Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26403664-20160228225013/@comment-26773508-20160323031531

Narutopwnu7 wrote: You forgot the information that Kumogakure was the strongest village,but somehow they never managed to win one single shinobi world war. I don't quite remember the Kumo hype. Wasn't Konoha said to be the strongest shinobi village overall? And correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think the Kumo hype was during the 5 Kage Summit, wasn't it? Konoha and Suna's military prowess were diminished because of Suna and Orochimaru's attack on Konoha. That left Kumo as the most powerful village, right?

I think the only other time the manga mentioned Konoha being weak was during the Third Shinobi War, where Konoha had to absolutely depend on Minato to solo superior armies because Konoha itself didn't have enough shinobis.

Gmanis41 wrote: I never thought my thread would be so big. While I accept that people have their opinions on the Yata Mirror. My opinion hasn't changed of it, however in future vs matches with Itachi his spirit weapons do not make him invincible at all. And the Yata Mirror should not be taken into account if people are saying it can block tailed beasts bombs. I can see it blocking a big ball rasenshuriken but nothing more. Databook information was unclear, never shown, never backed up, and is out to date to sum it all up. Well your thread is so big because for every Itachi fanboy who overhypes Itachi, there's another Naruto fan who's annoyed by the Itachi crowd. And regarding the Yata Mirror, I think we'll have to make a separate thread to create guidelines as to how the Mirror can be used in VS battles, given its current feats and hype.

In the past, I've gone so far as to say that the Yata Mirror shouldn't be used in VS debates at all. However, on hindsight, that was irrational. At the very least, the Yata Mirror is a shield and can at least be treated as such. We can then use some of the descriptions of the Yata Mirror to come into well-founded conclusions as to what sort of attacks it can or cannot repel. We'll also have to figure out its shape-shifting abilities.