Sannin Really Aren't Powerful

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This thread is basically outling why the Sannin (Orochimaru, Jirayia, and Tsunade), aren't powerful like people think they are.

While are three are considered Kage level or S-Rank ninjas know feat gives them this title. All of them had been considered for Hokage before, however only because of limited ninja strength available. Kakashi was also elected for Hokage and he is no where near Kage level.

Orchimaru attacked the leaf village years after he left. During this time the
3rd Hokage got older and the 4th Hokage sacrificed his life during the Nine Tailed Fox attack. Even by summoning the 1st Hokage and 2nd Hokage and having the Sound Four blocking outsiders into the fight he barely could manage to come out with a win against an old 3rd Hokage who was nowhere near in his prime.

With that being said that was the only time in the manga showing any of the 3 Sannin winning a match. There name, Sannin, was given to them by Hanzo, who was considered one of the strongest ninjas at the time only in spot that they manage to hold their own and not die in 5 seconds to him like common enemies that approached Hanzo. They basically were pitied upon. The same ninja lost to Nagato who was only a few years trained with his Rinnegan.

This same Nagato created his 6 paths of pain and managed to kill Jirayia in SM. Jirayia was at his with end with arguably 3 of his weaker paths. Many people argue had Jirayia known Pains secret he would have won. This is far-fetched as he could only beat 3 Pains with genjutsu with the assistance of Ma and Pa and was his last resort at beating Pain. Same token had Pain even knew Jirayia could use genjustu 3 Pains would have been enough to take him out.

In the fight between the Sannins all the parties look pathetic against each other in probably one of the worst fights in the manga between 3 highly known characters. All 3 were handicapped for one reason or another due to their poor judgement or inability to sense. Orochimaru had no hands due to the fact of his battle with the 3rd Hokage. Jirayia let Tsunade poison him with some drug. And the fact that he said he was at 30% is laughable. 30% is pretty high considering he was getting his ass handed to him by a No Sign Weilding Orochimaru. Tsunade was recovering from her trauma but her so called strength run out temporarily and didn't have enough of it to kill a weak Orochimaru.

Orochimaru ended up losing to Itachi and Sasuke. Most people argue he was weak against Sasuke lying in bed. However knowing that his body is getting weak why would he think it would be easy to take over Sasuke? Also if Sasuke overspammed MS and started losing vision who's fault is it that he's weak because of it? Orochimaru was ill because his body-transferring technique only allows him to have certain bodies for a certain period of time before it rejects him. His illness is cause by himself in other to stay immortal. This has yet to be seen in Kabuto as well.

Jirayia fails to master justus before Naruto does. Naruto learned Rasegan and a completed SM way before Jirayia even mastered them. Jirayia even considers himself a failure

There's no denying that they are strong. However, they aren't as powerful as their names give them. They were good in Part 1 because not enough characters were introduced. When you see the whole picture they aren't too powerful and most ninjas can stand their ground with them even if they lose
 

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nope Sanin are powerfull
alot powerfull
 

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they are not powerful but they are the best team combination together they can beat anyone

orochimaru: one of the best long range/mid shinobi in naruto verse
jiraiya: one of the best mid/close fighter in naruto verse
tsunade:the best healer in naruto verse A.K.A super fast healing and one of the best close range fighter in naruto verse
 

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They are all Kage level ninja; Hell, two of them were even offered the job!
 

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So Kakashi is Kage level?

Yes he is. He is near the lower-tier of Kage level, but he is still there.

He's lost only one fight and that was a self-sacrifice in order to save a comrade.
 

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This thread is basically outling why the Sannin (Orochimaru, Jirayia, and Tsunade), aren't powerful like people think they are.

While are three are considered Kage level or S-Rank ninjas know feat gives them this title. All of them had been considered for Hokage before, however only because of limited ninja strength available. Kakashi was also elected for Hokage and he is no where near Kage level.

Orchimaru attacked the leaf village years after he left. During this time the
3rd Hokage got older and the 4th Hokage sacrificed his life during the Nine Tailed Fox attack. Even by summoning the 1st Hokage and 2nd Hokage and having the Sound Four blocking outsiders into the fight he barely could manage to come out with a win against an old 3rd Hokage who was nowhere near in his prime.

With that being said that was the only time in the manga showing any of the 3 Sannin winning a match. There name, Sannin, was given to them by Hanzo, who was considered one of the strongest ninjas at the time only in spot that they manage to hold their own and not die in 5 seconds to him like common enemies that approached Hanzo. They basically were pitied upon. The same ninja lost to Nagato who was only a few years trained with his Rinnegan.

This same Nagato created his 6 paths of pain and managed to kill Jirayia in SM. Jirayia was at his with end with arguably 3 of his weaker paths. Many people argue had Jirayia known Pains secret he would have won. This is far-fetched as he could only beat 3 Pains with genjutsu with the assistance of Ma and Pa and was his last resort at beating Pain. Same token had Pain even knew Jirayia could use genjustu 3 Pains would have been enough to take him out.

In the fight between the Sannins all the parties look pathetic against each other in probably one of the worst fights in the manga between 3 highly known characters. All 3 were handicapped for one reason or another due to their poor judgement or inability to sense. Orochimaru had no hands due to the fact of his battle with the 3rd Hokage. Jirayia let Tsunade poison him with some drug. And the fact that he said he was at 30% is laughable. 30% is pretty high considering he was getting his ass handed to him by a No Sign Weilding Orochimaru. Tsunade was recovering from her trauma but her so called strength run out temporarily and didn't have enough of it to kill a weak Orochimaru.

Orochimaru ended up losing to Itachi and Sasuke. Most people argue he was weak against Sasuke lying in bed. However knowing that his body is getting weak why would he think it would be easy to take over Sasuke? Also if Sasuke overspammed MS and started losing vision who's fault is it that he's weak because of it? Orochimaru was ill because his body-transferring technique only allows him to have certain bodies for a certain period of time before it rejects him. His illness is cause by himself in other to stay immortal. This has yet to be seen in Kabuto as well.

Jirayia fails to master justus before Naruto does. Naruto learned Rasegan and a completed SM way before Jirayia even mastered them. Jirayia even considers himself a failure

There's no denying that they are strong. However, they aren't as powerful as their names give them. They were good in Part 1 because not enough characters were introduced. When you see the whole picture they aren't too powerful and most ninjas can stand their ground with them even if they lose


well Jiraiya almost won against Pein's so6p.. xd
seriously.. theyre strong.. they could make it easily to top 10 or 20 strongest shinobis in the series.. they are also maybe in the top 10 strongest in Konoha.....not the strongest but theyre strong.. super xd
 

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Kakashi isn't as powerful as Jiraiya or Orochimaru but he is about kage level (only just).
 

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Lol Sannin are powerful. Kishi has made this clear. We don't need the feats you think you are owed by Kishi to prove this.
 

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he is, he was offered the job too

Yes he is. He is near the lower-tier of Kage level, but he is still there.

He's lost only one fight and that was a self-sacrifice in order to save a comrade.

He was offer the job because of less availability. Not because he is Kage level. Someone had the be Hokage. Same with Jirayia and Tsunade. Otherwise they would have never been offered. Kakashi doesn't have the skill levels of any Kage
 

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they are not powerful but they are the best team combination together they can beat anyone

orochimaru: one of the best long range/mid shinobi in naruto verse
jiraiya: one of the best mid/close fighter in naruto verse
tsunade:the best healer in naruto verse A.K.A super fast healing and one of the best close range fighter in naruto verse

This right here^^^. Together they became the legendary Sannin. It's not so much a rank they obtained as individuals but a rank the 3rd bestowed upon them for being an unbeatable team.
 

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Lol Sannin are powerful. Kishi has made this clear. We don't need the feats you think you are owed by Kishi to prove this.

He made it clear that Jirayia is a fail and nothing more. Unless your Kishi don't bother using that as your reply
 

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He was offer the job because of less availability. Not because he is Kage level. Someone had the be Hokage. Same with Jirayia and Tsunade. Otherwise they would have never been offered. Kakashi doesn't have the skill levels of any Kage

yeah but he got the hype by the other village because what he did at the 3rd ninja war, but actually it was all minato doing since he was the one who saved kakashi whose about the get killed by some fodder from iwagakure
 

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This right here^^^. Together they became the legendary Sannin. It's not so much a rank they obtained as individuals but a rank the 3rd bestowed upon them for being an unbeatable team.

Hanzo gave them the title lol because they survived a battle with him. Please make sure you information is factual.
 

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He made it clear that Jirayia is a fail and nothing more. Unless your Kishi don't bother using that as your reply

Are you retarded? Like seriously. There is a reason everyone in the Narutoverse hold them at such a high esteem.
 

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Jiraya was the master of the 4th and of Naruto
how is he a fail character?

oh and Nagato too
 
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