Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-9782468-20141228070457/@comment-25977287-20150106184930

No, Minato is a lot faster. Just go read the manga, their foot speed isn't comparable.

Minato was first to arrive on the battlefield. And not just that, he makes a quick detour to place a marking in the ocean, then arrives to teleport the Juubi bomb away, places 4 markings around the entire Juubi (each separated by a great distance), the bomb explodes, he then has an entire conversation with Naruto and Sakura. He does all this before Tobirama has even reached the battlefield - To that, Tobirama himself has to admit that Minato's shunshin exceeds his own. So how can you tell me the gap isn't that big, look how long it took the other Hokage to catch up to Minato, despite minato doing many other things in addition to arriving first. Minato wasn't just fast because of FTG, he was known around the ninja world for his god like speed (Databook 4 quote).

Minato never said he does not use sage mode. Read the viz, he said he hasn't used it much in real combat. The fact that he can balance the nature energy perfectly with his own, and the fact that he can enter sage mode on his own, means he's long since surpassed Jiraya in sage jutsu.

Again you are trying to hype tobirama more that necessary. Tobirama's FTG isn't a tad inferior, it's a lot inferior. The databook Minato evolved and perfected the jutsu beyond tobiramas multiple times. Minato can create a space time barrier using FTG (tobirama can't). FTG level 2 (A rank) is more advanced than FTG slash (B rank). Minato also has level 3. Tobirama only has 1 ftg technique. And Tobirama didn't learn marking weapons from minato, he could always do that. Difference is Minato has prepared dozens of kunais in advance, which gives him a much bigger advantage and versatility. Tobirama has only shown to utilize one marked kunai at a time. How will that help him when minato can throw dozens at once, while tobirama has to mark them on the go. Not to mention tobirama doesn't carry a ninja pouch or have pockets, he probably picked up that kunai in the war.

I never said Minato would crush tobirama. I said with sage mode, the fight is won easier. Both in base will be med-high diff. You cant say tobirama has more chakra natures at his disposal when he's only used 1. If you don't know what techniques a character has, then it's pointless to even speculate. Not to mention you have no proof tobirama has more chakra. Minato is a sage, which requires enormous chakra. Tobirama isn't, despite his brother being a sage, which suggests tobirama was incapable of learning because he didn't have the skill or chakra. So there's no way you can say tobirama has more chakra based on nothing.