MAN the hate Hidan receives on this site is unbelievable: It's clear the weakest is Zetsu. IT'S STATED IN THE ANIME FOR CRISE SAKE.
Hidan: The most underrated Akatsuki member
(I did have a lot to write about so please bear with me)
As you can probably guess from my profile picture I am a big fan of Hidan. However I have noticed that there appears to be a lot of hate towards Hidan on this site. More than often I see people stating that Hidan is just fodder and the weakest of the Akatsuki. I don’t mind people stating their opinion and I openly admit that Hidan is near the bottom in terms of strength when it comes to the Akatsuki. However saying that Hidan is the weakest of the Akatsuki or that Hidan is a weak ninja in general, is, in my opinion, a very unfair and simplistic view. I believe the reason why Hidan is so underrated is because his main strength is his defensive ability rather than his offensive ability (which TBH is still pretty good). As a result his main strengths tends to be overlooked by most people. I am going to analyse the most common arguments against Hidan and come up with reasons against them:
1) “Hidan would have lost against Asuma if Kakuzu hadn’t been there to sew his head back on”.
True. But had Shikamaru and those other two leaf Shinobi not been there, Asuma would have lost pretty quickly. Not to mention, in my opinion people tend to underrated Asuma as a character as well (son of the third Hokage and one of the twelve ninja guardians). Hidan has bettered strong shinobi before and won near unscaved: He defeated Chikaru on his own, also the Naruto wiki states that Hidan was the one who took down the two tails.
2) “Without Immortality Hidan would be weak”
You can’t really take away someone’s main strength and call them weak. If you take away anyone’s main strength they become weak: Deidara without Clay bombs is weak, Sasori without puppets is weak, Kakuzu without his hearts is weak, Itachi without Sharingan loses a lot of his power, Kisame without his sword loses a lot of his power, Nagato without reinagan is weak, Konan without paper thingy (don’t know its name) is weak. This pretty much applies to anyone in the Naruto universe. I agree that Hidan is a one trick pony. But immortally is one hell of a trick
3) “Hidan lost to Shikamaru. Therefore he is weak”
Hidan did not lose to Shikamaru. He lost to Kakashi, Shikamaru, Ino and Chouji. (Though I do admit that Kakuzu was helping and Ino and Chouji were pretty much useless in that fight). Not to mention team Shikamaru had a huge amount of time to prepare (and set up a giant trap) when Hidan and Kakuzu where completely unprepared. Had most other Akatsuki members been in that same situation Hidan was in, they would be equally as screwed. Also if we a judging it like this then I guess we have to say that Sasori is weak because he lost to Sakura or that Deidara is weak because he lost to Sai (when he was reanimated).
4) “Hidan is the slowest in the Akatsuki” and “All you have to do is cut his head off”
(I know this is two points but all well). Being the slowest in the Akatsuki isn’t really saying much. I mean it’s like being a bronze Olympic runner: you’re not the fastest but you’re by no means slow. Not to mention that Hidan doesn’t need to be fast. He takes advantage of his opponents by being unpredictable and out enduring them. Cutting off his head is a lot harder than people make it out to be. Firstly the Naruto wiki states that severing limbs from Hidan is harder than severing them from normal people due to his enhanced endurance. Also people make it sound as if he would just stand there and let people do it. He wouldn’t. If anything it’s what he wants people to try and do; lure them in so he can get a blood sample. Not to mention cutting off his head is near the only to ay to beat him.
5) “Hidan ritual requires a lot of time to prepare and is near useless”
It’s true Hidan’s ritual is quite slow to prepare (namely the symbol on the ground). However can you imagine how overpowered he would be if he didn’t require the symbol??? Besides Hidan usually makes the symbol at the beginning of the battle, and even though it is slow to prepare it is VERY effective.
Well these are my responses to these statements. Please post your opinion bellow I would be more than happy to listen and reply to you. However please respond responsibly.
Tier 1 (Among the most powerful Naruto characters): Pain
Tier 2 (Very few can challenging them, only a Kage could match them): Itachi, Sasori, Orochimaru
Tier 3 (Very powerful, could probably hold their own against a Kage): Kisame, Kakuzu, Sasuke (Mangekyō Sharingan not eternal).
Tier 4 (Some of the most powerful Jounin out their, few can match them): Deidara, Hidan, Konan
Tier 5 (Powerful but nothing special) : Suigetsu, Jugo, Zetsu
Tier 6 (Weak by Akatsuki standards) : Karin, Yūra, Mukade
