Something is seriously flawed in the Konoha ninja system... shouldn't learnning one's element be the first action in trainning? just like how Kakashi introduced the three ninja skill (nin, tai and gen) in the first chapters? the test isn't that difficult, it's merely touching some paper, and you get a spesific direction to focus your trainning on in return...

on the same note, why didn't Kakashi tell Naruto about the Kage bunshin stuff earlier on? it would have helped Naruto alot during those three years with Jiraya, or during anytime naruto would have had to learn lots of topics in a small time. Sure, i'm being picky here.

next on, Obito - tobi subject. While it'll be really stupid to think that they're the same person, with one being dead and all... but heck, Kishi did stupider things. and if Obito managed to survive a boulder crushing him and cutting out his own eye, I don't think it's impossible for him to be dedicated enough to actually become a strong enough ninja to to join the akatsuki.

speaking of which, where did the 'Tobi's a good boy' pharse come from?

last, but not least, do you guys also feel ripped off that Kakashi didn't explain all the diffrent Jutsu's and thier elements? it was like Kishi saying "Shut up, don't disturb my dramtic plot twist with your mambo jumbo logic!".

oh, and just for the record, all this elemnt thing was twenty times cooler in HxH.