Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-9782468-20141228070457/@comment-25977287-20150107120542

EliteDra315 wrote: When it is said that Minato is better at FTG, I don't think it means he's faster. He just utilized it more efficiently by putting tags all over the place quickly, which Tobirama doesn't do. His speed and the justu itself is the same as Tobirama and I'm pretty sure Minato doesn't use a more advanced version of FTG. We've seen Tobirama save Naruto and Sasuke faster than him and we've seen Tobirama use the Level Two FTG Minato used (or something like it) when he was fighting Madara. The argument that Minato has faster reflexes and skill in FTG is not proven at all.

Also Tobirama has more potential as a character because he's underutilized. He has shown to know a lot of Justus and use them effectively, whereas Minato only knows how to use Rasengan and FTG effectively. Since they both know FTG, Tobirama can beat Minato since he has a diverse skill set. But who actually said minatos FTG is faster? I hope you weren't referring to me because I said no such thing.

And you're wrong, minatos is more advanced for the sole reason that he uses multiple prepped kunai in advance. So this gives him better versatility and battle strategy with FTG, compared to Tobirama who is more limited with the jutsu. For example minato has more escape options because he uses more kunai and he can spam the technique multiple times in quick succession to confuse the enemy. Minato has also developed more techniques for it than tobiram. And no Tobirama doesn't have level 2, you don't actually know what the level 2 is do you? Level 2 required Rasengan (it is mandatory), which is why his version is A rank while tobiramas is B rank. Tobirama may be able to perform the same manoeuvre, but without the rasenagn he cannot inflict the same kind of damage, plus the way Tobirama does it is via kunai, which his smaller and easier to avoid and even disarm. You can't do that with a rasenagn.

Minato is also under-utilised. It was said he was taught Many Uzumaki sealing jutsu (these were dangerous and feared jutsu). And we've only seen Minato perform a couple of them. Minato also created many jutsu in his own style and had a talent for jutsu, and was able to come up with new jutsu one after another (this is what the Databook says). (We just didn't see them). Your bias in saying that minato can only use FTG and rasengan effectively is silly. Because you don't know his full Moveset, you haven't seen all his other jutsu before, he's only been like 1 real fight before. How's that different to saying Tobirama can only effectively use water techniques. Minato has more potential because he has a senjutsu mode which surpasses tobiramas entire form and Moveset. Minato can summon any toad as well, and they all have unique techniques.

How can you judge a character with small screen time and say they have less potential than another. Sure Tobirama created jutsu and probably knows more jutsu. But you obviously can't comprehend this manga. It doesn't matter about the number, it matters about the techniques you are most skilled at. Tobirama is most skilled and water techniques, shadow clones and FTG. Which is why he will only rely on those. Likewise for Minato, he is skilled in FTG, rasengan, and sealing jutsu (and toad summons). So even if they each had 10,000 more techniques, only the best and most suitable ones will be used. So that's a poor argument from you. A ninja only needs needs one good technique they specialise in to win. That's why Obito could just spam kamui and win all the time, it was so OP he needn't anything else.