Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-35448581-20150520162940/@comment-2013124-20150530014403

Look at Minato, only Hokage who has never displayed a single element out of all 7 Hokage's. Kakashi said most Jonin know at least two, and he also said Minato attempted to combine his nature affinity with rasengan. What I don't understand is what was so hard in kishi simply telling us exactly which nature affinity he has. Seems dumb that a Hokage only uses 2 techniques.

Oh and Minato was the fastest because of both body flicker and FTG. Databook even says his speed is equal to the fourth raikages Lightning chakra mode.

We know Minato's faster we saw him dodge A's fastest attack. A himself mentions the fact that nothing has beat his speed since Minato to Naruto. You mentioned that Minato only uses two techniques. Naruto just cloaks up and clones. If the moves are good enough you won't need that many. Not to mention repetition is good for developing skill with a jutsu. I'm more shocked Kakashi the Hokage with the least chakra uses so many techniques.

I too wish Kishi could delve more into the powers and skill sets of more characters, but I understand he has to actually tell the primary story.

I always thought that the ratings in the databooks were supposed to be data as the characters see it. Like Jiraya and Itachi's stats are the exact same overall but Itachi says himself even with help he doesn't want that fight. I always thought that it's not bad data it's just limited to the perspective of the characters.