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>Naruto message about hard work and perseverance
No, that was Lee's theme. Even if you ignore Kurama and stick purely to part 1, Naruto was a genius who mastered Shadow Clone in an hour and Rasengan in about a month, he just lacked the proper guidance and motivation to realize his potential
>Luffy supposedly having the worst Fruit
The his fruit was never even remotely bad, at base it comes with a built-in immunity to blunt force, bullets, and lightning and Luffy stretched (heh) its abilities it its limit through sheer creativity. That's also not getting into the fact that he coasted through most of pre-TS with brute strength and imaginative use of his devil fruit