Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-35245311-20200605154655/@comment-26636534-20200623154309

Babyfriend1 wrote: What about how kurama noted that naruto had surpassed his parents? I know what you're saying but even if it's not contradictory, how is it supported? I'm not sure what you mean with Kurama, as he spent years with Kushina and Minato and then was with Naruto his whole life. How is what I'm saying supported?

Well, one of your points was:

Babyfriend1 wrote:

no, if they meant he was the fastest ninja of all time they would've said so. Otherwise the better interpretation is he was the fastest ninja at that point in time, a point in time when ninja who were dead had already lost the speed they had during their lives.

So while using this line of thinking, we also have to acknowledge that Madara lived longer than assumed.

Ninja Of War wrote: @Babyfriend1

Madara lived well into the Third Hokage's tenure. So, I don't think at only that time applies, when he possibly outlived the Third Raikage as well. Which is a critique on the aforementioned interpretation that it was only "at that point in time". The very fact that Madara outlived Tobirama supports the point I was making.

Please explain to me how the interpretation you are using is supported.