Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26940724-20160318215832/@comment-9782468-20160330031334

To be honest, they kind of shortchanged Shikamaru when it was said Kakashi was both better than Part 1 him and just as smart as Part 2 him. Kakashi states he's as smart as Shikamaru himself when he and Naruto are goin after Deidara, and you know that Kakashi doesn't overstate his abilities.

So it's like, a guy who's main ability is his intelligence has another guy who is just as smart but better in every other area too. Poor Shikamaru.

Shikaku is definitely up there, I didn't mean to forget him lol.