Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36366948-20200805112208/@comment-36366948-20200811113846

I don’t want to have to break my rule to respond. I’m aware I’ll look like one of those indecisive idiots who can’t leave an argument when they’re supposed to. If all you are going off for a Kage level is the fact that they are Kage then fair enough. It’s pretty self-explanatory. My point was that they are far weaker than their predecessors who we have feats of. I know that I may have phrased that wrong. I said that they are high jonin level because while it’s implied that they improved over the time skip, their jutsu and fighting style are both generic and are unchanged since the war. Kurotsuchi still primarily uses Lava Release and Chojuro still uses Hiramekarei. If all it took for someone to be Kage level was to master one of the seven swords, why was Chojuro the only mist swordsman to be selected as a possible Kage? Why not Mangetsu who mastered all seven swords? Why was Kurotsuchi the only Lava Release user Tsuchikage to be selected when the village was known for Shinobi who had that kekkei genkai? It’s clear that the definition of a Kage level Shinobi has changed overtime and the village’s power level has drastically decreased. Also if you honestly think that being a Kage automatically means that you are the strongest in the village then that’s wrong on a factual level. Hokage Kakashi was weaker than Naruto and Sasuke, Tsunade was weaker than Naruto, Tobirama was weaker than Madara, etc. If we are to go by feats then Kitsuchi should be stronger than Kurotsuchi because Lava Release isn’t getting her out of the Earth Sandwich technique he uses.

Also I said time and time again that accepted most of your reasoning and even conceded on some points. I don’t want an echo chamber or whatever, in fact I never wanted this argument in the first place. Chojuro is only Kage because no one in the village has access to any of the 7 swords. Kurotsuchi isn’t the strongest in the village. Both of what I said above are disputable yes, but they aren’t wrong. Also if there’s such criteria describing a Kage level Shinobi then please tell me (no sarcasm).

But ok fine, I concede, some of what I said was wrong. But I’m still standing beside two points and that is Kurotsuchi and Chojuro aren’t anywhere near as strong as their predecessors, and Kurotsuchi isn’t the strongest in Iwa.