Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20180630055746/@comment-36049433-20180701191309

BlazeRelease wrote: Might Guy might be a genius, but the other probably aren't, especially Lee.

Lee was able to open SIX of the eight gates by the age of 17, five of those by age 12, which is certainly no small feat - Kakashi recognises him as a genius for achieving this. Keep in mind that very few Shinobi are capable of opening even one of the eight gates. Whilst he is certainly a genius for managing to open so many of the gates, it's debatable as to if this makes him a prodigy or not, and I wouldn't say it makes him one of the biggest prodigies in the whole series, if it does make him a prodigy.