Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25626003-20150728002625/@comment-5273810-20150728165311

The Top 5 as I see them would be.

1. Obito Uchiha - Obito was a powerhouse, potentially the strongest in the entire series. But we were never shown this. The only way to beat him was to beat his broken Kamui either by putting pressure on him for 5 consecutive minutes(try doing that, I doubt any could except for those prepared beforehand) or have Kamui yourself(like with Kakashi). Fact is if he had both his MS the series never would have happened, the power of both eyes combined is something beyond that of any other character. You want my reasoning? Check out Kakashi with DMS. Despite all this Obito's power was still broken despite his handicap. A master of genjutsu comparable to Shisui Uchiha the greatest genjutsu user known, his prowess was never shown which makes no sense because Shisui was stated to be greater than Itachi who was feared during life as the greatest Genjutsu user known to be alive.

He also was shown to be pretty good with Wood Release showing profound skill after only just finding out he had it. Yet this skill was also never shown again.

Also when acquiring the Rinnegan he showed none of the abilities of it until the plot needed him to(resurrecting Madara for example). Why not use almighty push, absorb ninjutsu, or use the animal path? All these would greatly help him and fit his fighting style. Nope, lets forget he has it all shall we?

Finally we have him as a Jinchuriki. If he had Kamui he would be invincible. No one could beat him. Plus keep in mind all the other things I just mentioned still exist. Genjutsu, Wood release, and Rinnegan. Easily the most nerfed character in the series.

2. Madara Uchiha - Madara actually showed most of the abilities that would make him so formidable. He showed us Wood Release, a bit of the Rinnegan's abilities(not all but at least he showed some), and showed us Susanoo. What he didn't show was any other Mangekyo Sharingan techniques. So what he didn't have them? Since he didn't show any and Uchiha abuse there Sharingan for all they're worth I'm forced to conclude he didn't have any which means that, Kishi really nerfed him just to make him a beatable opponent.

Finally as the 10 tails Jinchuriki all his abilities were suddenly forgotten and then he got beaten by a noncombat type shinobi. Well that was humiliating for him. I'd probably be more upset about how nerfed he was if he wasn't buffed beyond belief, so in the end it kinda balances out for him.

3. Tsunade - Said to be one of the legendary Sannin, feared to be one of the most powerful shinobi in the world. She showed hardly anything and nothing to earn that or even the title of most powerful Kunoichi in the world. All Tsunade showed was excellent medical skills and some really slow albeit powerful taijutsu. Nothing even close to earning that title. Which in my opinion is a shame. She is supposed to be one of a 3 way Deadlock in which she would fall to both of the others. Wow, that is exactly how a 3 way Deadlock works, NOT!

4. Sakura Haruno - Speaking of 3 way Deadlocks that aren't 3 way Deadlocks, we now go to Sakura Haruno. I will not hide this, I really hate her character. However this isn't completely her fault most falls to the amount of development given to her(she had more development in the movie Road to Ninja than she did in the entire series, The Last, and Gaiden combined which I think illustrates my issues with her perfectly). When Kakashi taught her the one and only time he ever did(how to climb a tree using only your feet) he said that she was a Genjutsu type. How many times did she use it in the entire series? 0. Heck, Naruto showed more than her! Yeah he did, remember the crow that Itachi gave him? It had Shisui's eye which was used on Itachi. Wow, Kishi you said that Sakura was a Genjutsu type yet she showed the least Genjutsu out of the 3, with Naruto who can't use it using it one more time than her. Wow, just wow.

5. Deidera - Another victim of the "Naruto and Sasuke can't die so pull out the bull sh*t" routine. Just look at it this way. The elements chart says each element has a weakness and this gives the opponent an overwhelming advantage against it. On the chart Lightning beats Earth every time. Deidera is earth, Sasuke is Lightning. Deidera also admitted to being somewhat weak to the Sharingan. Sasuke had 2 handicaps on Deidera. If they were equals Sasuke would steamroll him. That isn't what happened. Even with the 2 handicaps on Deidera, Deidera pushed Sasuke to the point of exhaustion(Sasuke had to turn off his Sharingan talk about being pushed). Did it stop then? No. Sasuke may have been running on empty but Deidera still had enough to do the final suicide attack. That is crazy. If Sasuke had been lacking either his Lightning Release or Sharingan he would have died.

As I've used in a illustration before. Imagine if I went into a fight with Superman and I had Kryptonite, Red Sun, and magic(things Superman is vulnerable to) if I was pushed to the edge of limits and almost died when he was that handicapped then the league difference between us must be very big.

I'm sorry Deidera, you fell to a weaker shinobi don't worry though Danzo and Madara will be following you eventually.