Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-10452902-20170520191921/@comment-9782468-20170525221918

Boredfan1 wrote: With the ranking system, we don't exactly know what makes something for example + instead of - or just the normal rank, it is never explained. Very little in the series is ever explained despite having ten plus years. Kirin is more of an A ranked technique because despite how strong it is, it doesn't have overwhelming power that makes it near impossible to learn even though yes, it is said to be S ranked. Techniques like Sage Mode, Sage Art: Rasenshuriken, Impure World Reincarnation technique and Immortality technique are more on the S rank level. On the Kekkei Genkai side, certain techniques would most definitely be S ranked such as Kamui, Izanagi, Izanami, Susanoo (especially it's perfect form), Tsukuyomi, etc. Lol wat. it doesn't have to be explained, if something is A ranked then one can expect it to be very difficult, as difficult as A rank techinques are. How difficult is that? We can never know exactly because we aren't in the universe trying out jutsu ourselves.

And how are you going to say that you feel you didn't get enough clarification on the jutsu ranking system, yet somehow come to the conclusion that Kirin is more of an A rank technique despite the official sources saying otherwise? What?

How many times does it need to be said? The ranking system denotes the difficulty of learning/using the technique. It doesn't directly indicate how strong the technique is (though there usually is a correlation since more powerful techniques are generally harder to learn).