Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-142748-20150407030139

ItachiWasAHero wrote: LMAO NO. He got sick between Deidara being recruited and him appearing in part 1, he was sick when he appeared in Konoha. There is no "gap" between them. You can go suck Minato's dick on another wikia dude. He's not a god here or in the manga and even with Kurama he fucking sucked. Tobirama carried his ass through the fight with Obito, shit even Naruto was carrying his ass. If Minato was so great he wouldn't have had to seal Kurama and he wouldn't have had to die there. Let's face it he had no excuses, he wasn't sick, he wasn't dying and he barely managed to ward off a 14 year old Obito. He isn't that good, he never was. He was not an unsurpassed genius, if he was he wouldn't have fucking died. Just face it Minato was never that good, with Hiraishin and his above average reflexes, and death god jutsu he was able to get the position of Hokage. Itachi was praise by BLACK zetsu as being pitiful compared to his normal self, and invincible with his Susanoo. First of all, reported you for insulting me. Secondly its quite clear Itachi became struck by his illness during the timeskip since he had to accelerate his time table for Sasuke. Third, Minato was praised by Tobirama and Naruto and Kurama himself. Fourth, Madara considered Minato so much of a threat he had to pull him away for his plan to get Obito onto his side. Fifth, Obito at 15/16 years of age had the same prowess and ability that Madara has, he was stronger than Itachi was and had better genjutsu than Itachi did.

If you put this fight on Narutoforums, the majority, even Itachi fans will admit that Minato is the victor. You downplay, downgrade, or just ignore Minato's feats while exaggerating Itachi's, even at his best (as an Edo Tensei) he wasn't doing anything near the scale of Minato.