Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31672013-20180827235851/@comment-1458758-20180912182811

Kirito975 wrote: if anything hes underrated bc he was orochimaru's first choice when it came to his reincarnation. KS > base Sharingan in my opinon. i honestly think he was on par if not edging over Hebi Sasuke Except...

1. Orochimaru was trying to learn all the worlds techniques, so literally any bloodline that he can't recreate through simple study is valuable to him.

2. He had already tried to take Itachi's body before this point, so it's clear that the Sharingan was already high on his list, Kimimaro was just his first option on hand.

3. He literally sacrificed the entire Sound Five, which included two bloodline abilities at least just to get his hands on Sasuke.

Furthermore, while not highlighted here, the three genin he fought did include two Jinchuriki, this is true, but he still failed to murder Naruto, who he had a complete advantage over and didn't manage to stop from escaping, didn't kill Lee, another person he had the complete advantage over, and then up and died literal inches from putting a spear through Gaara's head. Don't get me wrong, he was a tough son of a bitch, but he literally couldn't kill three people he really should have.

As for when he was resurrected, not only does being resurrected remove hindrances that many people suffer, like chakra drain, illness and the general ability to die in combat, the regeneration means they could've been hacking bits off him and we'd never have seen it, so the fact that he didn't use his curse mark is neither here nor there, cause the improved regeneration from that form is redundant when you're literally immortal.

Kimimaro is awesome, he was a very cool character, and skill wise he probably is like a Tokubetsu Jonin or something, but he's not so great that somebody like Kakashi or Darui couldn't bring him down.