Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31338621-20190129080042/@comment-31338621-20190201210827

Mr. Grave wrote: 1. Novels are not canon. And unfortunately they contain some of the most retarded writing and Itachi wanking I've seen.

2. Minato's sleight of hand skills are just as good if not better. He weaved handsigns fast enough to teleport a Bijuudama (which can normally travel countries in seconds) within pebble-throwing distance, flicked his kunai in the air before Ay's Lightning Straight could reach him and conjured a Rasengan in less than a milisecond in his final clash against Tobi. To add more, he has enormous chakra reserves, can tap into Sage Mode (even if for a short duration) and his FTG can be used to teleport even chakra, so it's a good counter to Susanoo.

3. As many others have pointed out, this match-up has been done to death and it always seems to end up with the staff locking down the thread. Would have been more prudent to just look up the last four or five threads and see the outcome.

1. Yeah novels aren't Canon, but he did bring it up.

2. IIRC Minato was already starting his handsigns before Kurama was finished powering up his bijuu dama, Minato flicking a kunai wasn't all that impressive and he didn't conjure the rasengan in a millisecond vs Tobi, he had it conjured before they even ran at each other.