A lot of people think Sealing is overdone in crappy Mary Sue stories, but I tend to disagree on the basis that you shouldn't be reading crappy stories anyway - it's not especially overdone in stories of a decent quality. It's also a sufficiently broad specialisation that you can take it in interesting new directions fairly easily.
There's a reason for that actually. It's because Sealing, as the Fandom portrays it, is ALWAYS Mary Sue to the extreme. Because believe it or not? That seal for the Kyuubi? That's the pinnacle of sealing. That is the known pinnacle of sealing in the series. That's why Sealing Specialization doesn't work in anything of decent quality.
 
I like how everyone agrees the skill we most need is how not to be an asshole.

I... think we should visit all the Uchihas, but starting with ones not in medically induced comas.

Also, slight error I think, if Fugaku is slated to make a full recovery it should be impossible for us to act as clan head. In addition, even chances Itachi would be next in line for the position.

I think Fugaku has either been removed from the position by the surviving adults or has 'voluntarily' stepped down in the face of the massacre and his part in the Coup planning.
 
There's a reason for that actually. It's because Sealing, as the Fandom portrays it, is ALWAYS Mary Sue to the extreme. Because believe it or not? That seal for the Kyuubi? That's the pinnacle of sealing. That is the known pinnacle of sealing in the series. That's why Sealing Specialization doesn't work in anything of decent quality.
Some people have talent to overlooking obvious: MOON is pinnacle of sealing.
Sealing includes manipulation of space, gravity, chakra-flow and connects physical world to spiritual realms.
 
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There's a reason for that actually. It's because Sealing, as the Fandom portrays it, is ALWAYS Mary Sue to the extreme. Because believe it or not? That seal for the Kyuubi? That's the pinnacle of sealing. That is the known pinnacle of sealing in the series. That's why Sealing Specialization doesn't work in anything of decent quality.
Man I would discuss that the pinnacle of sealing is the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, on the grounds of the absolute bullshit Minato can pull out with that...
Some people have talent to overlooking obvious: MOON is pinnacle of sealing.
I would argue that the moon is more of a physical prison than a chakra seal.
 
There's a reason for that actually. It's because Sealing, as the Fandom portrays it, is ALWAYS Mary Sue to the extreme. Because believe it or not? That seal for the Kyuubi? That's the pinnacle of sealing. That is the known pinnacle of sealing in the series. That's why Sealing Specialization doesn't work in anything of decent quality.
Yeah, and it effectively created Naruto, who grew up to be the strongest Shinobi of the age. Minato's Hiraishin was a signature technique that made him arguably the strongest Kage alive. So it seems like the bar is already pretty high?

Like, medical ninjutsu gives you Tsunade's strength and Yin seal (because she's the only example of a top-tier combat medic-nin these writers have aside from Kabuto) and ninjutsu gives you ridiculously massive attacks etc. etc. etc....

The problem isn't with the way sealing is portrayed specifically, it's that top-tier shinobi are inherently bullshit and writers want their character to end up top-tier. I would expect Sealing to be inherently bullshit if you could really wrap your head around it - Minato certainly did.

EDIT: Admittedly, the effect is probably magnified by how rare the specialisation is. The only sealing specialist in the series I can think of who wasn't Kage tier was Tenten, and she really just dabbled as a way to enable her weapons specialisation.
 
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Minato's Hiraishin was a signature technique that made him arguably the strongest Kage alive. So it seems like the bar is already pretty high?
Well he was incredibly OP, but since he was Kage in a time in which the Third Raikage, who could solo the Eight tails, was still kicking, and Onoki with his incredibly OP particle release was almost 20 years younger (and significantly stronger) than in Shippuden, I don't know if he can be considered the best Kage of his generation...
 
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Like, medical ninjutsu gives you Tsunade's strength and Yin seal (because she's the only example of a top-tier combat medic-nin these writers have aside from Kabuto) and ninjutsu gives you ridiculously massive attacks etc. etc. etc...
Actually, Tsunades strength was already bullshit, the seal just enchanced it and was just more for creation rebirth than anything.
 
Man I would discuss that the pinnacle of sealing is the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, on the grounds of the absolute bullshit Minato can pull out with that...
The best way to describe the Flying Thunder God Jutsu is 'One Man Reverse Summoning Seal that can be used remotely.' Highly impressive, but alone isn't that strong. It's also due to his power and skill that the technique is so legendary.
 
Well he was incredibly OP, but since he was Kage in a time in which the Third Raikage, who could solo the Eight tails, was still kicking, and Onoki with his incredibly OP particle release was almost 20 years younger (and significantly stronger) than in Shippuden, I don't know if he can be considered the best Kage of his generation...
I'm pretty sure he was considered at least a strong contender for such in canon? It's also worth remembering that he died pretty young, with a specialisation that rewards research and preparation, compared to these old men who had long careers to hone their skills.

The best way to describe the Flying Thunder God Jutsu is 'One Man Reverse Summoning Seal that can be used remotely.' Highly impressive, but alone isn't that strong. It's also due to his power and skill that the technique is so legendary.
That alone is exactly that strong. Or are you going to argue that a ninjutsu master doesn't also need high speed and reflexes in fights? I mean, it doesn't come with cool particle effects, but I'd literally take it over most of the Rinnegan's bullshit.

Actually, Tsunades strength was already bullshit, the seal just enchanced it and was just more for creation rebirth than anything.
I know, I was listing them as two separate techniques.
 
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That alone is exactly that strong. Or are you going to argue that a ninjutsu master doesn't also need high speed and reflexes in fights? I mean, it doesn't come with cool particle effects, but I'd literally take it over most of the Rinnegan's bullshit.
It's strong in terms of utility yes. But considering how it can't cause or remove damage? It's not 'strong' in an offensive sense. A Genin capable of using Flying Thunder God is not anywhere near the danger of a Genin that can use the Fire Dragon Bullet for example.

Of course, the technique is amazing. But alone it's nothing but a glorified Reverse Summoning Seal. That's the problem with force multipliers. Eventually they can outweigh Force addatives, but early on they aren't anywhere near as good.
 
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It's strong in terms of utility yes. But considering how it can't cause or remove damage? It's not 'strong' in an offensive sense. A Genin capable of using Flying Thunder God is not anywhere near the danger of a Genin that can use the Fire Dragon Bullet for example.

Of course, the technique is amazing. But alone it's nothing but a glorified Reverse Summoning Seal. That's the problem with force multipliers. Eventually they can outweigh Force addatives, but early on they aren't anywhere near as good.
I mean, you're technically correct, but I'd consider a Chunnin who knew the Hiraishin to be more dangerous than a Chunnin who knew the Fire Dragon Bullet, so the tipping point comes early enough it's irrelevant for our purposes.

I mean if you simplify it down to two shinobi modelled as featureless spheres knowing exactly one jutsu each - the Fire Dragon Bullet and the Hiraishin - then the actively destructive one wins, but I don't think that scale will ever be relevant to our interests. I'd give it reasonable odds that Rin would be more dangerous with a Hiraishin than a Fire Dragon Bullet right now.
 
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Can we get bullshit regen? I want bullshit regen
That's definitely a medical ninjutsu thing. We might be able to get it without committing to it as a full-on specialisation due to our Uzumaki heritage, but I'd expect at least a reasonable amount of investment to pull it off - like a secondary specialisation, at least.

Thinking about iryojutsu though, I realised our mother might not be permanently disabled - iryo-nins can't fix it due to the way chakra healing works, but Magecraft's conceptual bullshit might feasibly be able to.
 
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Let's be honest, between being Rin and being an Uchiha, the more SAN we have, the better...
 
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