Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20200210182423/@comment-43776375-20200210185846

Discussing strength of characters in Naruto leads to various avenues of thought, including: jutsu, stats, character statements, age, kekkei genkai, recognition, feats, experience etc. But what could be the best system for categorizing?

It goes without saying that certain characters were always meant to be vastly stronger than others, i.e. Hashirama and Madara. While others were meant to have a more "supportive" role, i.e. Ino and Tenten. Even characters who were thought to be lower tier had the potential and the opportunity to obtain a lot of strength, i.e. Kabuto.

I think that depends on how you want to analyze the manga

I prefer going by skills more than portrail

I think it's better, portrail can lead to confusion beacause people are kin to intepret things differently, and in the end becomes a discussion of "which one is supposed to be more cool"

With skills you get to think what combo and what counter one could do, I find it more fun, portrail can still come in handy though, like when you need to give someone a jutsu that they have never used, for example we could give Jiraiya a doton wall, beacause even if he never used it, his portrail suggest that he should be able to make one

Does a character who invents a jutsu become strong by default? Is a character who loses a fight but survives to fight another day not considered strong? What can be said about kage-level? 1. Usually yes

2. Depends fights can have conditions, and they can lead one of the two to a disadvantage so even running away can be a feat, I mean the sannin got their title just by surviving

3. Same as the others, usually it's difficoult to rank tronger characters, beacause you could always find below them some counters

I invite users to discuss what makes characters strong, and whether it can be quantified and compared and how. You may even add what makes your favorite character strong. There are two ways to be strong, one is to have a really broken special jutsu the other is to be a "complete" ninja like Hiruzen in his prime or Hashirama

My favourite ninja (for the skillset, not for his story) is Minato, I like a lot how he utilizes FTG, and I think it's a powerful jutsu that has a lot of creative applications