man you forget something.....Strongly disagree with the last sentence, but you already know that xd
Sasori, Itachi, Nagato and Tobi are the only Kage-level ninja. Why? Because they have many techniques that make them powerful. The rest have only one signature technique/ability/trait that makes them an Elite Jounin.
Deidara- Explosive Clay
Kakuzu- Immortality
Hidan- Immortality
Kisame- Swordsmanship
Konan- Origami jutsu
Zetsu- S/T
None of those are Kage level ninja in my opinion
1)it doesn`t matter how many tehniques you have to be and s-class.
it matter how you use it for instance........ let me think....... mmmmmmm......
i got it the 3rd raikage he have a single tehnique lighting and that`s it and you can`t say he is not a kage level. be serious bro.
2)deidara. if you say that deidara is not a kage level you make automatically gaara very weak and gaara beat his father the 3rd kazekage who was considered the strongest among the kazekages, and deidara almost killed gaara.(he didn`t bcause you need the host alive to extract its bijuu).
3) kakuzu. man he fought the 1st hokage and he wasn`t killed. if you say kakuzu is not a kage level you make hashirama weak
4)hidan yeah he is one of the weakest in akatsuki but don`t forget some1 who doesn`t know his abilities could get killed very easly even madara.
5)kisame. are you insane bro? he is one of the strongest among akatsuki. he almost beat bee.
6)konan. she almost killed tobi. yeah i know she had a trap but she is fuc*ing strong. here i don`t have to much proof that she is s-class but......
7)zetsu. you are right here he is not an s-class, but he is neded for his abities to spy wich is very important.
please ppl if you agree give me some +rep cuz i need