Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20180630055746/@comment-34436445-20180701143007

@nashikeine Itachi was considered a prodigy ,not only in his class ,but in his entire clan and his generation.He didn't live long enough or at least as much as minato did. In the akatsuki he was always on guard and was hunted wherever he went coz of his criminal status. If he lived a comfortable life in the village,where he need not always be on guard,or vigilant he could have done more, like become better in ninjutsu or create his own for a change. Minato did create rasengan, but it was Naruto who took it to the next level. The base rasengan ,not in the hands of Naruto is not that powerful of a technique. He learnt seals from kushina ,and took years to master the rasengan and other techniques too. He did not create the ftg. Itachi is good in decoding ninjutsu working as minato is and can strategically plan for the future and keep contingency plans. How can you deny itachi's feats but allow Minato's. If itachi was given similar teaching and had similar circumstances to minato he would have performed as good ,if not better than minato. Not telling that Itachi is better at being a prodigy then minato,thats debatable, but you told he is not even a genius.