Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31338621-20190129080042/@comment-31338621-20190204080049

AsianReaper wrote:

Minato was not outreacted by Tobirama. In the instance where Tobirama teleported the TSB away when Minato didn't, here's why.

Minato just teleported away, and his shoulder obviously isn't in his field of vision. So he didn't notice it while exchanging words with Naruto and Sasuke. Tobirama was watching the whole thing, so noticed and reacted first. While Tobirama did teleport it away, Minato himself was just about to do the same thing anyway. Tobirama was able to observe the situation as a big picture rather than being directly in it like Minato.

Minato easily would have finished Obito had his attention not been focused on the strongest Tailed Beast by far killing his village at an alarming rate. Obito did not land one blow on Minato. He grabbed him in his chains, which MInato easily excaped, and also earlier grabbed his arm when he let it phase through his head, which Minato also escaped. Then Minato landed a hard blow (which would kill anyone without some sort of healing like Hashi cells btw, Big Ball Rasengan is no joke), and left a way for him to easily get back to him, the FTG mark. Then he undid the contract with Kurama which was his priority to begin with. Then he let Obito leave because he had to go save his village.

A not being alive doesn't mean Minato couldn't kill him, it means later on their villages weren't warring. Besides, by that logic, every rival that's alive means the other couldn't kill the other. That's just not the case. Ay himself acknowledged Minato as the better Shinobi.

Obito would have easily beat Minato, towards the beginning of the battle, if it wasn't for Plot Induced Stupidity.

A acknowledging Minato as the greatest shinobi, doesn't mean he thought he was the strongest shinobi.