Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25374145-20150312083658/@comment-26171772-20150315075800

Rachin123 wrote: @Indonesian Let's be honest there were only four jōnin of relevance up into Shippūden. Then there were three. All other jonin were fodder and weren't given any time to show their skill so the statement "...one of the strongest Jōnin in Konohagakure" means hardly nothing. Saying he beat a jōnin is a better statement. And the thing with Asuma is he was mostly a close range fighter. He fought someone just as fast, if not a little faster than him. Asuma used ninjutsu all late. To be honest Asuma wasn't that good. I mean he is good, but I'm not surprised he lost. What I believe ItachiWasAHero was saying about Hidan being a joke is that his jutsu is simple to know and once you understand, he'd be no real problem. Hidan doesn't have much. Like I said before, Hidan will be a forminable opponent for someone who usually uses close range but ninja in Naruto use ninjutsu more than anything. So it'd be a different story for mid to long range users. And with those users they don't necessairly have to get close. They can trap, bind or seal him. Hidan is strong but that would be mostly against close range users. Thanks for your suggestion about Asuma. Well, that is the one thing that always annoys me about the Naruto series: many shinobi appeared but a few that actually shown using ninjutsu or genjutsu. Like in Fourth Shinobi World War for example. I agree that Hidan is the weakest in Akatsuki and I know very well about what ItachiWasAHero said that Hidan is a joke. Just like you said, Hidan is strong against close-range users but weak against long-range users. I was trying to say that Hidan is a shinobi that shouldn't be underestimated. His immortality is the key of his ability. Hidan alone won't be a real problem, just like as Shikamaru did. He seperated Hidan from Kakuzu and the battle changed significantly, resulting Hidan to be incapacitated. I personally think that Hidan is best in collaboration with someone else, like Kakuzu and him demonstrated. Even Kakashi had a such hard time dealing with their collaboration.