Tsunade is better at protecting Konoha than other Hokage

[YellowFang]

Nope,
Hashirama & Naruto are the ones who can single-handed-ly protect the whole village...
Other than that, Minato and Tobirama are the ones who would get the job done quickly but at the cost of few causalities...
The point is Hokage doing the work alone,
And Kakashi, Tsunade & Hiruzen can't do anything about the village if they're to face such deadly challenge, they might win alone but with protecting the village, they will fail utterly...


But, in Konoha all the shinobi take part in defending the village so in different eras their defenses also differ in strength.
For e.g. in Kakashi's era, no one would dare even thinking of going up against Leaf because of obvious reasons...

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

She wasn't better than Hiruzen, that's certain

And not better than Minato too...

I acknowledged that in my post. Perhaps if you read it, you'd know that I wasn't trying to put her above any other kage in power

 

[Amaterasu]

Pein overpowered a weaken, chakra exhausted tsunade, who was busy channeling her chakra to protect the village. He used his strongest attAck and he still didn't hurt her, tsunade hurt herself.

The difference is that she was able to maintain it, and she was in a worst state than that said uchiha.

That's the least which is expect from a Hokage tbh.

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

Really? I must have missed something when I saw this scan then:

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Evaluate that's a lot of souls being spat out. And a lot of lives being revived.

Sick, and if Golden Boy Wonder was kage at that time, a whole hell of a lot more people would have died.

 

[Zavage10]

What can tsunade even do against a tbb?

Katsuyu stop that energy blast- Tsunade

Get real! There isn't anything that I can do about that!- Katsuyu

Konoha is destroyed.

 

[jiraiya nindo]

Nope,
Hashirama & Naruto are the ones who can single-handed-ly protect the whole village...
Other than that, Minato and Tobirama are the ones who would get the job done quickly but at the cost of few causalities...
The point is Hokage doing the work alone,
And Kakashi, Tsunade & Hiruzen can't do anything about the village if they're to face such deadly challenge, they might win alone but with protecting the village, they will fail utterly...


But, in Konoha all the shinobi take part in defending the village so in different eras their defenses also differ in strength.
For e.g. in Kakashi's era, no one would dare even thinking of going up against Leaf because of obvious reasons...

True. Kakashi's era was full of really strong shinobi in konoha. But the real reason why nobody would mess with konoha during that era was.........the 3rd hokage. There were hokage that were so fearsome that konoha's enemies wouldnt even dare attack the village outright, only in secret plots.

Obviously tsunade wasn't one of those hokage

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

Nope,
Hashirama & Naruto are the ones who can single-handed-ly protect the whole village...
Other than that, Minato and Tobirama are the ones who would get the job done quickly but at the cost of few causalities...
The point is Hokage doing the work alone,
And Kakashi, Tsunade & Hiruzen can't do anything about the village if they're to face such deadly challenge, they might win alone but with protecting the village, they will fail utterly...


But, in Konoha all the shinobi take part in defending the village so in different eras their defenses also differ in strength.
For e.g. in Kakashi's era, no one would dare even thinking of going up against Leaf because of obvious reasons...

In the OP

This excludes Hashirama and Naruto, for obvious reasons.

Don't people know how to read on this site?

 

[Dockinabix]

Some people like to forget that tsunade is a healer, not a fighter. Alone she isn't that strong against a big foe, but in a combo, she is very useful.

The Hokage protects Konoha. Tsunade protected konoha with what she is good at: Healing. She saved many lives from this threat.
Fighting pein would only put her into the cemetery. She did justice to the Hokage title, by saving an important part of the village.

She made her job well, but that doesn't make her better than the other Hokage who protected Konoha.

Minato example shows it: he won entire battles nearly by himself, he saved konoha from a bijuu bomb who could have eradicated the village in a worse way than pein, (without any known loss), and don't forget that he solo'd kicked Obito's ass during the mayhem.

Hiruzen knew that his men and women could handle the attack, so he focused on his direct oponent. He had faith in his soldiers.
It's also a part of the Hokage job. If your men can do the job, let them do it.

Tobirama, well, by the fact that he is at least equal /above the two others, by logical state he has what it takes to protect the village.

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

Some people like to forget that tsunade is a healer, not a fighter. Alone she isn't that strong against a big foe, but in a combo, she is very useful.

The Hokage protects Konoha. Tsunade protected konoha with what she is good at: Healing. She saved many lives from this threat.
Fighting pein would only put her into the cemetery. She did justice to the Hokage title, by saving an important part of the village.

She made her job well, but that doesn't make her better than the other Hokage who protected Konoha.

Minato example shows it: he won entire battles nearly by himself, he saved konoha from a bijuu bomb who could have eradicated the village in a worse way than pein, (without any known loss), and don't forget that he solo'd kicked Obito's ass during the mayhem.

Hiruzen knew that his men and women could handle the attack, so he focused on his direct oponent. He had faith in his soldiers.
It's also a part of the Hokage job. If your men can do the job, let them do it.

Tobirama, well, by the fact that he is at least equal /above the two others, by logical state he has what it takes to protect the village.

For once, a well thought out post.

 

[Conspirator.]

Decent thread.

 

[V h o]

So the village being completely leveled and countless deaths equals good protection Lol

 

[Bantos]

Some people like to forget that tsunade is a healer, not a fighter. Alone she isn't that strong against a big foe, but in a combo, she is very useful.

The Hokage protects Konoha. Tsunade protected konoha with what she is good at: Healing. She saved many lives from this threat.
Fighting pein would only put her into the cemetery. She did justice to the Hokage title, by saving an important part of the village.

She made her job well, but that doesn't make her better than the other Hokage who protected Konoha.

Minato example shows it: he won entire battles nearly by himself, he saved konoha from a bijuu bomb who could have eradicated the village in a worse way than pein, (without any known loss), and don't forget that he solo'd kicked Obito's ass during the mayhem.

Hiruzen knew that his men and women could handle the attack, so he focused on his direct oponent. He had faith in his soldiers.
It's also a part of the Hokage job. If your men can do the job, let them do it.

Tobirama, well, by the fact that he is at least equal /above the two others, by logical state he has what it takes to protect the village.

Saying Tsunade isn't a fighter is bullshit. Who was it who finally landed a strike against Madara? Tsunade.
The four other kage were trying their best but couldn't pull of what Tsunade did.

 

[1Told]

she did her best but no, she's not the best kage, the problem is the job because very few people can protect everybody in the village and fight against a villain at the same time (only Naruto and Sasuke can).

Tsunade protected the most people she could but in front of Pain, she would have died in an instant unlike Jiraya and only Naruto could took him down to save both the village and her.

every kage did their best but the system is just stupid so it's not really their fault if they failed.

 

[jiraiya nindo]

she did her best but no, she's not the best kage, the problem is the job because very few people can protect everybody in the village and fight against a villain at the same time (only Naruto and Sasuke can).

Tsunade protected the most people she could but in front of Pain, she would have died in an instant unlike Jiraya and only Naruto could took him down to save both the village and her.

every kage did their best but the system is just stupid so it's not really their fault if they failed.

Yeah, tsunade would have never beat pain. No way it was going to happen, even if she didn't protect everyone from shinra tensei. To me, that is the disappointing part. I understand she was picked based on her healing abilities but IMO she should've never been hokage in the first place. A hokage needs to have destructive power and be the strongest in the village.

I think she was picked more for her nurturing role as naruto's pseudo-mom and because of the reputation that comes with being a sannin. That reputation is largely due to orochimaru and jiraiya.

It's the same thing for sakura. After the 4th shinobi war, they will probably memorialize her for being part of the new sannin but we all know that the reputation garnered for the 'new sannin' is largely due to sasuke and naruto.

 

[Dockinabix]

Saying Tsunade isn't a fighter is bullshit. Who was it who finally landed a strike against Madara? Tsunade.
The four other kage were trying their best but couldn't pull of what Tsunade did.

Did you even read the fight ?

Sorry but It was a clone, it was 5v1 and he wasn't going full throttle. Even if she is powerful she is quite slow and when she "hit" madara, she just destroyed a clone. ( she got impaled for that but didn't had any result in the end)

For her to perform this fight she had to use a forbidden technique. ( A forbidden technique that only her knows ( her saying) but later sakura use, yay another mistake from kishi)

And again you don't read all sentences. Alone, she isn't a threat against "big foes", but when she works on a team she is very dangerous.
Against pein, she had no weapons, fighting head on would have killed her. Tsunade is a healer with advanced defensive skills and a big regenertion power. She have power strike, but alone it's close to impossible to reach alone since she is not very fast. But in a group she is devastating.

For the last sentence.

Onoki neutralised all 4 clones with tsunade chakra boost (because he was running out of juice otherwise he would have been able to do it alone). Raikage overspeeded Madara, having him to lunch basic susanoo. Gaara sand manipulated and restrained several time madara ( one time for the rasenshuriken, the other right before perfect susanoo If I remember correctly) while giving cover. Mei lava was strong enough to be acknowledged by madara, (she did mist tech too for group fight too but not sure.)

Other than punching a clone with the help of the 4 other kage, she just took a beating with scarse comebacks. She didn't do better than the others, she did the same amount of work.

 

[FemmeFatale]

What can tsunade even do against a tbb?

Katsuyu stop that energy blast- Tsunade

Get real! There isn't anything that I can do about that!- Katsuyu

Konoha is destroyed.

Naruto was seen Punching a TBB away with brute strength, Tsunade can

 

[GinkgoLeaf Girl]

Some people like to forget that tsunade is a healer, not a fighter. Alone she isn't that strong against a big foe, but in a combo, she is very useful.

The Hokage protects Konoha. Tsunade protected konoha with what she is good at: Healing. She saved many lives from this threat.
Fighting pein would only put her into the cemetery. She did justice to the Hokage title, by saving an important part of the village.

She made her job well, but that doesn't make her better than the other Hokage who protected Konoha.

Minato example shows it: he won entire battles nearly by himself, he saved konoha from a bijuu bomb who could have eradicated the village in a worse way than pein, (without any known loss), and don't forget that he solo'd kicked Obito's ass during the mayhem.

Hiruzen knew that his men and women could handle the attack, so he focused on his direct oponent. He had faith in his soldiers.
It's also a part of the Hokage job. If your men can do the job, let them do it.

Tobirama, well, by the fact that he is at least equal /above the two others, by logical state he has what it takes to protect the village.

Saying Tsunade isn't a fighter is bullshit. Who was it who finally landed a strike against Madara? Tsunade.
The four other kage were trying their best but couldn't pull of what Tsunade did.

With a few key exceptions (i.e. Chiyo, Kabuto, Shizune, Sakura etc.), medics usually aren't combative, just as how shinobi typically don't possess healing abilities beyond basic first aid. This dichotomy may determine the type of skill set a shinobi has, and the fact that Tsunade can heal and fight (even if she isn't the best in the latter), is pretty awesome.

I disagree that she is the best Kage, or a better Kage than her predecessors as each had their own unique way of handling situations reflecting particular historical, political, economic and/or social contexts during their respective reigns. But I do agree that her character as well as her accomplishments and skills may be under-appreciated. Her passion, leadership and commitment to the health and well-being of her people is what makes Tsunade a great Hokage, just as how these qualities have made the previous Kages great as well. I think what stands out for me is her political standpoint and the paradigm she practiced under after her encounter with Naruto. Her no-nonsense/no beating around the bush personality (drinking and gambling tendencies aside, which I think are more for comic relief) is appealing as well. There is no doubt that she is deserving of the Hokage title, and given the hand she had been dealt with, she did pretty well.

 

[MinaButt]

Sure why not

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

So the village being completely leveled and countless deaths equals good protection Lol

A whole hell of a lot better if than other kage would have done in that situation. She still saved a bunch of shinobi and konoha citizens. I guess you didn't bother to read either, lol

 

[super yang]

''Tsunade is better at protecting Konoha than other Hokage'' = non-sequitur

''Kakashi is better at summoning dogs in Kirigakure than other Jounin'' = non sequitur