The Winter King wrote:
Wouldn't you think that either way it's kind of subjective? Who knows what the Sage of Six Paths can really do aside from create the moon. Naruto is already throwing nukes everywhere; who's to say if Sasuke and he are either really stronger, or still weaker that the SoSP.
The sage with the assistance of his brother defeated the Ten-tails,
He created ninshuu- the non weaponized form of ninjutsu,
Not to mention he created the 9 tailed beasts from the shinju's chakra around which 70% of series has been circling around( the rest of the 20% goes to uchiha and 10% to other stuff)
He actually pretty much awakened/gave naruto and sasuke's current powers and now you are doubting that he might be weaker than these two brats just because they are smashing through rocks?
I agree with you the sage lacks the feats, but it will be stupid to go around saying that maybe the two brats are stronger than the Sage himself
These "brats" are the worlds last hope. Just because you invent something does not equate to you being the master of such invention. You could invent a car but you could have the most garbage of driving skills. Who is to say the SoSP could blow up mars, who is the say that all of that power was borrowed from the Ten Tails, who is to say that whatever he did was backed up by his brother's power? No one knows, and no one will know unless Kishi throws it in your face. And right now, my favor is leaning into these "brats" corner. Yes, I'm doubting that the sage, who created Ninshuu, could be weaker than these "brats." Why? Because ninshuu is something on the pacifistic lines. Naruto and Sasuke completely MASTERED a weaponized version of it. Who is to say that the sage possesses ZERO hands on combat experience with another human being, but has done nothing but throw energy beams at his enemies to say "Lol nope, maintain peace." Flip a coin and find out, because we have no clue how the sage even fought.
But when it comes to Naruto and Sasuke, we know nearly their ins and outs. We know how hard they trained, and we can connect MOST of the dots. And these "brats" can definitely look at each of the hidden villages and wipe them right off the map. Hell, I'm going to put my money on them both and say that they're stronger than Madara and Hashirama when the two fought at the Valley (as they are now in the current chapters).
So yes, I do believe that these brats, who are going to save the ninja world, to be stronger than the sage. They could completely remaster his powers into a weapon forged for peace or whatever the hell they want it to be. THAT is why I consider them stronger. When pass down something that you yourself weaponized, you're having faith that whomever you passed it on to can remaster it and dwarf whatever the hell you did.