I would have to say that people have their favorites, Sasuke is a cool character but not really one of mine. Is he smart, yes, is he strong, definitely, can he back up his business, fo sho. He's a really good strategist, and so is Naruto, even unknowingly gaining info from the kage buushin to help his future attacks. Now the Oro fight, though he was weak, where he beat him was in his head, defeating him in his own technique. Now Itachi would have won if he wasn't dying, but he did school Deidara. What always bothered me was how Naruto saw him as a great friend, but if you read through it all, he was always a jerk to him, like ALWAYS. I don't think a kind word was spoken from him. I think Raikage would have eventually beat him, minus an arm and a leg, because he would have gone blind and ran out of chakra, buuut he did school Danzou, and would have beaten him very quickly if it wasn't for the izanagi. Is he one of my favorites, no, is he overrated, i would have to go with no as well.