1. really. you already know how madara would beat minato so i'm not bothering to explain.
2. first stopped both madara and kyubi and survived. madara survived too but that's a different story. first stopped kyubi and survived. 4th held off a weakened madara and sacrificed himself to stop kyubi. even with the help of kushina.
3. 2nd hokage invented iwr and the whole space time jutsus. YOU can explain to me how minato would beat 2nd.
4. 3rd hokage is known as the STRONGEST hokage. NOT the 4th.
5. pain just has incredible feats. rinnegan? shinra tensei? chibaku tensei? lulz.
explain to me how minato would stop chibaku tensei and even dream of doing some real damage to pain.
6. 3rd hokage chose jiraiya over minato. jiraiya refused, so minato became the 4th. also jiraiya lived much longer than the 4th and thus had more time to polish his jutsus. his improvements on 4th original techniques like rasengan proves it.
7. susanoo pretty much handles anything minato throws at itachi. and how would minato handle itachi's ms? explain.
1. no i dont know, srsly, madara simply had no time to use anything else against minato
2. 1st could stop the kyubi because it was a tailed beast if it was anything else with that kind of power he would get his ass kicked so badly, as for madara, he explained that he thought of the future, and madara isnt at his strongest without Senju DNA
As for minato sacrificing to seal the kyubi thats bullcrap kushiina said he didnt have to, but he did because he wanted to give kushina the oppurtunity to talk with naruto in the future when going up against the kyubi
3. he had an incomplete edo tensei, im pretty sure that orochimaru added a lot INCLUDING THE MIND MANIPULATION, so why would that technique help him, and as for space time guess what minato had it too and it was faster in my opinion and many would agree
4. Iruka said that the 3rd was ''the strongest'' to almost a kindergarten, and it was said the 4th was the strongest as well (kakashi said hes the only one who could surpass him, anko expressed longing for minato to take on oro instead of hiruzen), and there is a reason ehy the 4th went up against the kyubi not hiruzen, hiruzen was asking himself ''WHERE IS THE FOURTH??!!''
5. well easily fth and destroy all paths as for shinra and chibaku tensei yes they are flashy but are you telling me minato couldent avoid it? and naruto was almost as strong as pain, but not even yet (well at the time he kicked kisames butt) has he surpassed minato
6. 4th invented the rasengan and died so he couldent improve it, jiraiya had a lot of time BUT STILL THERE IS NO POINT IN FIREPOWER IF YOU CANT LAND A HIT, hiruzen chose him because he was his student and he thought minato was too young, yes he had sage mode buit not even in it can he match minatos FTG
7. itachi actually seems to me the only one who could actually have a good chance so ill give you that
did you even read my post?
or maybe you should read the manga more thoroughly. it is clearly stated in the manga that 3rd is the strongest. not the 4th. go read the chapter. i'm not gonna tell you which chapter since it's a pain in the a$$ to find it.
and about your statement:
if naruto can beat pain, so can minato
i lold. where did you get that logic? does it ever occur to you that naruto have already surpassed minato in terms of battle prowess? don't ignore my points and explain to me how minato would withstand shinra tensei and get out of chibaku tensei like naruto did.
you tell me that minato is stronger than itachi and yet you don't provide arguments to back up your statement. just ask anyone? i'll ask you how minato can defeat itachi and how he can deal with ms. once again you ignored my points.
and sadly but true, minato couldn't defeat madara. he just fended him off in his WEAKENED state. he also couldn't stop kyubi by himself without sacrificing himself. first stopped both of them and still survived.
if you read the manga carefully, there's a line from tsunade where she says that 3rd always wanted jiraiya to be his successor. and the fact that he sent ninjas everywhere to try and find him? minato was the second choice. the first choice was jiraiya.
1. i alredy said why 3rd isnt the strongest
2. i already explained that naruto hadnt surpassed minato yet
3. i told you that minato could use FTG to avoid ST and CT
4. i gave u the arguement with itachi
5. i explained it with madara too, and he fled at the end, and i do agree that madara now would give him a good fight
6. i alredy said that minato didnt have to sacrifice himself against the kyubi and kushina protected her son not help minato
7. i also explained why 3rd chose jiraiya, appointing a young shinobi as a hokage isnt usual in narutoverse
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and i asked you to beat this arguement which you have still not done
you are right i dont care for many not-main characters and guess what everybody does so
you are right kishi never said who was strongest, but u can find hints in the manga
and speed is very important but minato didnt only have speed
and lastly i just cant imagine a fight with minato, i mean only a few eyes barelly keep up with his speed, like those who are VERY VERY talented in sharingan ..., that alone is a tremendous advantage (and for reference take kakashi vs itachi, kakashi alone is extremely fast and extremely powerful, but itachi could have killed him literally without breaking a sweat with speed only), and than there is the FTG (you could complain that that is an overused excuse for minato ''fangurls'' as you say) do you imagine on what scale that attack can be used? imagine fighting som1 who without FTG is too fast for your eye and on top of everything can just dissapear when you want to strike him down and later reapear behind you and strikes before you even notice it, and he is arguably the best sealing technique user and he has the rasengan (be though as it is overused it still IS a very powerful technique) and on top of it he can ''teleport'' you with him as well as your attacks
so no in my opinion taking on minato is impossible even for the 1st hokage
in my opinion strong space time can only be countered by even or greater space time
you only listed the abilities and stuff from manga
i asked you to EXPLAIN how that certain som1 would fight against this combo