Pretty sure that's fanon, because canon is quite unspecific. It just says that he is no good at genjutsu or ninjutsu. The way it's stated, it isn't even an inability to do them at all, just that he's really bad at them to the point that there's no point in him trying to pursue the matter.
I remember that at least the early translations implied that he literally couldn't. something about Gai telling Sakura that the reason lee doesn't back out of melee to use some ninjutsu or genjutsu was not he didn't want to, but because he can't.
this was my understanding as well
Him not being able to use any doesn't mean that he never will be, just that he doesn't know any. Or even that he doesn't know any well enough to use in an actual fight. Or at least, that's still just as viable of an interpretation.
I hate that little bit of ascended fanwank. Teams seven, eight and ten were the graduating rookies, so teams with the other numbers must still exist! Or there were ten teams and two thirds of them didnt pass the survival exam just like they were flat out told.
THEN WE WILL FIGHT IN THE SHADE!!!!!
Hearing this from Hinata literally forced me to stop, go back, and reread the two previous paragraphs, Hinata swearing off cuff is violently out of character.
The prospect of not being on a team with Naruto is just that upsetting, apparently
Sachie.
In this story, team numbers are kept for at least a year unless there's a good reason to change them before switching to using the sensei name, and graduation cycles can happen twice a year. The teams that graduated six months ago are still in their first year of using the numbers, so you have to skip them.
After years of training with Naruto she's capable of being far less polite than her canon self...and he's capable of being far more polite than his canon self.
Okay, you've got me. I snerk every time the words "paperwork clone" come up in here in a place where they really shouldn't. Mostly because anyone inexperienced with paperwork would think that the item of lesser importance...
I love this one on multiple levels.
Wait, does that mean that the absurdity that had Tenten practically confess marriage (is that the right phrase)... was actually less impressive than it could have been had they seen it from elsewhere?!
I lack the words to describe how much this amuses me.
Imagine how impressive it would look if you were the target.
Hokage: Let's see how Naruto is doing on his test, The long-range target should give a good vantage point... Where did the SUN go???
he did found a hidden village(being Kage means doing at least some of the paperwork), and is a scientist.
It's very much worth remembering, and unfortunately most people don't, that Lee is in fact naturally terrible at taijutsu. He's completely incapable of ninjustsu and genjutsu, possibly medically so, yes. But he has absolutely no natural aptitude for taijutsu either.
On the other hand, perhaps that's the difference between a scientist and a mad scientist to begin with: a mad scientist doesn't bother with keeping up on his paperwork.
No, he's just got a pretty normal level of talent at it, and compares himself to Neji whom is well above average.Wait, what? He's fast enough to outpace Sasuke's Sharingan, and went hand-to-hand with Kimimaro(who has an extremely powerful and dangerous bloodline ability) while still recovering from surgery to fix the allegedly permanent damage he'd sustained fighting Gaara at the Chunin Exams, he can be described as a taijutsu monster... and he's naturally terrible at it!?
You mean the bit where, in canon, they skipped from team 8 to team 10 because team 9 was still in rotation?
Er, no. It's noted in canon that he has at best mediocre skill in basic academy taijutsu when he graduated. Rock Lee's exceptional skill by the time we see him is due to Gai's teaching him and his own hard work to overcome his lack of innate talent. This is explicitly stated in canon as well.
