Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-28731007-20160627160729/@comment-734582-20160720172157

Minato 87 wrote: You did that when you said that she can beat Jiraiya. Remember when she poisoned him into being nigh-useless? Remember when she nearly murdered him for peeping? Everything suggests Jiraiya's dead before he can do his summon. Tsunade has no wind-ups, no preparations, nothing. All she needs to do is a brief moment to unleash her Seal. Her punches crush Susanoo. No handseals, no nothing.

I can write a thread about the Pain Situation, but the short version is that Tsunade made the correct choice. Jiraiya judged that without the secret Pain could not be beaten, made clear by the fact that he died just to get the message across. It would be plain stupid for Tsunade to jump in. Buying time for the various investigations to run their course while minimizing casualties was the best course of action. Remember the whole story about the Hokage being the one to protect the next Generation?

9 Arts dragon wrote: Nah I'm pretty sure Kabuto is much stronger than Kimimaro and that Naruto didn't suddenly jump to sannin lvl in 1 tail. I don't see the whole reasoning that Kimimaro is somehow Sannin level either. He seemed to be no major threat in the 4th War. Kabuto by the way is a spy, it would be insane for him to declare himself strong. Better pretend to be average and avoid suspicion. He was, after all, quite clearly a very capable medical ninja.