So you must have missed what BM Choji did with the rest of the Ino-Shika-Cho team?It's possible that Sakura can surpass Tsunade, but I'm still doubting it. Not like it really matters anyway. And no, Hashirama and Madara were not as good at 16 as they were in their prime. However, the point is that most of the "average" ninja as you like to call them have shown nothing to show that they can surpass their elders. How useless has Chouji, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Kiba, etc, etc. been? At what point have any of them shown even slight signs of surpassing their elders? The Ino-Shika-Cho father combination was a well known and extremely feared combination. The young version? Yeah...not even close. Shikamaru being the only one who has come close to his father's reputation. There is no excuse for it. And Kabuto said it here
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Read the bottom left pannel. "Now he must surpass his teacher"
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After defeating Asuma, he said he is going to put an end to the battle with Ino and Shika's help.
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We then see him, holding Hizashi in one hand, and sitting on top of Kakuzu. Whilst his father took care of the Zetsu army
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And then shortly afterwards, he takes on Gedo Mazo.
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What more would you want them to do? They cant all be on Naruto/Sasuke's level already. You are forgetting that they still have a lot of time to surpass their teachers, and some of them already have even at the age of 16/17. Itachi should also fall into their generation.
Kabuto said he was the strongest of the 5 kage in his era. Prime Hiruzen was, but old Hiruzen definitely isn't.
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