Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-24142271-20150908120744/@comment-26518343-20150909121441

Which are we talking about?

1. A fully healthy Kimimaro at the age/date when he actually died in the series.

2. A fully healthy Kimimaro who never died and instead runs into Gaara at the Gokage Summit and thus is older and probably stronger than his Part 1 self.

Makes a world of difference to me.

The #1 Kimimaro may have been limited by health, but he'd also be limited by not having the same training, techniques and jutsus learned by the #2 Kimimaro who had lived a couple years longer.