Naruto's biggest plot twist is also the series' biggest misconception, and fans are wrong about it

The Naruto series has plenty of elements that were unresolved and not explored thoroughly. This resulted in a couple of plot inconsistencies and fans started to notice the same after revisiting some of the older episodes.

One thing that fans didn’t like was the introduction of the Otustsuki clan, as the introduction of Kaguya Otsutsuki contributed to one of the biggest plot twists in the series. They felt that these entities were introduced in a manner that was rushed and disconnected.

However, this is a misconception, since there are some fans who have pointed out certain elements from the earlier parts of the manga that could prove otherwise.

Naruto: Events in the manga that could explain potential foreshadowing of the Otsutsukis

Gedo Statue as seen in the anime series (Image via Studio Pierrot)

While Kishimoto might have admitted to working on the creation of Kaguya as a character, there is a chance that he had a placeholder character in mind while working on the series. One of the most prominent clues or connecting points to Kaguya, and in turn, the Otsutsukis is the Gedo Statue.

This was what remained of the Ten-Tailed Beast after its chakra was separated Hagoromo Otsutsuki took the chakra out of the Beast’s body and separated it into nine different Tailed Beasts. He then proceeded to seal the Gedo Statue into the moon.

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This Gedo statue is quite similar to the flower that Kaguya-Hime sat on in the folklore titled “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.” Another hint that could explain Kishimoto’s foreshadowing of the Otsutsukis was the Black Zetsu. After the legendary fight between Hashirama Senju and Madara concluded, the former could sense the presence of another being.

The battle ended with Madara’s death and it was later explained that the Black Zetsu wasn’t the physical manifestation of Madara’s will. Therefore, the very existence of Black Zetsu foreshadowed the existence of a higher being or a clan of such beings. Furthermore, the existence of the Kaguya Clan, which comprised of people shaving their eyebrows quite short and having zig-zag-shaped partitions suggests the possibility of Kaguya and the Otsutsuki being foreshadowed early in the series.

This was something that fans put forth in order to prove that the creation of the Otsutsuki Clan was not rushed at all. While the foreshadowing could be argued, there is no doubt that Masashi Kishimoto seamlessly connected the Otsutsuki Clan with pre-existing elements in the Naruto series, proving that the disjoint nature was nothing but a misconception from the fans’ end. Whether or not it was rushed was something that is, to a certain degree, subjective to the viewer.

Black Zetsu as seen in the anime series (Image via Studio Pierrot)

However, there is no denying that the Naruto creator managed to connect the Otsutsuki Clan to plot elements, as highlighted earlier. This is why we believe that one of the biggest plot twists, which was the introduction and involvement of Kaguya and the Otsutsuki Clan as a whole, was perceived to be disjointed.

However, the Gedo Statue, the existence of Black Zetsu, as well as the existence of the Kaguya Clan were all different ways in which Kishimoto connected the new character to various elements previously introduced in the story.

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