not specifically trained for, and a terrible investment economically ("Do you have any idea how much it
costs to train a decent Shinobi? And you want to consider them
disposable?!")
**As compared to many Jounin, who at least have the decency to wait until they're already members of the elite before going a little nuts.
