Thread:Omega64/@comment-4503935-20190703001710/@comment-10330822-20200201070345

Well, that is still technically non-canon, even if it makes sense.

Logically, if Hiruzen made the law that prevents discussion of the Jinchuriki, that means the Jinchuriki's identity must be revealed. Whether it was pre-emptively exposed by Danzo thus demanding the law, that doesn't change the fact that word probably would have spread regardless. Hence why the law would be mandatory regardless of what Danzo did.

So I don't really see the novel's point of having Danzo reveal this information, when in reality it should have been stated regardless by demand on the villages, who logically would want to know what happened to the Nine-Tails. I think this is a logic error on behalf of the substitute author, its a story boarding problem, which makes sense on paper, but not if you think about it logically.

After all, this wasn't a stage like Mito and Kushina, where the Nine-Tails' very presence in the village was secret. The village knew of the Jinchuriki's existance, which apparently before wasn't common knowledge, since they even stated that the attack was a freak accident rather than it was removed from the previous Jinchuriki. Showing the village had no knowledge of the Jinchuriki outside of thoes who were especially in the know about it. Which makes sense, because the previous Jinchuriki were meant to just be "cages" for the Nine-Tails. they were never meant to harness its power.

That is what made Naruto's situation unique. If he used the Nine-Tails' power, it wasn't a surprise, because everyone knew he had it. It was only Naruto's generation, that were excluded from the know because of the law, that were confused and shocked whenever Naruto used that power.