Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-46080847-20200619100348/@comment-3568954-20200701081019

in reality he was the closest thing to actually being the sage in my opinion. not power wise but he was on his way there. if Izanami didn't exist, he would have eventually defeated itachi and sasuke. and if he had succeeded in taking Sasuke's body he would have evolved even further. eventually i believe he would have evolved to rival Madara