Ur probably not making sense because ur new here. So let me help u out.Not knowing anything about the charachters I know that sage ninja is even or just below kage level. J-man is sage>itachi is jounin or anbu wich both are lower than sage. Also not knowing anything about the charachters knowing that being a sage ninja is a huge deal....only 3 in the entire ninja world. lastly Itachi admitted being weaker than J-man. I am also by far not a big J-man fan I prefer rock lee (even though he sucks)
3 sages?? Where does it say this?
It only says 3 sannin which is a title not a rank, it does not mean anything but a ninja who put up a fight against Hanzo. Now I am not saying the 3 Sannin aren't strong but they aren't the only 3 sages nor are they above everything else but kage lol.
Sage is not a rank at all and if u meant sannin then that is not one either so why say its below kage lol. All the sannin were on par with a kage but Itachi is on a whole other level than most kages.
Itachi never admit that, he only told Kisame that he is on par with J-man. But of course he was lying to Kisame because he did not want to hurt the village or its ninja specially not it's strongest ninja, oh and I hope u know Itachi isnt evil xd. That whole akatsuki mission was a lie, Itachi said he came to capture Naruto but instead he came to see Sasuke in reality. So WHAT wud he get by killing Jiraiya??
Lastly Itachi is not a jonin, he was the captain of the anbus at age 13. And btw rank doesn't matter that much because Naruto is a genin and so are you saying that tenten is stronger than Naruto??
I just helped u out a bit cuz ur new but usually ppl wud make fun of u.