Quote Originally Posted by Lord Raziere View Post
as for Naruto's abilities all being thematically fitting....I get how Multi-Shadow, the sage mode, the summoning frogs, the sensing hatred, healing, and such all fit, but I'm interested: how does the Rasengan fit into the themes? its just an energy attack that Naruto shoves/throws at his enemies.
Honestly I've always seen it as just a twisty attack to keep with his spiral theme. Naruto-shi is a city famous for its whirlpools, and there's a type of ramen kamaboko called narutomaki with a spiral shape. So naturally he needs a thematic attack. But I suppose Kishimoto didn't want him to have a drill, and thus made the slightly more creative Rasengan.