Quote: Morganni wrote:What is keeping him in the loops is his destiny. Naruto can't get out of the loops until he is on track to complete his destiny. In the cannon
Though that's also an interesting thought. If, in theory, Naruto doesn't have to pass the exam, what's kept him in the loops on the times
he's gone through the entire invasion pretty much as it happened before?
timeline, Naruto progressed towards his destiny through a combination of luck, perseverance, charisma, and being underestimated by his opponents. By the time
Naruto managed to make it to the invasion within the loops, he'd already improved enough that his future opponents would no longer have discounted him as a
serious threat. Naruto is therefore no longer on track to achieve his destiny.
Note that Naruto still lacks sufficient skill to take Orochimaru in a fight unless he takes advantage of the loops to arrange a one hit kill out of nowhere,
and many of the Akatsuki members that Naruto would have to defeat to achieve his destiny are even tougher than Orochimaru (after all, Orochimaru fled from them
when his plan to steal Itachi's body failed). The only way that Naruto is likely to get out of the loops is if he learns of Akatsuki and enacts plans that
are likely to counter their plots before they get the chance to realize the threat that he has become and deal with him.
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