Some really good points and really detailed, your making my thread look like a one word post now lolThe 3rd kazekage isn't nearly as powerful as you make him out to be- if any character's techniques are listed off they sound impressive, but you're exaggerating the 3rd kazekage's prowess.
Despite what you say, Sasori defeated the 3rd kazekage. Sasori deftly infiltrated the sand village, and killed the 3rd kazekage without alerting anybody. After all, Sasori only needed to cut his opponent to immobilize them with a fatal poison- we automatically know that the 3rd kazekage was defeated by puppets. Can you imagine the 3rd raikage even being cut by one of Sasori's puppets?
Aside from the scant information known about the 3rd kazekage during his lifetime, his kekkei genkai lived on in a human puppet. It's fair to say we know the limit of the 3rd kazekage's kekkei genkai based on this performance- though in life, the 3rd kazekage's iron sand would be much weaker than when he was a human puppet; the iron sand would no longer be soaked in Sasori's poison.
The iron sand was shown to be similar in principle to Gaara's absloute defence/sand manipulation, in that the 3rd kazekage was able to manipulate it and use it as a weapon, but it lacks Gaara's precision and defences. The iron sand took on the form of imprecise 3-d shapes, and was highly ineffective against a ninja even slightly skilled at evasion- Sakura dodged the iron sand flawlessly. When the iron sand was even close to hitting her, Sakura slapped aside the 3rd kazekage's iron sand and avoided harm; the only time Sakura was actually cut by the iron sand (the 3rd kazekage's ultimate iron sand jutsu) it was revealed right afterwards that she let herself be hit, in order to make Sasori think his poison took effect. Sakura had an antidote, and yes, she smashed a human puppet of the 3rd kazekage... but it's safe to say if she had been battling a living 3rd kazekage the result would be the same. With an attack speed that can't even match Sakura's, how could the 3rd kazekage expect to touch the lightning-fast raikage, even if we pretend the kazekage could hurt the raikage through his lightning armor?
BUT even with the knowledge that Sakura can defeat the 3rd kazekage, it's too early to assume he would lose to the 3rd raikage. Tsunade compared to Ay makes me think the 3rd raikage might not even be able to defeat Sakura... With that I find that there's nothing left to say about the 3rd kazekasge. The abilities you detailed about him controlling blood aren't canon, so they don't even apply. After scrutiny, my opinion is that the 3rd kazekage isn't very impressive.
I don't want to get into detail about the 3rd raikage because I didn't really like him, but his abilities are actually very powerful compared to the 3rd kazekage's.
-the 3rd raikage's lightning armor is unbelievably durable. The 8 tails strongest technique wasn't strong enough to pierce it (although the impact was enough to jar the raikage's arm, forcing him to stab himself). Not even Naruto's wind style: rasenshuriken was able to break through the lightning armor; wind style is supposed to have an advantage over lightning style, and rasenshuriken is the strongest wind style technique in the manga, yet the raikage's lightning armor shrugged it off. The only weapon able to pierce this armor is the raikage's own lightning style jutsu, but no ninja can replicate his jutsu to use it against him. The only way to defeat the 3rd raikage is to force him to hit himself.
-the 3rd raikage is fast. Much faster than Sakura, or Sasori's puppets. If the 3rd kazekage's techniques couldn't catch Sakura, then he'll never be fast enough to hit the raikage.
-the 3rd raikage's lightning-blade-ish jutsu is able to pierce any defence. The 3rd kazekage is dead if the raikage uses this jutsu.
-I haven't seen the 3rd raikage use his black lightning, but that's an extra layer of (unneeded) insurance for the raikage in an already one-sided fight.
Unless the 3rd kazekage could somehow contrive to use the tailed-beast bomb, or learn rasengan to replicate the impact of tbb (and somehow develop sage-mode level reflexes to counter the raikage's speed), then the 3rd kazekage has absolutley no hope of defeating the 3rd raikage.
EDIT: It's ridiculous to think the kazekage could suffocate people with his iron sand. It sounds cool and all, but until we see Gaara doing a similar technique there is absolutely no reason to think the 3rd kazekage was so much better than Gaara.
The 3rd kazekage isn't able to just fill the raikage's lungs with the iron sand, if this technique existed Sasori would have defeated Chiyo and Sakura, and Gaara would use his sand in his own variation of the jutsu. It's not a real technique..Lol i used to think like you bobnosis, now i actually think
Your not understanding how powerful Magnet Release and Iron Sand are
Some really good points and really detailed, your making my thread look like a one word post now lol
Your argument here is you need someone with more sheer force than the Third Raikage
Honestly Shikamaru could beat him if he was stronger e.g. Kage Level
The Third Kazekage was the genius who understood the One Tail's powers and even replicated them through his home made Kekkei Genkai of Magnet Release. Not to mention he can freely manipulate his iron sand into a seemingly infinite number of uses.
Being immune to all metallic weapons is severely underrated with people imagining him only being good against TenTen.
This is a considerable amount of Iron in the blood, adding to the fact that the Third Raikage is huge and is obviously very muscular boosts the amount from average to super high in terms of iron content in the blood. If he can't control you then at the least im sure he can clot the iron into one main artery in your body causing a heart attack/stroke and severe internal damage.
"The Third's armour is very durable" was what you said more or less, you have to remember under every hard exterior, every impenetrable suit of armour lies a very fragile man who could die from the slightest damage to his internal and vital organs - The Third's Kazekage using iron sand particles to make his lungs slowly fill up till he suffocates and can no longer fight. Also as the fight progresses the Third's performance will slowly deplete and eventually it would get to a point where he can no longer actually keep up with the Third Kazekage because of the condition his lungs are in.
Overall the Third Kazekage is severely underrated and the Third Raikage is overrated
Two Fatal mistakes in a fight
1) Don't underestimate your opponent (Shikamaru and Hidan)
2) Don't Overestimate yourself (Deidara and Saskue)
Lol i'm really enjoying debating with you, you've given so many points and i hope you have more
4-6 grams, definitely enough to fill up one artery or cause considerable damage to itThe 3rd kazekage isn't able to just fill the raikage's lungs with the iron sand, if this technique existed Sasori would have defeated Chiyo and Sakura, and Gaara would use his sand in his own variation of the jutsu. It's not a real technique..
I really hate to be the one who points this out, but when you say that there is "a considerable amount of iron in the blood" you're incorrect. Our bodies are 0.008% iron, or roughly 4-6 grams. Grade 10 chemistry..In the raikage, a large man, this balance remains the same- unless he's unhealthy and has slightly less or slightly more iron in his blood than usual. Even if the 3rd kazekage posessed the ability to control all iron in the world, the amount in the human body is insignificant.
You seem to think that the 3rd kazekage has magnetic powers and can universally manipulate iron with his chakra. But, like Gaara, the 3rd kazekage has a set amount of sand, but unlike Gaara, the 3rd kazekage can't turtn to the earth around him to create more iron sand. Naruto defeated a reanimated shinobi in the world war who had magnetism style as his kekkei genkai, but this isn't to be confused with iron sand.
Your argument about ninja tools being useless is irrelevant. Ninja tools aren't restricted by magnetism because the 3rd kazekage doesn't use magnetism style. Chiyo's puppets/puppet arm were only useless because Sasori clogged the puppets joints with iron sand. The iron sand didn't affect human bodies.
The 3rd kazekage isn't underrated, he's underwhelming. The 3rd raikage's hype is 100% justified, he's one of the most powerful characters ever to be shown in the manga.
Before you start listing the kazekage's abilities, find links to the manga detailing these techniques. Show the 3rd kazekage's iron sand fill a human characters lungs causing them to suffocate. Show the 3rd kazekage "blood bend"characters by controlling the 0.008% iron found within the human body.
To demonstrate how impractical your theory is:
Iron content in the human body = 0.008%
Water content in the human body = 50-65% (average per adults)
Nobody thinks that water-style ninja users can control the water in their opponents bodies to "blood bend" them.
we have seen what the 3rd raikage can do by taking on a army for 3 days > stamina plus strongest offence weapon along with a strong armor sasori posion needle can get a him neither can the kazekage iron sand.controling people by iron in their blood this is not avatar the last air bender with all this bloodbending.We have not seen anything from him and he has no hype of beating any one.Provide the facts in the Manga that proves 3rd Raikage > Sasori orstfu
Ive BEEN aware the kazekage will lose to the raikage but not easily either and it still can be said either has a chance too
Lol any other comments on this other abilities that aren't theoretical?The iron in peoples body produced alone is no where enough to manipulate, He would have to physically inject iron in peoples body, As his oppinent being the third raikage i don't see that possible for obvious reasons. Also since when could third kazekage blood bend? This isn't avatar lol if that ability were in naruto verse it would be beyond haxxed.