Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20171019193715/@comment-26636534-20171021125347

What about the assumed level of intelligence that most people dismiss?

Jonin and ANBU (Before they where nerfed), are considered to be elite shinobi, i.e. high-level of skill and intelligence, yet because of various reasons (plot) they are shown to be quite average, below average in most cases.

This applies to kage too. Certainly all Kage have to posses high-level intelligence, they wouldn't be in such a position if they are not. Again using versus debates as example, why do users simply dismiss this and say that characters like Sasuke and Itachi are by default smarter than Kage?