Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34277398-20190213044806/@comment-9782468-20190220145853

Quadraticequation wrote: Yea my bad I didn't mean Infinite Tsykuyomi. I forgot that is the one with the Rinne-Sharingan. His limited Tsukyomi or whatever. I actually do have a counterargument to Jiraiya calling Minato unmatched. I will grant that Raikage stated Minato was unmatched. Jiraiya actually said he was a once in a generation ninja and there won't be ONE like him ever. He never actually made a comment on his power. And let's assume he did. Minato once told Jiraiya that there was no other shinobi like him. So I feel Jiraiya is still stronger than Minato. And aren't the 6 Pain's fighting in sync equal to full power Nagato. That's equal to all of Nagato's powers with the hive mind advantage. Imagine one guy with 6 powers fighting someone. Now imagine 6 different versions of the same guy fighting someone simultaneosly. Which is also why Naruto could defeat Pain. He didn't fight them simultaneously. Kakashi, knowing both Jiraiya and Minato, believed that only Naruto could surpass Minato. The Leaf Village when the Orochimaru was being a big threat, the village wished they had Minato, and believed he was the only one who could deal with the threat. Not Jiraiya.

6 paths aren't as powerful as Nagato himself; You saw he condition Nagato was in when he was controlling the 6 paths. He looked like he was on the brink of starvation. Add to that, he was controlling each Pain from a distance via chakra receivers. There's a difference between funneling chakra over a distance to perform a technique vs doing it yourself. On top of that, Nagato nearly defeated KCM Naruto. SM Naruto was nearly able to beat 6 paths on his own. KCM is stronger and faster, and he had Bee on back up when they were losing. So Nagato is stronger healthy and alone rather than his emaciated version controlling 6 dudes at once.

@Sinister idk where you're getting the idea that people aren't acknowledging Jiraiya's strength. I haven't seen anyone here say Jiraiya isn't a contender in this fight.