Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38792431-20200226192508/@comment-6975341-20200227161853

Squinty97 wrote: HeiwaSozo wrote: Where in the world did you get the first tidbit from? A jutsu's rank certainly denotes its power, lol. Difficulty yes, but power as well. The Raikiri is certainly stronger than the Chidori. That's like saying an S-Rank fire jutsu can be defeated by a C-Rank one. Yeah... no. No it doesn't.

FTG is ranked as Class S, but it doesn't even have a power output.

Also, Rasenshuriken has been described as beyond S-Class, yet failed to overcome the Third Raikage's Lightning armour which is only B-Class.

So yeah. Basically what @Elve and @Omnibender said. False. The Raikage has a powerful armor plus metallic like skin. Bad example.

Omnibender wrote: Jutsu rank denoting difficulty in learning and performing it was established in the first databook. That's why kekkei genkai jutsu don't have ranks, it's besides the point assigning a difficulty in learning them when they require having the kekkei genkai that makes them possible in the first place. People thinking that rank denotes power is one of the single most enduring misconceptions in this fandom. Here's another example of different ranked jutsu being matched in power: when Kakashi and Kakuzu fought, it took Kakashi using Lightning Cutter with both hands to cancel out Kakuzu's False Darkness. LC is S-rank, FD is B-rank. If rank was a measure of power, LC would simply have overpowered Kakuzu's jutsu and pretty much ended the fight by turning both jutsu against Kakuzu. Paraphrasing Zetsu's commentary of Sasuke vs Itachi, jutsu are tools, and an expert with a rock will defeat a novice with a shuriken. Bad example. Raikiri was up against a large radius lightning attack which is ate up pretty easily.