Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20171019193715/@comment-34194151-20180107165311

Ninja Of War wrote: Itachi is not OP, he is a very cool character with interesting abilities but not unbeatable. I think the statement of Itachi thinking like a kage has been exaggerated quite a bit. Firstly, that statement was made by Obito if I'm not mistaken. Secondly, what does that statement mean? If you look at the context of what was said, you'd see that it meant that Itachi understood from a young age, that war was terrible and that being part of a shinobi village was greater than being confined and separated by clans and their agenda's.

If that statement is taken out of context, it could be seen as Itachi having kage wisdom, but looking at everything, curse of hatred etc, you have to take context. Of course Itachi is smart, but smarter than kage, I think not.

P.S. Using hax abilities don't automatically make you smart, they just make you strong.

Well here is the thing, the burden of proof is now on you to show feats that the other kage are smarter than itachi. And you are talking as if itachi wasn't a candidate for hokage himself. I have no doubt he could have become a hokage if the Uchiha clan rivalry with the village didn't exist.

And well what you say about the war is just part of it. I think i have shown other examples of his wisdom and discerning eye that apply to combat.

Imo itachi is the solo-king of the naruto universe, meaning that in any 1v1 battle he comes out on top. HE has too many secret hax ninjutsu with a great mind and efficiency. Even Madara would lose because he doesn't know about the totuska blade. When Itachi busts it out madara would assume that his perfect susanoo would block the strike, but the problem is that the totsuka blade as ethereal abilities, so it can bypass even that ultimate defense. Normally i would have said Madara would win because he is pretty good at tactics himself and is experienced but madara has a deficit in crucial intel here.

And you are misinterperting my entire point of bringing up the arsenal. My point is that itachi is similiar to shikamarau in intelligence (probably not as smart, but he is definitely around the level of shikamaru when it comes to analyzing a situation). Shikamaru has trouble closing fights because his barren arsenal (basically only shadows and ninja tools) and average physical stats hold him back. He couldn't finish temari, tayuya, and hidan( in their first fight with asuma) because his stamina holds him back and he doesn't have any op lethal moves he can use as gauranteed finishers. However, itachi has the arsenal shikamaru dreams for every day. I think that if shikamaru had itachi's arsenal and even just a little bit of prep time, shikamarau could also easily be in the top 2 naruto characters as well. And my point is that shikamaru is smarter than every kage we have seen on panel at least when it comes to reasoning abilities during combat. The only thing shikamaru can slack on is processing speed- it can take him a while to make a good plan, but even that is still an extension of the fact he doesn't have a really op arsenal. His shadows are very strong but it doesn't compare to the gods and demigods of naruto.

Itachi may have a problem with stamina too, but we have seen its never affected him in a 1v1 battle because his arsenal has so many OP one shot kill techniques. Again, its the hax arsenal AND his incredible intellect that makes him formidable against anyone short of those with sage of six paths abilities.