Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32676759-20170725042729/@comment-33308438-20171014141146

^^intelligence, power , speed , size , ninjutsu , physical attacks are useless before the weapons. The only thing which matters is who has the weapons. I know you dont like how things go but that's exactly how it goes. Also the hype is similar to hiruzen not to mention there's actually no fight(except edo) to measure his capabilities. Thing is, guy was sure he wouldnt beat itachi even with asuma as backup. So he called extra backup from konoha. Not to mention, no one knew about the MS back then , and that too the his three MS jutsus. So that'd mean itachi's taijutsu is seventh gate level, right? Since guy wouldn't die or anything, still didnt use. So as far as we know the hype is too strong. Not to mention, pain and tobi never attempted to attack konoha during his lifetime , which he admitted. Not to mention, kakashi was saying " he isnt using his full power" and still was faster than sharingan which kept up with 5 gates speed. And kakashi last saw him at 13 yrs old, so he wasnt using the full speed of his 13 year old version? Look man, if you think about this in a more unbiased way and get off the traditional viewpoint , you'd know that he is really as strong as he's hyped up to be. His weakness was his character, just like hiruzen is also being obstructed from using all his jutsus. His dislike for fighting is exactly why the hype wasn't clearly shown. Not to mention kabuto himself said itachi could've stopped the war by himself. Kabuto also kept saying itachi had everything from the start and he was genius above geniuses, so that means he has the most powerful ninjutsus? Kabuto said itachi was his most powerful edo tensei, so better than rinnegan madara? Better than the third SO6P Nagato? All these hype clearly put itachi above madara in every way to be honest. It's irritating to see some people lowballing him and highballing madara. Totsuka can simply seal the space and exterminate madara, just like the sealing pot. Madara cannot beat itachi bcuz of the weapons : CASE closed. Madara might look stronger by feats but that's just the trick of portrayal.