Haku was the greatest ninja prodigy (Proof Inside)

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I believe that Haku was one of the greatest child ninja prodigy and had the greatest potential to be a great ninja and here's why:

(Keep in mind the comparison to other prodigies stop at the age when Haku dies which is 15. Try to only think about that time period and not what other ninjas achieved after that)

Age
-Compared to other child prodigies in question i.e Minato, Itachi, and Kakashi Haku was younger than all three when exposed to combat and was considered a dangerous threat
-Haku was younger than Sasuke and Naruto at the time of the fight and Zabuza said that Haku was more dangerous himself.

Techniques
-Speed: At his age, Haku was the fastest ninja known in the Narutoverse
-Could activate jutsu with one hand

Mastered his kekkei gengkai before sasuke activated his sharingan

-Demonic Ice Mirrors: His most powerful jutsu and gave him unparalleled speed which could only be followed by the sharingan.

Young Kakashi and Young Minato would have been destroyed by Demonic Ice Mirrors because they had no way of keeping up. And although Itachi had the sharingan he was not as fast as Sasuke so would have struggled to keep up as well

Intelligence
His most astonishing quality is probably his intelligence. And this because he had no teaching like ninjas in the leaf village had, however he had a very capable mind.

He had a extraordinary understanding of the human body on par of the ANBU. He can disable an opponent with amazing precision with his understanding of acupuncture and the human body.

He also was able to see Kakashi's copy technique, figure it out and develop a strategy to defeat it the next time they met. This was revealed by Zabuza when he said that he won't be beat by the same jutsu twice.


I believe if Haku hadn't have died and he was brought up in a better situation and was able to receive good teaching he could have become one of the greatest ninjas
 

Busta82

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thats a good thought but dont know if it could be valid!
 

al3xsmith13

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itachi was the anbu captain at age 13....
 

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As a Haku fan myself, I do personally believe he's in the top 3-5 child prodigies. But not the best child prodigy.
 

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Don't forget Konohamaru. Already knows rasengan plus other advanced moves
 

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itachi murdered his whole clan at 13 which was younger than haku was when he died. i agree he had potential but since he was one of the first people for naruto to fight in the series the power scaling was of course much lower back then. someone who was considered a huge threat back then aka zabuza is nothing compared to madara who is obviously far more powerful then him, and at the time zabuza was considered top ten in strength while now hes top around top 40 or 30 (estimate). so at the time haku was a boss but now he is measly considered the strongest prodigy and is more likely top 5.
 

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The only thing i have to criticize is if Haku died at 15 wouldn't he have been older than Sasuke and Naruto during their fight. And another, unrelated, thing. Didn't Naruto fail graduating the Academy more than once? If that's true wouldn't that make him older than Sasuke and all of the other Konoha 11
 

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And another, unrelated, thing. Didn't Naruto fail graduating the Academy more than once? If that's true wouldn't that make him older than Sasuke and all of the other Konoha 11
Nah Naruto is pretty much the same age as Sasuke. Remember that Kushina saw baby Sasuke right before she gave birth to Naruto that day. I don't think the Academy works like that. Itachi graduated at 7 after all.
 

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Itachi had MS years before turning 15.
It was a fact that he had Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu before killing the clan so Haku can't compare.
 

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Kimimaro would have ripped Haku a new Ice hole.
 
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