Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-35024407-20180405035717

In my honest opinion, Chojuro is not Kage level. All he has is the sword Hiramekarei, while it makes him competent take that away and he is just an average shinobi with potent kenjutsu skills. I am aware that Suigetsu deserted the mist village but im pretty sure it can be forgiven(Sasuke's case), plus i'm sure they can use all the help they can get. If we are talking merit in terms of power, the second strongest Mist ninja other than Mei Terumi is Suigetsu and he would mop the floor with Chojuro.

Honestly the only true competent swordmen of the mist were Zabuza, Kisame, Mangetsu(Suigetsu’s brother) and Suigetsu, also Shizuma(to an extent). The rest were just swordmen that were nothing without their swords.

If it was up to me, Suigetsu should replace Chojuro as Mizukage and Kagura should come after that. 