Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34752936-20180308155723/@comment-9782468-20180308162052

Sarutobii2 wrote: Kisame's moniker is "Tailed Beast without a Tail". Ohhhhh. I thought he was talking about that zero-tailed thing from that one movie, I didn't realize he was just referencing Kisame's nickname lol

Interestingly, the Third databook lists Kisame as overall weaker than Kakashi in combat. Even though there are lots of inconsistencies in the book so we go off feats instead. It's funny to think that Kishi may have originally meant for Kakashi to be overall stronger, but eventually wrote Kisame as the stronger character.