In my honest opinion, characters like Naruto, Sasuke, Obito, Nagato, Kabuto, & even Madara can never truly be considered the strongest characters because most of their power comes from external sources, while I admit characters like Madara & Sasuke were natural geniuses & possessed considerable skill before acquiring said power, still they would not be at their current level without their brother's eyes which removed their natural limitations, characters like Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, & Minato are more impressive to me, because they reached such elite levels through purely their own abilities & will, while characters like Naruto & Nagato were bestowed their power, while I recognize Naruto would not have progressed to the point where he is were he not special, the fact remains without Kurama providing him with such power he would be irrelevant, furthermore characters like Obito & Kabuto acquired most of their power from leaching off of other notable shinobi which is by far the lowest way of acquiring power. Some of these characters may be capable of great feats but they lack what would make them truly exceptional.shodaimeicon: