Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26704954-20150820205053/@comment-26388300-20150820230050

I will do something I've never before done in a Versus thread: I'm going to plead agnosticism lol. I literally have no clue who would win this. In terms of chakra (assuming Naruto doesn't use the Six Paths mode) they will be fairly close, both possessing Sage Mode and Kurama Mode.

Minato has been said by many to be a highly intelligent shinobi; A doubted anyone could defeat him in a one-on-one battle; Jiraiya had uber-praise for Minato, considering him to be a once-in-a-lifetime shinobi; he is obviously smart, having created the Rasengan and mastered the FTG better than Tobirama; he is impossibly fast and capable of defeating hundreds of opponents alone.

Naruto can speed-train using Shadow Clones, meaning he takes on knowledge faster than literally anyone; he learned to use the Rasengan in only a week and eventually learned to imbibe it with the chakra natures of the Tailed Beasts; his Shadow Clones are strong enough to combat Edo Tensei kage; he has displayed a natural affinity to understanding ninjutsu, like when Tobirama praised Naruto's use of chakra and Shadow Clones despite Naruto not knowing the mechanics behind it.

It would be close. I'm leaning toward the notion that Minato's lifetime of mastering and perfecting the FTG may make all the difference.