Board Thread:Naruto: The Last Discussion/@comment-25984471-20150108041309/@comment-25991349-20150110022309

Good lord this Rachin person seems like a real toolbag. Shikamaru's image has been partially sullied by the rampant amounts of fanfiction that portray him as next to useless due to laziness, but the fact of the matter is, he is much more worthy of jonin consideration than most anyone else. He's a smart guy, and if faults were a determining factor in ninja rank, Kakashi, Asuma, and Guy wouldn't be anywhere near jonin level. Of all the Konoha 12, I'd say Neji (who was already a jonin), Sakura, and Shikamaru are the only ones worthy of the rank. Tenten and Shino are near it because of age (former) and ability/wisdom (latter), but that's it.