Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20171113213649/@comment-25643824-20171119223417

Thekillman wrote: UntappedRage wrote: So...are we still talking about Naruto vs Itachi...? Not sure what there's left to discuss? The extent to which Naruto wins? Ninjachris wrote: Yes we are, people are trying to discredit various attributes of naruto to make it seem that itachi actually has a chance. Nonsensical Claims like Kabuto having a body that is more durable than naruto and again with this erroneous claim that naruto is dumb and talentless when clearly adult Hokage Naruto is highly knowledgeable and level minded despite is very unfair start in life. People are retroactively trying to apply all sorts of labels to Naruto that simply don't fit. Naruto has been taught to play to his strengths, which has made him a considerably more capable ninja. It hasn't magically made all his weaknesses and lack of talent go away. Like how he was never great with analysis. Sure years of study have improved it, but he's not suddenly the best analytical ninja out there.

In the Academy, Naruto was the worst student, literally.

Secondly, in some ways Kabuto does have a superior body. I don't see Naruto with Shikotsumyaku for instance.

And people are trying to say their opinion trumps manga facts. Obviously naruto was the worst student but not because he was retarded or had some mental disability but because he no one to teach him as child how you cannot understand this is beyond me as it common sense children who lack adult supervision don’t do well.

He was bad at ninjutsu because of Kuruma not some lack of talent and the sad part was he taught of himself as being dumb because he didn’t even know this creature was inside of him. Naruto has proven through his teens and more as hokage that he does have high intelligence and analytical abilities. Naruto and Shikamaru have been close friends for years now he is naruto’s advisor it’s only logical that Shika and naruto communicating everyday about strategies etc that naruto would become more astute.

He has far greater durability than itachi for obvious reasons, he has way more battle experience than itachi, he is faster than itachi and as adult probably just as intelligent and if itachi is more intelligent it’s not by much and wouldn’t change the outcome of the fight.