thank you finally someone realizes that minato never reached his prime or he would have been at the level of prime hiruzen (god of shinobi) who even admitted only the 4th could defeat orochimaru xd minato winsA said he fought Minato many times and lost every time. He said that Minato's abilities were "so far advanced that I don't think anyone could surpass him". This is an echo of what Jiraiya said in the Tsunade Arc in Part 1, saying Minato had the potential to become the strongest ninja in history, but died before said potential was realized.