When we judge characters we go by the point at which they were the most powerful. Kabuto with the perfection of Edo Tensei should be on everyones strongest #1 Ninja list period!
Unless you know someone who can solo thousand of edo soilders including Edo Madara, Edo Nagato, Edo Itachi including the Edo Akatsuki members.
I know there are some weak arguments like Edo Tensei isn't Kabuto's power, but how is it not his power??:sy: He created and collected the bodies for himself, he studied with Orochimaru, perfected Edo Tensei himself and earned the power. He earned his power more legit than most of the people in the manga.
If Kabuto isn't in your number 1 strongest ninja spot you're either fanboying or trolling. :scorps:
Kabuto
STOLE abilities that weren't his. Edo Tensi is a technique....techs are like any nin-tool, it can be passed down, stolen, or perfected....I'm not arguing about that...but
ABILITIES are what makes people different....
Gai and Lee's
ABILITY are the inherited hardwork they put into their bodies. Juugo's
ABILITY is to naturally take in natural energy.
Kabuto's
ABILITY was a super form of healing, making him the perfect medical ninja....yes even better than Tsunade, she even admitted that.
But when you take abilities that don't belong to you....you're nothing more than a thief....it doesn't make you #1....Edo Madara has Hashirama cells infused in him....you think that makes him #1?? No....it makes him a v2, an improved version of what he was....
I personally have a few fighting for #1 spot on my list Itachi being one of them and I'm not an Uchiha fan....
BUT I've accepted that his Ability goes fat beyond the Sharingan...it supercedes what other Uchiha's have accomplished....if it came down to it, and Itachi were to fight Madara....I'd say Itachi due to his ability to oversee the battlefield and outcomes so quickly....That's an ability that can never be stolen, that is an ability that Minato also shares with the 2nd and 3rd hokage....Kabuto is just a cheap form of Orochimaru who he passed but infusing himself with other people's abilities....
Again....taking techniques is one thing...Oro was known for it, but it's what he did with those techniques to make himself powerful....He only searched for the body to make himself better....I'm just saying....:scorps: