<p>Wouldn't Sakura fall under the same category? I mean, she never really got any asspull power up either. Whatever she got, she got it by her own hard work, effort and will power. She was literally from some fodder clan. Yet, she came where she is right now in the series and has even surpassed Tsunade, with the mastery of her Byakugou. Sure, she was born with great Chakra control. But what about her other stats? Strength, Speed, Stamina, Chakra? Hell, she actually started to develop powerful physical strength in the beginning of Part 2. Throughout Part 1, she was basically useless.
</p><p>Keeping that aside, I'm kind of disappointed in Kakashi. He had become a join at the age of 13. Yet today, he is probably only Low-Kage level at best. I mean, look at all the other prodigies like Minato, Hiruzen, Shisui, Itachi, Onoki, Third Raikage. These people ACTUALLY lived up to their potential. All these prodigies have ACTUALLY reached Mid/ HIGH Kage Level. Someone like Kakashi, who had equal potential as those mentioned above, as of today, only appears to be some ordinary Kage. I expected more from him. Even Naruto, who was a delinquent, is probably a whole league above Kakashi, even without Kurama or Six Paths.
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