Naruto’s line recalls the earliest teaching of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, who spread chakra among people to help them understand one another. He called this practice Ninshū—a way to link hearts, not to overpower foes. As the Sage explains, chakra was a common language, a medium for shared feeling and mutual recognition rather than domination (Naruto, ch. 671). In echoing this origin, Naruto reframes strength as communion, suggesting that real power is measured by how well it binds lives together. [...]
