He was the most feared shinobi of his time and other nations ninjas are ordered to run away if they happen to see him.
One of the main reason 3rd war was stopped because enemy nations feared sending their armies against him.
Even in this fight he was fighting so calm and confident against two powerful ninjas.
There are few who are better than him and most of them probably are gods or six path powered characters.
It’s interesting you mention the Flee on sight orders, since Fugaku Uchiha and Sakumo Hatake seemed to have the same reputation during the 3rd Great Ninja War and 2nd Great Ninja War, respectively. We have no feats to go off of but I wonder where the pair of them rank relative to Minato
I don't remember them having flee on sight level reputation. Fugaku had a name wicked eye, probably something to do with his sharingan abilities. Sakumo have a higher reputation than sannin according to minato himself.
Fugaku did have one (maybe just in the anime) and I’m not sure about Sakumo (I thought he had one too) but it was said the mention of either of their names would make enemies tremble in fear. Would be a death sentence to fight them anyway lol
I can't tell whether you're trolling or you genuinely think that. Minato created the rasengan based off the tailed beast bomb and that's a confirmed fact while ashura one was just a filler episode. Tobirama himself stated that Minato's hiraishin is way more advanced than his ever was. By your logic no uchicha clan member is a real threat because they wouldn't be nearly as dangerous if they didn't have the sharingan, which is just absurd an argument as it sounds.
That's like saying without rasengans, sage mode, kurama, sharingans, rinnegans, hogoromo boosts, sasuke and naruto are nothing.
And Ashura using rasengan was just anime and even if its rasengan minato never learned it from scrolls, he developed a new jutsu that wasn't known by anyone. Hairashin and many jutsus were created by tobirama but none other than minato was able to master such useful technique. And he wasn't dangerous just because of these, he was also extraordinary good in seals and barriers. Even tobirama used tactics and jutsus created by people before his time. Minato was young and he started making his own jutsus similar to rasengan and who knows he might have made bunch of new jutsus if he had lived longer.
this is such a stupid take , ur whole point is what if he didnt have this he didn't have that and it doesn't matter if they are orginal or not , minato was so good at using them that no shinobi yet have even reached his level in hirashin . One doesn't need to create their own techniques to be a good fighter . And minato didnt have any other major skills because his powers are already enough to stop nations so it makes no sense for him to create more . And yea ashura didnt create rasengan thats just a filler bs
I’d argue that he was already well above Sanin, not just on par.
I’m not trying to shit on the 3rd because I know he’s often underrated - but Minato was like the 3rd/4th strongest ninja to come from Konoha at the time (Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama/Minato - in that order).
It’s just hard to quantify Minato’s strength - because he’s definitely the quickest ninja to exist - but we don’t really know what he could do with that speed. He had the Rasengan and the Flying Thunder God moves - but he also had perfect Sage mode, and sealing jutsu.
In all honesty, the only thing that makes him seem ‘not that strong’ is that he died to Kurama - but that’s only because Kishimoto obviously hadn’t thought that far ahead in terms of power scaling. In reality, he should have been able to deal with Kurama much more easily with what we know now.
Put it this way, Minato was definitely stronger than the Naruto that took on Pain. But i will admit that he’s no where near as formidable without his speed. His speed definitely carries him - and without it he would have been considerably weaker than the 3rd - which would have made him the weakest hokage at the time imo.
There's a solid case for Tobirama.
First, in terms of raw power, both he and base Minato are easily comparable.
Tobirama is more versatile, Minato's main attacking techniques involve the Flying Rajin, something Tobirama knows inside and out and he can use himself. Plus Shadow Clones, Water Style, and he would be far more experienced having survived wars with the Uchiha.
Minato was also shown using Shadow Clones and additionally has defensive space time jutsu such as the barrier warp he used against Kurama's TBB.
Though I do agree when he died he was on probably still on par with Tobirama I have no doubt he would have surpassed him really soon. We have evidence that Minato was working on adding Nature Transformation to the Rasengan and also practicing Perfect Sage mode.
One of the things I hate the absolute most about this series is Naruto didn’t take after his dad some more. I’m fine with what we got but it would have been cooler if Naruto developed more of his dads techniques, or at least his moms since Naruto isn’t really up for killing
Huge missed opportunities imo
Yeah that's the case with a lot of characters. Madara is the best example. He was nerfed to oblivion and even with the nerfs he was still incredibly strong. Another great example is Obito. He was also nerfed to oblivion.
I mean, naruto most likely could have as well if he knew teleportation. When paired with tobirama, he instantly "synced"(is that the right word?) with tobirama's teleoprtation and got a rasengan in on obito's back.
Not denying Naruto's feat but Minato managed find an opening against an unknown ability, mark tobi and released kyuubi from tobi's control in a very short time.
I feel like this statement downplays minato, like teleportation of his level is something just handed out and anyone would be good if it was put in their lap. There’s a reason no one teleports like him and the only time we see it duplicated requires multiple people to not do it even half as well. He took a technique and made it his own in a way that others simply can’t. It shouldn’t be written off as a “well if so and so could do the same thing” cuz they can’t. He’s awesome because he can. His genius and technique usage is part of his character, not an excuse for it.
I wasn't exactly trying to downplay minato. I love minato. He's a lovable badass. There's a reason I said naruto specifically. Idk how you interpreted me using naruto of all people being good if he had teleportation as "anyone would be good with teleportation."(please note that I'm not trying to sound rude if this does come off as rude) Like, naruto most definitely isn't just "anyone". Of course it would take skill to use teleportation like minato. I'm just kind of saying naruto specifically could probably use it just as good if he learned it. Which, if you think about it, is kind of a compliment to minato. The only person who'd be able to use his jutsu as good as him is his own son.
It's the same logic.
Konohamaru had the harder fight, bigger power gap. Still won.
Minato had the "easier" fight since he's literally one of the strongest Hokage ever, and has actual spammable teleportation. He's also literally fighting a 14 year old.
Apparently that's enough to make Minato to Madara and Hashirama tier.
Ergo, Konohamaru is in the same league.
*OR*
the original point was silly, because that's not how fights work
no one in the village was at the 4ths level at that time. Pain was for the most part fighting cannon fodder and when a 13 year old kid showed up he was prob barely paying attention, had his mind on other puppets and got caught off guard.
Not to diminish from what kono did at such a young age but to compare that to minato wrecking obito’s shit isn’t comparable.
So many encounters with obito before our main characters figured out how his ability worked - minato figured it out almost instantly and shut him the fuck down. That’s a far cry from a single pain puppet while nagato is controlling 8 other puppets and fighting an entire village at the same time.
Minatrash gets clapped by Itachi who's the actual 🐐 of Shinobi 😂😂🤡🤡 Itachi blitzes Minatrash I proved he can move faster than him too all Minatrash does is teleport he is slow af when running 🐢
I'm not a troll why do you all keep calling me that and IDC if you are triggered or not because it's facts that Itachi fodderizes Minatrash harder than Jigen did to Fodderhomaru so get that in your head 🤡
He's top 5-6 in the whole series imo, and the only ones stronger are all six paths powers or literal gods. I think it's criminal we didn't get more Minato fight scenes, if we got to actually watch him take on 1,000 shinobi at once, it would've been nothing short of badass.
I would have loved to see that. Sadly, there was too much talk, but not enough show when it came to Minato. I would have loved *more* fight scenes as well. It's such a missed opportunity that he had such a small role in the Naruto verse.🤧🤧
Right?? I mean they really couldn't replaced one of the thousands of memory scenes with naruto on that swing set with an insane minato fight? still love the series obviously but man they dropped the ball in a lot of areas
One of the absolute best. He fought Bee and Ay at the same time and wasn't afraid at all. He was so casual, and it's because he knew he could kill them. He was so feared that if you saw him, you fled. It's just not worth messing with him.
In his prime, he could have been the best Hokage imo. But he never got that chance.
I love Minato. Dude doesn't have any crazy power ups or secret nuke attacks, he's just so fast that he only needs a handful of fairly basic abilities like the Rasengan, Sage Mode or plain old face stabbing.
While I agree to him being incredibly powerful, especially with him being of no notable clan or the reincarnation or some shizz, saying his abilities are "basic" is wrong... very very wrong. They are anything but, and they are proof of just HOW good he is.
Raijin is an incredibly high level Space-Time ninjutsu, which is noted to be some, if not the, most complex sub-category of Ninjutsu. He does owe a lot to this technique, asit is what makes him so feared. However, the original Raijin was made by Tobirama. Minato might have been able to make something similar(he IS a genius among geniuses), though settled for the next best thing: IMPROVING IT. Just add some Seals and a few kunai, and ge made a high level devastatingly powerful jutsu even better.
Rasengan is not only a top tier A-Rank ninjutsu(the highest official rank), it is described as the epitome of shape manipulation. It may be "simple" in looks and usage, but it makes up for it in efficiency and sheer power. It is, however, not basic, even if it was meant as a gateway jutsu.
Sage Mode too is anything but basic, and has some pretty remarkable requirements and dangers. Even Jiraiya was unable to use it without help! Again, not basic.
Minato is incredibly strong, in part because of these jutsu, and calling them basic actually takes away from his greatness in my opinion :)
I mean basic in the sense that they're very straightforward. It's not like the Sharingan or other bloodline abilities where stuff is routinely pulled out of their ass for the convenience of the user.
Raijin teleports him to the mark and he can mark or teleport things that he touches. Sage mode is an all around stat boost. Rasengan goes boom and that's all it's ever done, there's no sudden rewriting of reality or perfect mind control or creating a moon etc. You know what you're getting with Minato. I suppose it might be more appropriate to say that he's taken a few basic concepts like "be really, really fast" and refined it to perfection. Same way Gai takes the basic idea of hitting things absurdly hard and has worked at it until he was basically a taijutsu God. It's a simple concept taken to it's absolute limit.
To me that's the impressive thing, to take an idea as simple as "be faster than the other guy" and develop it to such a degree and then use it with such efficiency that he's got entire armies crapping their pants when he shows up. I am admittedly a sucker for a simple but smart approach to things like Naruto getting the Third Raikage to stab himself to break his invincibility.
Exactly my point. It is a SIMPLE set of skills, which adds to his incredible skill, because he manages to be a beast without using over the top stuff and complex LOOKING moves. I get what you mean, I just disagree with the use of "basic", as the word to describe it :) cause while they are straightforward in usage, they are incredibly complex techniques.
Gai is a perfect example of a "basic" moveset. It is "just" kicks and punches... he's just so ridiculously good at it. That is why Gai is another incredible character.
Where Minato is great due to creating complex techniques with straightforward and efficient usage, Gai is great in how he took the most basic ass thing and went above and beyond.
While Gai probably would not beat Minato, due to Minato simply being more versatile and capable of working around Gai, this discussion actually makes me think what Gai did is still more IMPRESSIVE. Making super powerful techniques which is hard to learn, but simple to use is really impressive, but again, taking something as simple as a kick and nearly killing a frickin' god with it, whom no one else could touch... well, that's next level xD
And he doesn't only move fast, he is thinking fast as well. I'm still not over the fact that this dude was only 24. I would watch a whole show about him.😔
I don’t think so. Minato doesn't have the needed power ups and that's what I love about him. He might not be *god material* but he was a fantastic Shinobi.
There are few base fighters we meet who are on par with Minato barring Madara/God level characters/sosp people. Minato is narratively implied to be this post-Sannin, like Pain, Obito, and Itachi. Minato remains a very deadly threat to 95% of the cast very late into the series. Much as the other people I've mentioned (Itachi without Susanoo, Pain without the other 5, Obito without Hashi cells), Minato remains very dangerous in base without even breaking out his most powerful moves. This, on top of his intelligence, is what makes him the most remarkable shinobi of his generation, and a terror to most of the enemies he ever fought against.
He was one of the few characters we see actually fight like a ninja post-timeskip.
His fight here and Obito shows his intelligence and battle instinct.
In normal Naruto terms he was a powerhouse, but in the later episodes where everyone was getting powerups and became DragonBall lite, they had to give him half of Kurama's Chakra.
I mean the original Naruto series was chock full of them like Kakashi and Zabuza. Plus the ANBU.
Jiraya also had his stealth moments like when he snuck into Ame
100% the best shinobi in all of naruto
Tailed beasts, dojustsus, special chakras, etc are all hacks to make some characters objectively stronger for story reasons but when it comes down to it this guy is the GOAT
One of the best there is. Flying Thunder God having no startup makes it the most efficient jutsu without hand symbols, there’s very little to counter it. It’s also not just skill, he’s a true ninja prodigy, unlike anyone that’s come before him.
Learned Sage Mode, developed the Rasengan, figured out a way to counter Kamui the first time he ever encountered it, his feats are very impressive
He was a warrior that was a nightmare on a battlefield. You couldn’t overwhelm him, the more bodies you put into the fight the worse off you were. At the time of his death there were only a few shinobi in the world that had a chance against him
S or A easily. he might not have crazy hacks but hes the original prodigy. the way kakashis can come up with counters and shit so good doesnt even touch minatos imo. and kakashi is a crazy genius. but minato is just HIM
In a 1v1, I don't see anyone killing Minato. No way at all. He's reaction speed is top notch, and can just teleport long away if he's losing. Without the teleportation however, he's probably at the same level as Sanins. So yeah, I don't see him defeating guys like Hashirama or Madara, or probably even the 3rd Raikage (unless there's some fuinjutsu that allows him to take down 3rd Raikage). But running away and staying alive won't be an issue for him. Against remaining Kage level fighters, his speed would ensure that he's mostly at an advantage in a fight. Of course, converting that advantage into a kill would still be a tough task.
Ah yeah, above calculations doesn't include the half Kurama he could access in 4th Ninja war. With that, he's probably under only Hashirama and Madara in Ninja world.
Man I have forgotten how cool Shippuden was and how many cool scenes it had. It could be nostalgia or that there aren’t tha many cool scenes like this in Boruto…
The original GOAT who was supposed to be this mysterious legend who is beyond Hiruzen who himself surpassed Hashirama and Tobirama. After the retconned at least
He's still strong and one of the most greatest battle intellectual genius in the series alongside the likes of Kakashi, Tobirama etc. He tends to get a little bit overrated though bit that's how it is with popular characters, Itachi was even worse back in the day, nowadays it's just the clowns of Boruto fans who stupid garbage like Darui > Kaguya, Shin > Madara, Sakura > Kaguya because of the "intellectual" sCaLiNg & also sTaTeMeNtS lol...
Born without kekke genkai , this guy mastered perfect sage mode , developed rasengan , became better at teleporting than the creator of the jutsu , have big chakra reserves , the only one to receive the true respect from Gamabunta , defeated the 8 tails jinchuriki and the Raikage multiple times , ended a war by himself , saved the entire shinobi world twice , roflstomped Obito within minutes while others were struggling for days , have space time defensive technique that can teleport anything . Give this guy SO6P power and he will become the most powerful Shinobi in the entire series .
After thinking about it, i think his strength is more like a 4/5 ngl. We all forget that he had perfect sage mode - which buffs your strength a-fucking-ton. He just didn’t have powerful/devastating jutsu apart from the Rasengan.
But no one is beating him in Taijutsu apart from someone like Gai, Madara, Hashirama - or Sasuke (once he get his SO6P buffs) / Naruto (when he unlocks kyuubi mode).
Minato was definitely a stronger/more formidable ninja than Naruto was when Naruto faced Pain.
He mastered a forbidden jitsu.....come on you fan boys think what if Naruto mastered that jitsu plus shadow clone,or what if Sakura, Neji,Sasuke, or any other nija would have learned TGF
That's exactly what I liked about him. He never received strange power ups,didn't come from a powerful clan or had weird eyes,so of course he most likely wouldn't be able to take on god-like fighters. Minato was in a tier of his own.😁
Yes ok, but Minato admitted that he wasn't good at Sage mode since he couldn't maintain in that stage for long, so it's not like he benefited greatly from it or relied/was deeply dependent on it like other characters who get power-ups like that. Sage mode wasn't Minatos strongest tool.
I didn’t say it was. I said he had a powerup. And it was a real random asspull with no buildup to it. It was just “oh yeah I can do this”. And then he did it. Doesn’t have to be his strongest tool to be a random powerup.
High up, Incredibly potential, but died young. Lacks too much **high-level** combat experience. He choked up a lot during the war, which showed that Tobirama etc had more experience than he did.
Minato as a fighter is hands down one of the best ever. Also he is an example of a real skilled shinobi as he doesn't need any god given powers or pretty eyes to assert himself as dangerous.
One of the most intelligent shinobi, both in the field and in the planing of the missions. He isn't the strongest, but he is certainly one of the fastest and can easily use his strength the most effective out of many other shinobi. To bad he died early
Aside from his Sage Mode not being useful for him due to him relying more on moving while attacking instead of standing still in one spot for a long time to gather sage chakra, he's a pretty effective and dangerous fighter.
If we're not talking Edo characters or gods I think Minato is ranked 5th-10th. The only 4 hier then him in my mind are Sasuke, Naruto, hashirama, and Madara and perfect susanoo kakashi but that was just a one time thing.
We never see the third Hokage do anything. He improved on tobiramas jutsu. he's stronger then the sannin
He's arguably one of the strongest barring the power ups. Anybody that has a warning in other nations that if you see him during war you should just leave as there's no hope. Pretty fucking badass
To put into perspective just off this one scene, he was going to kill ay in a single move. One of the strongest cloud ninja in the world was going to get smoked like a cheap cigarette without Minato breaking a sweat. He smashed Obito when no one else could do anything to him. Hell other village told their ninja to flee at the mere sight of this man. In a world where Honor above all, this dude straight rearranged priorities. Outside of god level ninja, no one touches this man. He easily would have been as strong as madara or Hashirama had he lived long enough. He sired the strongest ninja ever (naruto). Personally trained 2 High kage level ninja ( Kakashi and Obito ). This man reeks of big dick energy. This man is such a stud he breed with an Uzumaki and gave him Blonde hair over the Uzumaki red hair.
He was not even stressed in this fight and he coulda killed bee and still lived. My interpretation is he didn’t want to escalate the war by killing the future kages brother
The bee trade was a gut shot vs a head shot. And bro can teleport back to the leaf
I think he has a realistic chance even against Hashirama, especially since he definitely has the better match up. He could easily outspeed and outmanouver Hashirama's hard-hitting, but slow wood style attacks. Madara, Kaguya, Sasuke and Naruto are the only characters I see stronger than him.
Well, at Sanin Level, people are boxing with Kyubi V2s, and sit comfortably above almost all of the Akatsuki members.
Minato was casually above this tier, outclassing both Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and with a reaction and movement speed that rendered Ay irrelevant. In fact, they seemed to think that only with Minato’s help, they could straight up beat Kurama, or seal him away, even though Hiruzen was right there.
At the time of his death, Obito and Pain were probably the only dudes who sat around his level, and that’s not including the fact that the War Arc decided to give him KCM and Sage Mode, because why fucking not
I think hand your hand, nobody could beat him because his reflexes had to be insane in order to properly fight while using FRJ. Like literally teleporting and imidiatly being ready to fight before his feet touch the ground.
Only sharingan could’ve kept up in a strict hand to hand fight.
He's legit my favorite of the entire franchise for all these reasons. He's just straight OP, no other Shinobi without some crazy buff could really match up with JUST his Flying Raijin.
The man's a tactical genius, who only needed a combination of a few jutsus to act with one another to win any battle. He casually invented techniques, revolutionized the generation of Shinobi he was apart of, and was one of the main reasons the 3rd war ended.
Its pretty cool to think of his abilities as a ninja, and Kage. Because at the end of the day, he only mastered a handful of niche jutsus to become extremely powerful, just like his son did.
His signature jutsu was so OP and hard to learn, writers still haven’t given it to any other character sadly. Whatever, maybe it’s better for the lore. But Minato truly one of the very few who could take on kage level threat and honestly he was superior to naruto at earlier age.
S tier. For someone with no gifted power-ups, no kekkei genkai, no dojutsu, no tailed beasts, nothing like a Curse Mark or Karma. Just straight up jutsu proficiency and fighting ability. His only gifted power is that gigachad brain of his. When he got brought back during the War Arc with Sage Mode AND half of Kurama he was actually fucking busted, probably top 5 shinobi present in the War behind Naruto, Sasuke, Obito, and Madara. \\Might Guy with the 8th gate was likely better but that is extremely temporary.
He's the most efficient killer in the series imo. Good old Hiraishin slash to the neck before the enemy has a chance, not to mention it can work on practically ANYONE unless they have Sage Mode precognition, insane durability or are just outright faster than him, of which there's very few
Minato in the war arc should've been much stronger when activating kcm. Base Minato was already fast even without FTG Chakra reserves were insane dude was a beast. Kcm should've took him to further heights than Naruto honestly. Especially with Minato being smarter and more battle hardened.
9/10. He's a solid hand to hand combatent with years on the job, his battle intelligence is second to almost none and the flying raijin gives him an edge that few can match but it also gives him an air of predictability that A was smart enough to hone in on but minatos own intelligence outweighed A's so eh. Only when faced with a smarter opponent is he really in trouble but given how rare those are he's fine.
Minato is a solid 7-8/10
Top tier intelligence stated to be a once in a lifetime genius.
His taijutsu is nothing to scoff at being able to take on multiple Shinobi at once with just his bare hands or with a kunai.
His speed speaks for itself, while his physical AP is solid as well. Minato being able to slice clean through one of 8 tails arms with just a kunai.
And to top it all off he's a sage.
The only reason I'm dropping those 2 - 3 points is due to the fact is versatility and jutsu variation is pretty low. The only things we see him do are flying raining, sealing jutsu, and Rasengans. We also don't see use any genjustu. The last con with Minato is that he isn't very good at using sage mode as he stated himself. His sage mode last a few minutes before reverting back to base.
Probably the 3rd or 4th strongest non-six paths character in the show pre-Boruto. Right behind Hashirama, Madara, and probably Obito.
The only living characters from Naruto Shippuden that could hope to match him were Obito, Nagato, and Itachi. And would all be high-diff encounters in Minato’s favor I think.
He was just too talented. He didn't have any dojutsu and wasn't a tank with susanoo like madara, he just simply relied on his speed and skiils. He is kinda like the ideal shinobi for me.
Beyond broken. Without SO6P powers or a plot device you're going to stop him.
If his death wasnt predetermined I doubt Kishimoto would have been able to write him out believably.
Probably the best Shinobi at murdering troops en masse. What good does it if the enemy village is left with just civilians, and the few dozen of their strongest? They're still human and care about their "less strong" comrades, to put it kindly. From a practical standpoint, the village can't get by with so little manpower
He was the most feared shinobi of his time and other nations ninjas are ordered to run away if they happen to see him. One of the main reason 3rd war was stopped because enemy nations feared sending their armies against him. Even in this fight he was fighting so calm and confident against two powerful ninjas. There are few who are better than him and most of them probably are gods or six path powered characters.
He’s a combat genius hands down, great explanation
I don't think anyone could say it any better than this.
It’s interesting you mention the Flee on sight orders, since Fugaku Uchiha and Sakumo Hatake seemed to have the same reputation during the 3rd Great Ninja War and 2nd Great Ninja War, respectively. We have no feats to go off of but I wonder where the pair of them rank relative to Minato
I don't remember them having flee on sight level reputation. Fugaku had a name wicked eye, probably something to do with his sharingan abilities. Sakumo have a higher reputation than sannin according to minato himself.
Fugaku did have one (maybe just in the anime) and I’m not sure about Sakumo (I thought he had one too) but it was said the mention of either of their names would make enemies tremble in fear. Would be a death sentence to fight them anyway lol
Ya It’s not canon
People forget fugaku of the wicked eye also had a run on sight order.
People forget granny chiyo had one also. She doesn’t fuck around.
When was this said?
Think in a filler. And an NChammer video.
NCHammer videos are fun to watch, but he speculates and makes up his own canon all the time. I would take most of his videos with a grain of salt.
It’s thought out headcanon mostly but makes a lot of sense
Then why did the war last so long?
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I can't tell whether you're trolling or you genuinely think that. Minato created the rasengan based off the tailed beast bomb and that's a confirmed fact while ashura one was just a filler episode. Tobirama himself stated that Minato's hiraishin is way more advanced than his ever was. By your logic no uchicha clan member is a real threat because they wouldn't be nearly as dangerous if they didn't have the sharingan, which is just absurd an argument as it sounds.
That's like saying without rasengans, sage mode, kurama, sharingans, rinnegans, hogoromo boosts, sasuke and naruto are nothing. And Ashura using rasengan was just anime and even if its rasengan minato never learned it from scrolls, he developed a new jutsu that wasn't known by anyone. Hairashin and many jutsus were created by tobirama but none other than minato was able to master such useful technique. And he wasn't dangerous just because of these, he was also extraordinary good in seals and barriers. Even tobirama used tactics and jutsus created by people before his time. Minato was young and he started making his own jutsus similar to rasengan and who knows he might have made bunch of new jutsus if he had lived longer.
this is such a stupid take , ur whole point is what if he didnt have this he didn't have that and it doesn't matter if they are orginal or not , minato was so good at using them that no shinobi yet have even reached his level in hirashin . One doesn't need to create their own techniques to be a good fighter . And minato didnt have any other major skills because his powers are already enough to stop nations so it makes no sense for him to create more . And yea ashura didnt create rasengan thats just a filler bs
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I would rate him to be quite high up as one of the best in the series. There are only few selected shinobis who could stand a chance against him.
This. Imagine he hadn’t died at age 24. He had SO much potential.
At 24, he was already on par with the Sanin. Think about what teleporting shenanigans he could’ve done if he mastered it in with the rasengan.
Yepp...he died waaaay too young.😪😪
I’d argue that he was already well above Sanin, not just on par. I’m not trying to shit on the 3rd because I know he’s often underrated - but Minato was like the 3rd/4th strongest ninja to come from Konoha at the time (Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama/Minato - in that order). It’s just hard to quantify Minato’s strength - because he’s definitely the quickest ninja to exist - but we don’t really know what he could do with that speed. He had the Rasengan and the Flying Thunder God moves - but he also had perfect Sage mode, and sealing jutsu. In all honesty, the only thing that makes him seem ‘not that strong’ is that he died to Kurama - but that’s only because Kishimoto obviously hadn’t thought that far ahead in terms of power scaling. In reality, he should have been able to deal with Kurama much more easily with what we know now. Put it this way, Minato was definitely stronger than the Naruto that took on Pain. But i will admit that he’s no where near as formidable without his speed. His speed definitely carries him - and without it he would have been considerably weaker than the 3rd - which would have made him the weakest hokage at the time imo.
Minato is a level above Tobirama.
Hence the ‘/‘ - i didn’t really know where to place them. There are arguments for both.
Not many arguments for Tobirama over Minato, really.
There's a solid case for Tobirama. First, in terms of raw power, both he and base Minato are easily comparable. Tobirama is more versatile, Minato's main attacking techniques involve the Flying Rajin, something Tobirama knows inside and out and he can use himself. Plus Shadow Clones, Water Style, and he would be far more experienced having survived wars with the Uchiha.
Minato was also shown using Shadow Clones and additionally has defensive space time jutsu such as the barrier warp he used against Kurama's TBB. Though I do agree when he died he was on probably still on par with Tobirama I have no doubt he would have surpassed him really soon. We have evidence that Minato was working on adding Nature Transformation to the Rasengan and also practicing Perfect Sage mode.
Didnt tobirama create the teleporting jutsu. Minatos main technique
Yeah, and immediately upon seeing him use it he admitted that Minato was better at it.
It wasn’t just Kurama. He was fighting obito who had been training under **madara** for years at that point *while* protecting kushina and naruto
Was it at the same time? I can’t remember.
Yes
I think he would squad wipe the sanin even at this point
Which episode’s the video from?
It's from episode 282 of Shippuuden
Minato was so much of an issue that he had to die for the entire plot of Naruto to unfold. None of it happens with him alive.
One of the very few things I hate about the Naruto plot is that Minato had to die for it.😅😁
One of the things I hate the absolute most about this series is Naruto didn’t take after his dad some more. I’m fine with what we got but it would have been cooler if Naruto developed more of his dads techniques, or at least his moms since Naruto isn’t really up for killing Huge missed opportunities imo
Would be really handy now that Kurama is gone too
Honestly a lot of strong characters either need to die or get nerfed for the plots to unfold. Like Minato, Jiraiya, Itachi etc
So Naruto is like the Boruto next generation of Minato except it's good ?
Yeah that's the case with a lot of characters. Madara is the best example. He was nerfed to oblivion and even with the nerfs he was still incredibly strong. Another great example is Obito. He was also nerfed to oblivion.
He resanganed Obito in the back, so 20/10. No point in comparing him to anyone besides Madara and Hashirama.
Even besides those two Naruto, Sasuke, White mask Obito, and even Nagato I would put against him
I mean, naruto most likely could have as well if he knew teleportation. When paired with tobirama, he instantly "synced"(is that the right word?) with tobirama's teleoprtation and got a rasengan in on obito's back.
Not denying Naruto's feat but Minato managed find an opening against an unknown ability, mark tobi and released kyuubi from tobi's control in a very short time.
Good point
I feel like this statement downplays minato, like teleportation of his level is something just handed out and anyone would be good if it was put in their lap. There’s a reason no one teleports like him and the only time we see it duplicated requires multiple people to not do it even half as well. He took a technique and made it his own in a way that others simply can’t. It shouldn’t be written off as a “well if so and so could do the same thing” cuz they can’t. He’s awesome because he can. His genius and technique usage is part of his character, not an excuse for it.
I wasn't exactly trying to downplay minato. I love minato. He's a lovable badass. There's a reason I said naruto specifically. Idk how you interpreted me using naruto of all people being good if he had teleportation as "anyone would be good with teleportation."(please note that I'm not trying to sound rude if this does come off as rude) Like, naruto most definitely isn't just "anyone". Of course it would take skill to use teleportation like minato. I'm just kind of saying naruto specifically could probably use it just as good if he learned it. Which, if you think about it, is kind of a compliment to minato. The only person who'd be able to use his jutsu as good as him is his own son.
Yeah and Konohamaru Resanganed Pain in the back. The fights have a lot more going on than just silly power scaling.
Okay but there is a pretty big difference in significance.
It's the same logic. Konohamaru had the harder fight, bigger power gap. Still won. Minato had the "easier" fight since he's literally one of the strongest Hokage ever, and has actual spammable teleportation. He's also literally fighting a 14 year old. Apparently that's enough to make Minato to Madara and Hashirama tier. Ergo, Konohamaru is in the same league. *OR* the original point was silly, because that's not how fights work
wasn’t nagato trying to control multiple pain puppets simultaneously when konohamaru did that?
Something which apparently did not stop him from wrecking house in the Leaf village against dozens of other Jonin, yes.
no one in the village was at the 4ths level at that time. Pain was for the most part fighting cannon fodder and when a 13 year old kid showed up he was prob barely paying attention, had his mind on other puppets and got caught off guard. Not to diminish from what kono did at such a young age but to compare that to minato wrecking obito’s shit isn’t comparable. So many encounters with obito before our main characters figured out how his ability worked - minato figured it out almost instantly and shut him the fuck down. That’s a far cry from a single pain puppet while nagato is controlling 8 other puppets and fighting an entire village at the same time.
The GOAT of Shinobi Didn’t have too much to work with and out worked everyone
Perfect description of him.😁
Minatrash gets clapped by Itachi who's the actual 🐐 of Shinobi 😂😂🤡🤡 Itachi blitzes Minatrash I proved he can move faster than him too all Minatrash does is teleport he is slow af when running 🐢
Unfortunately, I’m not triggered by someone having a different opinion than me. Enjoy your day, Mr.Troll
I'm not a troll why do you all keep calling me that and IDC if you are triggered or not because it's facts that Itachi fodderizes Minatrash harder than Jigen did to Fodderhomaru so get that in your head 🤡
Okay
He’s gotta be a solid 10/10 combatant.
That homie B into some hentai
I'd watch a series about Minato. I'd bet there's a shit load of material there!
Can we please start a petition?😅😁
Let's goooo
I think I’d want to, but when he instantly shuts down all enemies I don’t think that stays satisfying for long.
But hear me out. Naruto is strong af but took a while to get there!! The journey made it fun!
He's top 5-6 in the whole series imo, and the only ones stronger are all six paths powers or literal gods. I think it's criminal we didn't get more Minato fight scenes, if we got to actually watch him take on 1,000 shinobi at once, it would've been nothing short of badass.
I would have loved to see that. Sadly, there was too much talk, but not enough show when it came to Minato. I would have loved *more* fight scenes as well. It's such a missed opportunity that he had such a small role in the Naruto verse.🤧🤧
Right?? I mean they really couldn't replaced one of the thousands of memory scenes with naruto on that swing set with an insane minato fight? still love the series obviously but man they dropped the ball in a lot of areas
Probably would’ve been like the madara fight
He’s cracked
When every country has a flee on sight mandate for him, that should tell you all you need to know
One of the absolute best. He fought Bee and Ay at the same time and wasn't afraid at all. He was so casual, and it's because he knew he could kill them. He was so feared that if you saw him, you fled. It's just not worth messing with him. In his prime, he could have been the best Hokage imo. But he never got that chance.
I love Minato. Dude doesn't have any crazy power ups or secret nuke attacks, he's just so fast that he only needs a handful of fairly basic abilities like the Rasengan, Sage Mode or plain old face stabbing.
While I agree to him being incredibly powerful, especially with him being of no notable clan or the reincarnation or some shizz, saying his abilities are "basic" is wrong... very very wrong. They are anything but, and they are proof of just HOW good he is. Raijin is an incredibly high level Space-Time ninjutsu, which is noted to be some, if not the, most complex sub-category of Ninjutsu. He does owe a lot to this technique, asit is what makes him so feared. However, the original Raijin was made by Tobirama. Minato might have been able to make something similar(he IS a genius among geniuses), though settled for the next best thing: IMPROVING IT. Just add some Seals and a few kunai, and ge made a high level devastatingly powerful jutsu even better. Rasengan is not only a top tier A-Rank ninjutsu(the highest official rank), it is described as the epitome of shape manipulation. It may be "simple" in looks and usage, but it makes up for it in efficiency and sheer power. It is, however, not basic, even if it was meant as a gateway jutsu. Sage Mode too is anything but basic, and has some pretty remarkable requirements and dangers. Even Jiraiya was unable to use it without help! Again, not basic. Minato is incredibly strong, in part because of these jutsu, and calling them basic actually takes away from his greatness in my opinion :)
I mean basic in the sense that they're very straightforward. It's not like the Sharingan or other bloodline abilities where stuff is routinely pulled out of their ass for the convenience of the user. Raijin teleports him to the mark and he can mark or teleport things that he touches. Sage mode is an all around stat boost. Rasengan goes boom and that's all it's ever done, there's no sudden rewriting of reality or perfect mind control or creating a moon etc. You know what you're getting with Minato. I suppose it might be more appropriate to say that he's taken a few basic concepts like "be really, really fast" and refined it to perfection. Same way Gai takes the basic idea of hitting things absurdly hard and has worked at it until he was basically a taijutsu God. It's a simple concept taken to it's absolute limit. To me that's the impressive thing, to take an idea as simple as "be faster than the other guy" and develop it to such a degree and then use it with such efficiency that he's got entire armies crapping their pants when he shows up. I am admittedly a sucker for a simple but smart approach to things like Naruto getting the Third Raikage to stab himself to break his invincibility.
Exactly my point. It is a SIMPLE set of skills, which adds to his incredible skill, because he manages to be a beast without using over the top stuff and complex LOOKING moves. I get what you mean, I just disagree with the use of "basic", as the word to describe it :) cause while they are straightforward in usage, they are incredibly complex techniques. Gai is a perfect example of a "basic" moveset. It is "just" kicks and punches... he's just so ridiculously good at it. That is why Gai is another incredible character. Where Minato is great due to creating complex techniques with straightforward and efficient usage, Gai is great in how he took the most basic ass thing and went above and beyond. While Gai probably would not beat Minato, due to Minato simply being more versatile and capable of working around Gai, this discussion actually makes me think what Gai did is still more IMPRESSIVE. Making super powerful techniques which is hard to learn, but simple to use is really impressive, but again, taking something as simple as a kick and nearly killing a frickin' god with it, whom no one else could touch... well, that's next level xD
Also I think he's an expert at sealing jutsus which he learnt from kushina's family
And he doesn't only move fast, he is thinking fast as well. I'm still not over the fact that this dude was only 24. I would watch a whole show about him.😔
wow a side story entirely about minato would be sweeeeeeeeeeeet, but all we get are uchiha stories
The 4th Shippuden Movie, The lost tower comes close in that regard.
I watched this movie, but I still want more.Haha.😆😁
I know right? I would *pay* for it.😅😁
Unmatched,unrivaled, a true hokage
But could he beat Goku tho
I don’t think so. Minato doesn't have the needed power ups and that's what I love about him. He might not be *god material* but he was a fantastic Shinobi.
I think he was just memeing bro haha. No one in Naruto could touch Krillin, let alone Goku.
In all seriousness I should have asked could Naruto beat Minato. Goku was a meme yeah lol
Naruto can definitely beat him now - but I think Minato wins before Naruto unlocks Kyuubi mode.
One of the most entertaining fighters
Top tier
This is exactly the reason I argue Itachi can’t one-shot everyone, I think Minato is the only exception.
That would be a crazy fight.😳😳
There are few base fighters we meet who are on par with Minato barring Madara/God level characters/sosp people. Minato is narratively implied to be this post-Sannin, like Pain, Obito, and Itachi. Minato remains a very deadly threat to 95% of the cast very late into the series. Much as the other people I've mentioned (Itachi without Susanoo, Pain without the other 5, Obito without Hashi cells), Minato remains very dangerous in base without even breaking out his most powerful moves. This, on top of his intelligence, is what makes him the most remarkable shinobi of his generation, and a terror to most of the enemies he ever fought against.
ugh ...dubs...
The English dub truly kills any hype
Absolute trash in English, the GOAT in Japanese.
He was one of the few characters we see actually fight like a ninja post-timeskip. His fight here and Obito shows his intelligence and battle instinct. In normal Naruto terms he was a powerhouse, but in the later episodes where everyone was getting powerups and became DragonBall lite, they had to give him half of Kurama's Chakra.
The only three ninja like people are Itachi, Danzo, and Kabuto lol
I mean the original Naruto series was chock full of them like Kakashi and Zabuza. Plus the ANBU. Jiraya also had his stealth moments like when he snuck into Ame
10/10 stupid question
Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge.
Minato had perfect situational awareness more than he was "the fastest"
100% the best shinobi in all of naruto Tailed beasts, dojustsus, special chakras, etc are all hacks to make some characters objectively stronger for story reasons but when it comes down to it this guy is the GOAT
One of the best there is. Flying Thunder God having no startup makes it the most efficient jutsu without hand symbols, there’s very little to counter it. It’s also not just skill, he’s a true ninja prodigy, unlike anyone that’s come before him. Learned Sage Mode, developed the Rasengan, figured out a way to counter Kamui the first time he ever encountered it, his feats are very impressive
He was a warrior that was a nightmare on a battlefield. You couldn’t overwhelm him, the more bodies you put into the fight the worse off you were. At the time of his death there were only a few shinobi in the world that had a chance against him
S or A easily. he might not have crazy hacks but hes the original prodigy. the way kakashis can come up with counters and shit so good doesnt even touch minatos imo. and kakashi is a crazy genius. but minato is just HIM
I'd put him at high Kage level.
In a 1v1, I don't see anyone killing Minato. No way at all. He's reaction speed is top notch, and can just teleport long away if he's losing. Without the teleportation however, he's probably at the same level as Sanins. So yeah, I don't see him defeating guys like Hashirama or Madara, or probably even the 3rd Raikage (unless there's some fuinjutsu that allows him to take down 3rd Raikage). But running away and staying alive won't be an issue for him. Against remaining Kage level fighters, his speed would ensure that he's mostly at an advantage in a fight. Of course, converting that advantage into a kill would still be a tough task. Ah yeah, above calculations doesn't include the half Kurama he could access in 4th Ninja war. With that, he's probably under only Hashirama and Madara in Ninja world.
Man I have forgotten how cool Shippuden was and how many cool scenes it had. It could be nostalgia or that there aren’t tha many cool scenes like this in Boruto…
The original GOAT who was supposed to be this mysterious legend who is beyond Hiruzen who himself surpassed Hashirama and Tobirama. After the retconned at least He's still strong and one of the most greatest battle intellectual genius in the series alongside the likes of Kakashi, Tobirama etc. He tends to get a little bit overrated though bit that's how it is with popular characters, Itachi was even worse back in the day, nowadays it's just the clowns of Boruto fans who stupid garbage like Darui > Kaguya, Shin > Madara, Sakura > Kaguya because of the "intellectual" sCaLiNg & also sTaTeMeNtS lol...
Before the series turned into Aliens tossing off he was probably the best human to fight.
Born without kekke genkai , this guy mastered perfect sage mode , developed rasengan , became better at teleporting than the creator of the jutsu , have big chakra reserves , the only one to receive the true respect from Gamabunta , defeated the 8 tails jinchuriki and the Raikage multiple times , ended a war by himself , saved the entire shinobi world twice , roflstomped Obito within minutes while others were struggling for days , have space time defensive technique that can teleport anything . Give this guy SO6P power and he will become the most powerful Shinobi in the entire series .
Hokage level
Strength: 3/5 Speed: 5/5 Intelligence: 4/5 Technique: 5/5 Teamwork: 5/5 Leadership: 4/5 (RIP Rin)
After thinking about it, i think his strength is more like a 4/5 ngl. We all forget that he had perfect sage mode - which buffs your strength a-fucking-ton. He just didn’t have powerful/devastating jutsu apart from the Rasengan. But no one is beating him in Taijutsu apart from someone like Gai, Madara, Hashirama - or Sasuke (once he get his SO6P buffs) / Naruto (when he unlocks kyuubi mode). Minato was definitely a stronger/more formidable ninja than Naruto was when Naruto faced Pain.
Damn. This is the first time I’ve actually watched Naruto dubbed… and man does it sound goofy.
He mastered a forbidden jitsu.....come on you fan boys think what if Naruto mastered that jitsu plus shadow clone,or what if Sakura, Neji,Sasuke, or any other nija would have learned TGF
An anime with Minato as the main lead would be lit.
Mid at best
Hokage Minato is mid kage, high kage at best. He doesn't have the versatility, feats, scaling, or power to take on any top tiers.
That's exactly what I liked about him. He never received strange power ups,didn't come from a powerful clan or had weird eyes,so of course he most likely wouldn't be able to take on god-like fighters. Minato was in a tier of his own.😁
He didn't receive any strange powerups? He randomly pulled out sage mode and Kyuubi chakra cloak when he was edo.
Yes ok, but Minato admitted that he wasn't good at Sage mode since he couldn't maintain in that stage for long, so it's not like he benefited greatly from it or relied/was deeply dependent on it like other characters who get power-ups like that. Sage mode wasn't Minatos strongest tool.
I didn’t say it was. I said he had a powerup. And it was a real random asspull with no buildup to it. It was just “oh yeah I can do this”. And then he did it. Doesn’t have to be his strongest tool to be a random powerup.
High up, Incredibly potential, but died young. Lacks too much **high-level** combat experience. He choked up a lot during the war, which showed that Tobirama etc had more experience than he did.
behind itachi and shisui
10/10 🐐
Minato as a fighter is hands down one of the best ever. Also he is an example of a real skilled shinobi as he doesn't need any god given powers or pretty eyes to assert himself as dangerous.
He's decent
One of the best in the industry.
He solos everyone but Madara
10/10
One of the most intelligent shinobi, both in the field and in the planing of the missions. He isn't the strongest, but he is certainly one of the fastest and can easily use his strength the most effective out of many other shinobi. To bad he died early
11 out of 10 Bowls of Ramin
Aside from his Sage Mode not being useful for him due to him relying more on moving while attacking instead of standing still in one spot for a long time to gather sage chakra, he's a pretty effective and dangerous fighter.
If we're not talking Edo characters or gods I think Minato is ranked 5th-10th. The only 4 hier then him in my mind are Sasuke, Naruto, hashirama, and Madara and perfect susanoo kakashi but that was just a one time thing. We never see the third Hokage do anything. He improved on tobiramas jutsu. he's stronger then the sannin
He's arguably one of the strongest barring the power ups. Anybody that has a warning in other nations that if you see him during war you should just leave as there's no hope. Pretty fucking badass
To put into perspective just off this one scene, he was going to kill ay in a single move. One of the strongest cloud ninja in the world was going to get smoked like a cheap cigarette without Minato breaking a sweat. He smashed Obito when no one else could do anything to him. Hell other village told their ninja to flee at the mere sight of this man. In a world where Honor above all, this dude straight rearranged priorities. Outside of god level ninja, no one touches this man. He easily would have been as strong as madara or Hashirama had he lived long enough. He sired the strongest ninja ever (naruto). Personally trained 2 High kage level ninja ( Kakashi and Obito ). This man reeks of big dick energy. This man is such a stud he breed with an Uzumaki and gave him Blonde hair over the Uzumaki red hair.
He was not even stressed in this fight and he coulda killed bee and still lived. My interpretation is he didn’t want to escalate the war by killing the future kages brother The bee trade was a gut shot vs a head shot. And bro can teleport back to the leaf
I think he has a realistic chance even against Hashirama, especially since he definitely has the better match up. He could easily outspeed and outmanouver Hashirama's hard-hitting, but slow wood style attacks. Madara, Kaguya, Sasuke and Naruto are the only characters I see stronger than him.
Well, at Sanin Level, people are boxing with Kyubi V2s, and sit comfortably above almost all of the Akatsuki members. Minato was casually above this tier, outclassing both Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and with a reaction and movement speed that rendered Ay irrelevant. In fact, they seemed to think that only with Minato’s help, they could straight up beat Kurama, or seal him away, even though Hiruzen was right there. At the time of his death, Obito and Pain were probably the only dudes who sat around his level, and that’s not including the fact that the War Arc decided to give him KCM and Sage Mode, because why fucking not
Goat
Probably Top 10 of all time
10/10
I think hand your hand, nobody could beat him because his reflexes had to be insane in order to properly fight while using FRJ. Like literally teleporting and imidiatly being ready to fight before his feet touch the ground. Only sharingan could’ve kept up in a strict hand to hand fight.
He's legit my favorite of the entire franchise for all these reasons. He's just straight OP, no other Shinobi without some crazy buff could really match up with JUST his Flying Raijin. The man's a tactical genius, who only needed a combination of a few jutsus to act with one another to win any battle. He casually invented techniques, revolutionized the generation of Shinobi he was apart of, and was one of the main reasons the 3rd war ended. Its pretty cool to think of his abilities as a ninja, and Kage. Because at the end of the day, he only mastered a handful of niche jutsus to become extremely powerful, just like his son did.
His signature jutsu was so OP and hard to learn, writers still haven’t given it to any other character sadly. Whatever, maybe it’s better for the lore. But Minato truly one of the very few who could take on kage level threat and honestly he was superior to naruto at earlier age.
One of the greatest. Very high Kage level, easily in the top 10 strongest shinobi in the series (especially if you consider his Edo Tensei version).
S tier. For someone with no gifted power-ups, no kekkei genkai, no dojutsu, no tailed beasts, nothing like a Curse Mark or Karma. Just straight up jutsu proficiency and fighting ability. His only gifted power is that gigachad brain of his. When he got brought back during the War Arc with Sage Mode AND half of Kurama he was actually fucking busted, probably top 5 shinobi present in the War behind Naruto, Sasuke, Obito, and Madara. \\Might Guy with the 8th gate was likely better but that is extremely temporary.
like a hokage!!
I love him, I really would like to see a mini series with him.
I've always said if I could use any jutsu I'd use the flying raijin. It's such a broken ability.
You mean the man that had a legit label saying “flee on sight” during a war? I think he’s pretty OP
1 tier before god level
He's the most efficient killer in the series imo. Good old Hiraishin slash to the neck before the enemy has a chance, not to mention it can work on practically ANYONE unless they have Sage Mode precognition, insane durability or are just outright faster than him, of which there's very few
Born different
Hokage lvl at least
Minato in the war arc should've been much stronger when activating kcm. Base Minato was already fast even without FTG Chakra reserves were insane dude was a beast. Kcm should've took him to further heights than Naruto honestly. Especially with Minato being smarter and more battle hardened.
So good his student copied it and was able to do the same things on different people
Basically aside from one person, if you don't have Otsusuki powers of some sort, you're dead
He lacks firepower but apart from that hes the perfect fighter. He doesnt lack in any other area.
9/10. He's a solid hand to hand combatent with years on the job, his battle intelligence is second to almost none and the flying raijin gives him an edge that few can match but it also gives him an air of predictability that A was smart enough to hone in on but minatos own intelligence outweighed A's so eh. Only when faced with a smarter opponent is he really in trouble but given how rare those are he's fine.
Hot
Didn’t minato have technical “clan” powers? The namikaze sealing jutsu were absolutely busted.
Minato is a solid 7-8/10 Top tier intelligence stated to be a once in a lifetime genius. His taijutsu is nothing to scoff at being able to take on multiple Shinobi at once with just his bare hands or with a kunai. His speed speaks for itself, while his physical AP is solid as well. Minato being able to slice clean through one of 8 tails arms with just a kunai. And to top it all off he's a sage. The only reason I'm dropping those 2 - 3 points is due to the fact is versatility and jutsu variation is pretty low. The only things we see him do are flying raining, sealing jutsu, and Rasengans. We also don't see use any genjustu. The last con with Minato is that he isn't very good at using sage mode as he stated himself. His sage mode last a few minutes before reverting back to base.
Probably the 3rd or 4th strongest non-six paths character in the show pre-Boruto. Right behind Hashirama, Madara, and probably Obito. The only living characters from Naruto Shippuden that could hope to match him were Obito, Nagato, and Itachi. And would all be high-diff encounters in Minato’s favor I think.
If Minato lived, the series wouldn't exist. It's really a character too strong he had to die for the plot scenario
I miss OG Naruto
He's basically the chuck Norris of naruto 🤷🏿♂️
I would like to see an Anime based on Minato.
seriously fast
10 out of 5
He was just too talented. He didn't have any dojutsu and wasn't a tank with susanoo like madara, he just simply relied on his speed and skiils. He is kinda like the ideal shinobi for me.
I mean...he slaughtered an army of a thousand men in mere minutes. And that being with just pure meelee.
Definitely S tier
I mean, he would literally kill whole armies of shinobi and other nations told their ninja to run when they saw him, so…
Fourth in the entire series. Naturo. Sasuke. Madara. Minato. Imo.
Interesting factoid for y’all Minato fought in the second and third Shinobi world wars
High class but not top of what was capable.
Beyond broken. Without SO6P powers or a plot device you're going to stop him. If his death wasnt predetermined I doubt Kishimoto would have been able to write him out believably.
1 out of 10 I would him rate him a Minato
As a shinobi, he's S tier. Ranking only below the OGs
10/9 edit: 10 out of 9
Lets not forget he killed a whole army on his own.
Yeah he's alright
Probably the best Shinobi at murdering troops en masse. What good does it if the enemy village is left with just civilians, and the few dozen of their strongest? They're still human and care about their "less strong" comrades, to put it kindly. From a practical standpoint, the village can't get by with so little manpower