Minato is actually weaker than a lot of Naruto Characters.

[Owarij]

Here's what Jiraiya has to say about Minato's skill and potential:



He says he had the potential to surpass everyone in history (certainly barring the Sage), hence the word "calibre". Even Tsunade agreed with that statement, but asserted his early death as the culprit of not fully fulfilling said potential.

why can't i rep you anymore ><

but yea this is what i'm saying.. jiraya said himself that Minato had a heckload of potential... to become the strongest ninja, strongest hokage , everything.. but he died young as tsunade said...​

 

[~Uzumaki~]

you simply misinterpreted the data books words which is a mistranslation BTW and made it your into your own fantasy.

and thats the reason people here think your a fucking idiot.
so it is between you and me.

Four Images Seal (四象封印, Shishou Fuuin)
Fuuinjutsu, No rank, Supplementary, Short range
(0-5m)
User: Yondaime Hokage
A sealing formula that seals evil using a circle four
images!!
As the result of a fuuinjutsu, a sealing formula is
carved into, for instance, a human body or an
object. The "Four Images Seal" is one of these. This
sealing formula is mainly used when a giant enemy
or evil spirit needs to be sealed. To use it, it is
necessary for the user to have great ability. In
Naruto, two of these "Four Images Seals" have been
carved. This is called an "Eight Trigrams Sealing-
style"*.
[picture of an infant Naruto with the freshly carved
Kyuubi seal on his stomach]
→On Naruto's abdomen is the "Sealing Formula of
the Kyuubi." The Yondaime Hokage performed it on
the infant Naruto.
*Eight Trigrams Sealing-style (八卦の封印式, Hakke no
Fuuin-shiki)
This is the databook entry.

 

[~Uzumaki~]

this doesn''t proove any of what your trying to to say about the four symbols seal.

'As a result of a fuinnjutsu a sealing formula is carved into an human body or AN OBJECT.

 

[~Uzumaki~]

but know where does it say that it can seal people or ninjas.

its said that its used to hold evil spirits. and proof that he can seal it into his kunai. it didsn't say he can use all objects.

and your translation is wrong. again

Evil spirits and large enemies, and it said objects it didn't specify which objects.
Large enemies imply massive physical entities, if it can seal this then it can seal small enemies like Totsuka sealed Orochimaru large snake form and also Nagato's relatively smaller human form.

 

[destined 2 win]

Sure the yellow flash is one of the fastest shinobis in Narutoverse. However, what he really lacks is a powerful move. So far from what we've seen the strongest weapons in his arsenal are his kunai and the rasengan. Meaning he can get behind his opponent in the blink of an eye and stab 'em with his kunai. This might be quite effective against some of the characters in Naruto. However, this puts Minato in a bad spot against the top tier naruto characters such as the kages, akatsuki members like orochimaru, itachi, pain and Madara Uchiha and Even Biiju Naruto. Rasengan, as we have seen, has been countered thousands of times in naruto. There are so many characters that can simply withstand it. For example, orochimaru can easily withstand a kunai attack or a rasengan thanks to his regenerative abilities. Minato can keep chopping him off all day but he will just keep coming out of his shells. Sage Kabuto is another character that will annihilate minato in terms of feats. Minato can rasengan him all day but he will just keep healing himself. Ninjutsu is useless against edo madara so minato will have to take him down with power moves. The problem is minato doesn't have any. Like he doesn't have any moves that will break the susanoo. Strength is a feat he seems to lack as well. Now I have no doubt in Minato's superior intellect and I can guarantee he will find a way to score a direct hit on any opponent. The only problem is that hit may not be enough to finish off some of the top rank shinobies. And that makes minato a weak match against them. Sure minato can defeat kakashi and the jonins of leaf village and even jiraiya(because he died cause of the chakra rod stab wound from pain minato can stab him too even in sage mode) with his speed. But against some characters with high defenses, hes just useless. Its a shame he had to die so early cause I am sure he would of perfected his rasengan and chakra affinity if he lived but the fact remains, Minato does not have a high power ninja move.

wtf !!!!!!! u r not even troll , u r a dumbassss

konohamaru rashingan took down a path of pain so why cant minato take down bigger opponents if he hits them in right spot .

minato can seal opponents and u must know by know the power of sealing techinques. even danzo used seal to immobilize sasuke and sasuke was so fuking pissed

minato can slit throat of opponents with kunai. add speed of minato to the kunai then his kunai is like a bullet bitch

u saw speed of A and hammer of mizukage broke through susanoo so since minato is faster than A and his kunai is sharper than hammer so scientificallly he can ripp through any fking susanoo so how about this attack

minato can easily take any opponents and then throw them to the sky or deep ocean and let them rott bitches

 

[akimofnevis]

Sure the yellow flash is one of the fastest shinobis in Narutoverse. However, what he really lacks is a powerful move. So far from what we've seen the strongest weapons in his arsenal are his kunai and the rasengan. Meaning he can get behind his opponent in the blink of an eye and stab 'em with his kunai. This might be quite effective against some of the characters in Naruto. However, this puts Minato in a bad spot against the top tier naruto characters such as the kages, akatsuki members like orochimaru, itachi, pain and Madara Uchiha and Even Biiju Naruto. Rasengan, as we have seen, has been countered thousands of times in naruto. There are so many characters that can simply withstand it. For example, orochimaru can easily withstand a kunai attack or a rasengan thanks to his regenerative abilities. Minato can keep chopping him off all day but he will just keep coming out of his shells. Sage Kabuto is another character that will annihilate minato in terms of feats. Minato can rasengan him all day but he will just keep healing himself. Ninjutsu is useless against edo madara so minato will have to take him down with power moves. The problem is minato doesn't have any. Like he doesn't have any moves that will break the susanoo. Strength is a feat he seems to lack as well. Now I have no doubt in Minato's superior intellect and I can guarantee he will find a way to score a direct hit on any opponent. The only problem is that hit may not be enough to finish off some of the top rank shinobies. And that makes minato a weak match against them. Sure minato can defeat kakashi and the jonins of leaf village and even jiraiya(because he died cause of the chakra rod stab wound from pain minato can stab him too even in sage mode) with his speed. But against some characters with high defenses, hes just useless. Its a shame he had to die so early cause I am sure he would of perfected his rasengan and chakra affinity if he lived but the fact remains, Minato does not have a high power ninja move.

he can kill everyone including edo madara with his reaper death jutsu ,lets see oro or pain survive that

 

[Baka Sennin]

true, he hasn't been shown with an overpowered move. however, don't diss rasengan, it's taken down a lot of powerful shinobi and Minato's rasengan is larger than naruto's base rasengan.

True, Orochimaru, Kabuto, or anyone with a great defence has a large advantage over minato.

however.
1. chakra isn't inifinte, kabuto may be able to stay in sm indefinitely, but orochimaru definitely can't keep puking himself up forever.
2. susanoo wielders can only remain safe for a short period of time, and at a massive cost.

now, minato has the base speed to dodge pretty much anything, and then he has teleportation.
he has great raw strength (cutting hachibi's tentacle with a mere kunai is no easy feat, sasuke managed that with an a-rank tech in chidori).
he can put marks on anything, including the opponent (think a bit on how broken that is), even sparring is deadly
he can absorb attacks with space/time barriers and redirect them (possibly back onto the opponent)
not to mention, he's said to have amongst the best sealing repertoire in the manga (which he's barely had to use so far, despite fighting very powerful opponents).

that skillset makes him one of the hardest opponents to fight against. taijutsu is a no, ninjutsu has to be extremely quick or wide ranged, you need to have great reactions and a very strong defence which can be held up for a long time. only genjutsu can work, provided that you can manage to make eye contact and ASSUMING that minato isn't very good at breaking it.

so him having no powerful attack is a bit of weakness true, but a small one. it didn't hurt him one bit vs A,Bee, and Tobi

 

[achur]

Why minato is the strongest?i will brake it down.first b4 orochimaru attack the village,the 3rd mention no shinobi in the leaf at that time can match orochimaru including him due to is old age but he did mention that,if the 4th was alive things might and will b different,meaning the 4th is stronger than the snake lord.also when tobi was defeated by the 4th,minato need not to use the death god seal,meaning he could ave use any sealing technique to seal the nine tails but he didnt and u should also note that the hiddencloud kage,praise minato for being the fastest shinobi before is death meaning the 4th is stronger the 3rd raikage cos their technigues is base on speed and quick judgement and the 4th happens to surpass every shinobi with that.you WERE saying minato cant fight against sussano but that one piece of the cake,all he need is to teleport into the sussano and just kill the uchiha and how many ninja do they mention create a technique with just chakra manipulation and it happens to be A rank level,only minatos....let me wake u up by saying minato doesnt need absolute defence bcos he cant get it, he doesnt need sage mode bcos speed surpass strenght..even sakura couldnt hit kakashi bcos he is faster...and how does minato move?like a god,and who says he cant use sage mode or dosnt ave an absolute defence.if the 4th had been alive konoha would still be in one piece,how?divert pains jutsu(almighty push) else where..and defeat pain in a matter of seconds(cos nagato is already weaken).

 

[itachixnamikaze]

minatos actually really strong.A stated that no one can ever touch him or hurt him when he wuz fighting him.I have to say minato is good but not great.

 

[Grammar Nazi]

minatos actually really strong.A stated that no one can ever touch him or hurt him when he wuz fighting him.I have to say minato is good but not great.

^^this

 

[Lt Iceman]

he can kill everyone including edo madara with his reaper death jutsu ,lets see oro or pain survive that

Not really.

Madara can use Izanagi to bypass anything that could be harmful to him,even as far as death.

So no.And with Madara,Tobi,Danzo,basically anyone that can use Izanagi.

And we still have to wait to see Izanami in action

 

[festus 05]

"minato is a genius that shows once in a generatio"by jiraiya, minato was so good if he waz allowed to live longer he would have been a cheat, even kishi agrees he might be his strongest character, shamsmu left out his incredible sealing techniques, i mean who seals a bijudama and sends it to another location. his interlect is off the charts.the rasengan is a once in a lifetime technique.remember he took on the raikage and killerbee at that stage.pls give the young guy some credit

 

[Grammar Nazi]

Not really.

Madara can use Izanagi to bypass anything that could be harmful to him,even as far as death.

So no.And with Madara,Tobi,Danzo,basically anyone that can use Izanagi.

And we still have to wait to see Izanami in action

and on the other hand minato would die izanagi won't change that.

 

[Grammar Nazi]

"minato is a genius that shows once in a generatio"by jiraiya, minato was so good if he waz allowed to live longer he would have been a cheat, even kishi agrees he might be his strongest character, shamsmu left out his incredible sealing techniques, i mean who seals a bijudama and sends it to another location. his interlect is off the charts.the rasengan is a once in a lifetime technique.remember he took on the raikage and killerbee at that stage.pls give the young guy some credit

read all the posts i have written in this thread, i have given him plenty of credits.

 

[N9NETAILSSAGENARUTO]

I don't know why I'm even wasting my time commenting..we haven't seen minato do much but from what they showed..and from what they showed he's pretty badass..
You can't really say he's weak or who's better than who..

 

[SupErAkaTsuKI]

and on the other hand minato would die izanagi won't change that.

U should remind Tobi about that technique..

Geez, u guys presumes too much..

& wats with IZANAMI? as if dat jutsu doesn't have weaknesses. D way I see it, it requires time & preparation, for an instant jumper like MINATO i don't think it will work...

 

[MadaraHashirama]

Minato was so weak that when people saw him they must retreat and get away as quickly as possible.

 

[Kira was Righteous]

Who can beat Minato?
Nagato yes
Edo Madara Yes
Tobi Maybe depending on what rinnegan techniques he has
Kabuto with edo summons of Nagato and Edo Madara hell yes by himself no
Itachi Maybe id have said minato until now because he oulasts his susanoo but he has a new technique
3rd Raikakge No
Mu No
Hiruzen Maybe
BM Naruto Yes
Sasuke No

 

[edgarmagician]

I believed you as many others have missed the point about Minato:
1. There is a reason why Sarutobi and the village made him Hokage at an early age. At least we can assume that he was as strong or stronger than Sarutobi who is a top 5 shinobi or top 3 without Eros.
2. He created the Rasengan, the highest form of chakra shape and manipulation. Everyone else learns jutsus, he created one.
3. Space time techniques. At least in par with Tobi. His FTG level 2 owned Tobi and we don't even know if he has other levels. He S/T 2 x TBB and Kurama, and owned Tobi on the same night and still sealed Kurama in Naruto. This renders most jutsus useless.
4. Speed, there is nobody in Narutoverse faster than him.
5. Sealing jutsus, he was an expert in sealing which makes him a perfect candidate to defeat an Edo Madara. Enough said for this one.
6. Intelligence, in par with Itachi, was able to figure out Tobi's power in one or two blows. Who has done that in the manga, no one. He was considered a genius.
7. Minato was never defeated in battle. He eliminated entire platoons in a flash. Ninjas from other villages were comanded to retreat if they saw Minato, which by the time they saw him it was too late and they were dead.
Minato decided to die, he wasn't killed like everyone else.
8. He was the Holage for a reason. The strongest Shinobi's in the Manga come from Konoha and he was the strongest during his time.

Minato weak, I don't think so. You should make another thread on the very few characters who could defeat Minato.

Of course there is a lot about Minato that we don't know. We'll have to wait and see if Kishi will show us some more of him.

Oh by the way, if he chops Kabuto's head off, there is no Jutsu in Narutoverse that can heal that.

 

[Kira was Righteous]

the only thing mniato can do is tie with the 3rd raikage.

izanami is irrelevant itachi lol genjutsus minato something minato doesn't have a appropriate counter for.

Minato hasnt shown a technique strong enough to get through his lightening armour but look how Naruto figured out his weakness although he did have information somehow i think Minato woud pull it of as hes smarter then naruto

Itachis genjutsu is all Close range if Mianto plays his cards right and outlasts him he could win both are smart so it would be a really good battle it is obvious to most that ninjutsu wise Itachi is stronger.

Genjutsu has never been shown to kill of high tier enemies as well its not the end game at all