[FFML] [Naruto] Memories Lie chapters 3-4

[Will Lathan]

> With the lack of limitations shown in canon, an "actual complete
> physical shapeshift" answer to "what exactly does Henge do?" makes that
> jutsu obscenely powerful, to the point that it really does harm the
> coherence of the setting.  (After all, it's supposed to be one of the
> three simplest and easiest jutsu...)
>   

> Since most of the cases where we see "weird stuff" get done with Henge
> are from Naruto, we can limit it a bit by postulating that it takes
> obscene amounts of chakra to do that sort of thing.  Although canon
> doesn't really support this, it doesn't contradict this either.

That's an interesting theory.  Maybe it is simple and limited, for 
normal ninja.  Naruto could've turned into a hawk and flown, but he 
didn't because everyone tells him "it can't be used that way".