Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34277398-20180314193639/@comment-9782468-20180323231820

@Lorenzo

Naruto at age 13 had massive reserves but not very much skill. I see no reason to believe Jiraiya wasn't the same. They both had massive reserves.

Fukusaka stated that without huge reserves, you couldn't even try at all. The Nature Energy would immediately overtake you. So since Minato mastered it, he has massive reserves. Even if he wasn't good at using it in combat, the mere fact that he perfected the balance means that he has a whole lot of chakra.

Minato's Sage Mode was short because he only took a short time to gather the energy, he hardly gathered any at all. It's not his nature to sit perfectly still to gather energy, and since he never uses Sage Mode he just used it for a brief powerup because he was looking to try to fight a TTJ. Of course he wouldn't sit and gather energy for awhile, he would die.

Another example of Minato's reserves is his constant use of FTG. It takes 3 of the Hokage Guard to even perform the technique. He can do it himself, and with other massive things, several times over.

Itachi could barely use his MS like 3 times a day before being out of a fight (in Part 1 when he was less sick). That's the same limit as Kakashi (albeit Kakashi wouldn't be able to walk). Sasuke, on the other hand, could use his Mangekyo over and over again; he used it so much it started to get blind within what? Days? And we know Sasuke had less reserves than Jiraiya at the time. There's no easy direct comparison for chakra levels, but Jiraiya has 5 in Stamina vs Sasuke's 3.5 in the databooks.