Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-6617792-20150707153911/@comment-26275777-20150707185154

Naruto really isn't up for discussion, his seventeen-year-old peak form could probably have held his own against all the other Hokages at once for a decent period of time. Also now he basically has all the tailed beasts as his summons, I don't think any of them would even think of refusing him if he called on them for help (except Gyuki but he's inside Killer B so there's that). Though double-mangekyou Kakashi is kind of OP but unfortunately we didn't see enough of it and he lost it anyway. '''Naruto is 0th Hokage, 1st place doesn't even describe it".

Gaara was sixteen/seventeen for most of the time we saw him and he was pulling off some crazy shit. He has a long way to grow still from his Part II abilities, and he's added his father's Gold Dust to his arsenal. Also going by Gaara Hiden he has Magnet Release so he probably could control Iron Sand too if he trained. And then there's Shukaku, who might be an ally. Basically he has everything the previous Kazekages we know of had and more. Also he's adorable. Gaara is best Kazekage.

Chojuro got too little screentime for us to say anything about him. He seems really good with Hiramekarei and quite fast too and surely he knows some Water Style jutsus as well, but...that's about it. We don't know about his genjutsu, or even taijutsu. We don't even really know how much Hiramekarei can do apart from the extended chakra blade thing, and there has to be something special about it for Mangetsu to (most probably) choose it out of all the seven he could wield. So maybe he could beat Mei. Yagura? Not even close. Gengetsu is forever too OP, pls nerf. Chojuro is fourth in my book, maybe third if he's grown.

Darui is seriously underestimated. He too was pretty young in Part II, the same age as beginning Part I Kakashi, and Darui would have wiped the floor with that Kakashi eight or nine times out of ten (yes, yes, power creep, but still). First of all, A-3 skipped A-4 to teach him Black Lightning, which is the pinnacle of Lightning Release, implying that Darui is better at nature manipulation than A-4. In fact, I'd be surprised if he didn't also know how to use Lightning Armor. He can use Water Release too, and has the Storm Release bloodline limit, which is just beautiful. Lasers that chase you down, like come on. He's bloody good with his sword, good enough to clash it with Kubikiribouchou and win. Plus he took on Kinkaku and Ginkaku practically all by himself and won. He was smart enough to figure out, steal and use the Treasured Tools even with the chakra drain in just a few minutes. I think he could give even A-3 a run for his money - he's more than smart enough to pull off the same trick Naruto did. Darui is second-best Raikage at the very least.

Kurotsuchi...honestly this is even worse than Chojuro's case, I keep mixing her up with Akatsuchi. What does she even do? Something something cement? I mean, I'm 100% certain her broken-backed grandfather could run circles round her with his eyes closed. Dust Style is the most broken non-Uchiha ability in the Naruto universe (except maybe Edo Tensei). Then again she was eighteen apparently so maybe she gets better? Even so, "Kurotsuchi is still solidly third or even last Tsuchikage".