Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26825329-20150727070419/@comment-5271771-20170617132428

No doubt if Neji survived the war he would be the clan leader, no Hyuga has ever been so intelligent and talented, a true master of the byakugan and the gentle fist no one, not even Lord Hiashi himself.

Hiashi was surprised that a child of the branch clan was able to use the rotation and 8 trigrams 64 palms, having in mind that no one taught him that.

Even in a real fight at the genin age he would be trouble for Hiashi, at Jonin age Neji would overwhelm his uncle no doubt, his death was truly a crime against the universe.