Not sure what the first paragraph was supposed ti hint about A, but his emotions and hot temper is what caused him not lose an arm against sasuke but also to be disregarded as the leader of the alliance.
-It was suppose to show you that A isn't ruled by his emotions and hot temper, his village wouldn't have made him Raikage if this was true. Also in the end as I showed with a link Mifune made A the leader of the alliance after Tobi left because he saw A take control of the situation while the other kages didn't.
Jiraiya is minato's teacher, he would say that about him no different to what sarutobi says about oro. What kakashi says about sasuke...etc. Every genius has gotten praise by their teacher and this is no different. What jiraiya said is specifically confined to his other students, being nagato, konan, yahiko and naruto. If he was to teach all the genius and say such a statement will i take it as a fact, but what he said is limited to his students only because he hasnt trained any other genius to make his statement valid.
-Being a teacher still doesn't mean what they say should be discredited, Kakashi praised Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Itachi, Minato. And Yahiko was the leader of Akatsuki and did a great job at it until he sacrificed his life to save Konan. Nagato is kind of a genius in his own way and was called the child of destiny before Minato. Tsunade said Hiruzen always meant for Jiraiya to be hokage meaning even tho he praised Orochimaru that he recognized Jiraiya as the better man.You must be registered for see links
People on nb really cannot distinguish between opinion and fact it seems
Obviously jiraiya isnt an idiot, but he isnt the smartest either.
-You don't have to be smart to know if someone stacks up to another from their feats. Kakashi said Naruto is the only one who can surpass Minato, is this his opinion too? Kakashi praised many ninjas but why would he set the bar for Naruto to Minato? Yes he's his father but shouldn't he set the bar to the strongest ninja so Naruto can fullfill his goal of becoming the strongest hokage and protect the village.
Actually the only time we saw their duel, bee was with A along with other cloud fodders. But from A's speech it seems to have usually a 1 vs 1 duel. Minato is faster due to ftg, but in base speed, in shunshin A in v2 is faster. Also Minato's kunai wouldnt have left a mark on A. We saw that sasuke's chidori sphere left a little mark on A who complimented that he was able to leave such a mark on him, this hints that he is very confident in his defence. Secondly he tanked Juugo blast from point blank range and nothing happened. That kunai wouldnt have done anything. Bee being a brother would automatically rush to A's defence because its instinct, he reacted before he can even think
-Yes but Bee and A were a tag team meaning that they were always together until A became the Raikage (Kages can't leave the village except for serious matters) so it's safe to say Bee was there for the other fights. Also Bee and A aren't really brothers, they didn't know each other until Bee passed the test to become A's partner but they do care about each other. Isn't it your opinion if Bee reacted out of instinct instead of saving his teammate from getting killed?
-Sasuke didn't hurt A at all, he simply touched A's chest. This is also over 16 years after Minato and A fought so of course A would have gotten stronger. Minato can mark seals on A since it's only being place on A and not piercing the skin. Seeing how the 4 triagram seals chakra, couldn't Minato seal A's lightning armor? The lightning armor increases A's speed, reflexes, power and defenses.
Youve already acknolwedged that what a said was false, because there are lot of stronger opponents than him. Smartest in the manga?, thats your opinion and nothing more. I find it annoying when minato fans along with itachi fans and shikamaru fans keep on saying he would find a way because he is smart. You see just because you can figure out a technique doesnt mean you have what it takes to use it to your advantage
-Yes it is my opinion and it would change when I see someone calculate stategies and theories in seconds with little to no info. minato was able to see the strenghts and weakness of chidori in seconds of seeing it once, created a A rank jutsu by seeing a tbb and was able to compare Tobi's S/T jutsu to his and Tobirama and made up a plan to seal Kurama in Naruto along with creating a key to control the seal, sealing his and Kushina's chakra into Naruto to help him at certain times, allow Kurama's chakra naturally mix with Naruto's and sealed the Yang half of Kurama's chakra into Naruto (Naruto has the Sage's body which is yang so it makes it yang+yang).