Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20171101121352/@comment-734582-20171102084734

GodlyHades wrote: Still he's vastly more talented than Naruto was Yea but.. Naruto wasn't that talented initially. He was dead last in pretty much everything. Sasuke was quite strong straight out of the Academy, but compared to the many other Genin in the Chunin exams he wasn't that good either. I mean sure we later learn that Naruto sucked so hard because he was some 3+ years behind in school, and that he was actually an underutilized and capable ninja. But initially he sucked, and we knew he sucked.

Haku was easily Jonin level if he had cared to actually kill people. Itachi and Kakashi graduated before most joined, Kakashi apparently becoming Chunin at 6 and Itachi becoming ANBU at 11.

So yea, the comparison to Sasuke or Neji is more logical.