User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Tartarus Arc: Part 3 - King of Hades/@comment-4829046-20140402132728/@comment-2214433-20140402190149

No, I think Naruto = Ashura was from his very birth. The fact that he sucked at everything at young age is because of Ashura, too. So if it wasn't for him being the reincarnation, Naruto might've shown some talent from his early age. He was the son of a Hokage, after all.