Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20171019193715/@comment-26636534-20180112190434

@Namikaze

No, we don't have to prove or disprove anything. As @Actionmanrandell stated, if you state something, you need to prove it. We certainly don't need to "disprove" those kind of statements and we not gonna take it at face value.

I don't agree with the statement that characters like Itachi and Sasuke are by default smarter than kage. So I'm trying to understand why others like to say so. I don't need to prove otherwise. Hope that clears it up.

On your points, when did Itachi figure out Hidan's jutsu? His plan to utilize Koto was ability, not intelligence and it didn't even work. Stopping edo was done with a hax, so again ability, not intelligence. Stopping CT was literally throwing your most powerful attack at it. Are we really surprised Itachi can blind-side pain's summonings with kunai?

I'm not saying that Itachi isn't smart, but can we just dismiss kage level intelligence because it's Itachi? I don't think so.