

At the start of the series, every spammed substitution jutsu every five
minutes, then why later in the series no one uses it anymore. Same goes for
the function of the sharingan, it was shown as something that could easily see
through other jutsus and then it's no more used for that purpose.


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Why doesn't anyone use the substitution jutsu later in Naruto?


The substitution jutsu is still used constantly, but as the series progressed
and the strength of the characters increased it became more practical to use
clones instead as clones serve the same purpose and more.

There are notable examples of the substitution jutsu at the end of the series.

  * Kakashi using it against Obito in their final fight

  * Killer Bee uses it with one of Hachi's tentacles against Sasuke in their first fight

The technique is indeed extremely useful, and must be easy to do and require
low chakra as it is taught in the Academy. It is likely a staple, fundamental
technique that is used more often than we see, and is used so frequently and
has such a low impact on high level fights that we likely forget if and when
it is used.


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It ends up becoming useless, as the enemies evolve in anime many techniques
can become irrelevant or ineffective. In the case of the substitution jutsu it
becomes easily counter-able by enemies like Pain and Madara. Although in some
cases it is still used in the place of a counter attack


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