That wind technique will end up blowing a dust cloud in front of his face much like how
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allowed Kakashi to conceal his own movements from Itachi. Shikamaru also used the
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that was blown by Temari as a way to hide his shadow.
I'm kinda confused as to what the point of this is.
Furthermore, that technique is too narrow and doesn't effect the mist in the grand scheme of things which was unfazed by
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and still remained on the battlefield (
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I probably should have specified that I didn't mean for that futon to be used, but a futon of a larger scale to be used. I know that's his only futon feat in the manga, but as skilled as one would have to be to pull it off(It's technique name is named after the god of wind, and it completely destroyed one of Kakuzu's masks), I was giving him the ability to use lesser damage, but more broad futon abilities.
The shockwave used by the other swordsman disperses in several directions at once and isn't continuously blowing at the mist.
In regards to the juubi situation, that was extremely thick mist created by numerous ninja. But maybe you can argue Zabuza's skill with it makes it as great as theirs.
I guess you can argue that futon can't push it away, but it would seem illogical that it couldn't. And in those scans you show, the mist was parting due to the force around it, though as noted it didn't completely go away.
The 3rd databook saying Asuma is a more skilled CQC fighter than Kakashi goes against manga feats. Hidan bested Asuma even when he was fighting Shikamaru and had his eyes out for Kotetsu and Izumo. Kakashi was handling Hidan just fine with an inferior weapon compared to Asuma/Hidan while also having to fight Kakuzu. So I'm pretty sure Shippuden Kakashi is much much more skilled than Asuma.
The Hidan comparison is a bad one, to be fair.
What people fail to remember about Hidan/Asuma, is the only time Hidan EVER hit Asuma was when he barely cut his cheek. That's important to note because most ninja don't care if they get a slight cut, because no one(well, besides Hidan or someone using poisoned weapons) can accomplish anything with just that small of a cut. All Asuma was protecting against was a significant injury. And this was a Hidan that had his rope connected to his scythe, something he didn't have vs Kakashi. Another note about Hidan vs Kakashi is Kakashi had the knowledge of knowing to not let Hidan cut him in the slightest, and thus fought in a defensive style, where as Asuma, without this knowledge, went head on against Hidan.
The issue with arguing if Asuma was truly better than Kakashi or not is Asuma is completely lacking in feats in comparison to Kakashi. I mean the databook exaggerates all the time, but I think it's fair to say that Asuma was on par with at least part 1 Kakashi in CQC. Kakashi's feats post-Asuma's death probably pushed him out of Asuma's range, but again he had the disadvantage of not being able to show anything else. Each jounin had(or was supposed to have..Kishi kinda left Asuma and Kurenai behind more or less) their own specialty. Kakashi was hyped as being well rounded, but he was known for his ninjutsu. Gai was known for his taijutsu. Asuma was known for his CQC/chakra blades. Kurenai for her genjutsu.
Part one is debatable but Zabuza bested Kakashi on their first encounter (
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) which garnered praise from Sasuke who is hardly ever impressed (
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Furthermore, Zabuza was already weakened after getting
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should explain to you why Zabuza couldn't keep up with Kakashi.
That's hardly a bested him feat, though. Kakashi was only that close in that situation to Zabuza because of needing to protect Team 7/Tazuna. I think the only "bested" aspect of that part was Zabuza "out bunshining" Kakashi, and again him having to worry about Team 7 tied in to him not having complete focus on Zabuza.
When it was just him vs Zabuza, he stopped Zabuza spinning a shuriken with just 1 hand:
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And then matched him using 2 hands with his kubikiribocho with just a kunai:
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He even stopped Zabuza's kunai(with Zabuza's force/weight behind it) with just 1 hand:
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The reason these scans are important is to show Asuma isn't outmatched in strength here, either, given he was able to hold Kisame striking down with Samehada(one handed, but note that Gai could
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), and the only reason he ended up hurt in that situation is because of samehada not being your average sword.
Of course, this all depends on Asuma blowing the mist away. If you don't think he can, then I don't guess there's much point in arguing anything. I mean, the monk technique can protect him, but whether it could kill Zabuza or not, I have no idea.
Kabuto probably just escapes the mist underground. I have no idea how you come to a conclusion on who would win that particular matchup, as it's a game of does Kabuto run out of chakra from going underground first, or does Zabuza run out from applying mist over and over again first? but I do think he chooses the route of escape while Asuma and Zabuza are brawling.
