Minato vs A

Well, I think that's a little bit of an exaggeration. A and Bee were young and don't seem to have nearly the fighting prowess they do now. Also unlike Madara, they obviously did not know how the FTG technique works. That said, it looks like at that point in time, he could have handily soloed them.

Originally posted by Darth Angel

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It seems pretty clear by the last chapter that Minato could have beat A AND Killer Bee on his own.

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phuck no

Minato would have defeated both with not much difficulty in the past. Look how tired Bee was after attacking.

Also a nice feat for A(and Minato obviously). A isn't even visible.

Nowadays though, even if I do think Minato could beat A, Bee is another story entirely.

Would have been cool to see the fight go on longer. I doubt that Kunai would have finished A off and if he had enough time to learn the FTG's secret, it would have made it a more even battle.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Well, I think that's a little bit of an exaggeration. A and Bee were young and don't seem to have nearly the fighting prowess they do now. Also unlike Madara, they obviously did not know how the FTG technique works. That said, it looks like at that point in time, he could have handily soloed them.

A was not "young." He was a full grown man, at that point. In his 20s or 30s.

20s maybe, but I could see high teens as well. Definitely decades younger than modern A.

Originally posted by Q99
20s maybe, but I could see high teens as well. Definitely decades younger than modern A.

No, not "decades" younger than Modern A.

Minato was in his same "getup" as he was during Kakashi Gaiden. It could be during the great war or right after (slightly before he became hokage.)

That's, at best, 17-19 years prior.

One year after the war, Minato became hokage. Somewhere between right after the war and his hokage-ship, he impregnated Kushina. A bit after he became Hokage, Naruto was born. There's 2-3 years difference between having Naruto and his death and what was saw between A and Minato this last chapter.

Originally posted by dadudemon
A was not "young." He was a full grown man, at that point. In his 20s or 30s.

it's at least 16 years before naruto's birth + plus how many years it took for minato to become hokage from that point since he was already the hokage when he knocked up naruto's mom.

Originally posted by King Kandy
I meant young, relative to what he is now. And he looks pretty young to me, likely still in his 20s.

lulz.

Then I agree. 🙂

http://www.mangareader.net/93-55203-3/naruto/chapter-501.html

http://www.mangareader.net/93-55203-4/naruto/chapter-501.html

This is Raikage level speed feat. And vs a very powerful Sharigan user.

Personally, I still think that both Raikage and Minato are more or less in the same super human class of speed and reflexes anyway, the 2 fastest Naruto characters until now.

As for as fighting power, I personally think that while Raikage has the strength advantage, Minato has the intellect advantage, with combined with his Hirashin makes him probably stronger then Raikage.

But is this shocking anyway? Raikage himself seems to put Minato in the highest shinobi level.

As far as we can go from here, is just reader preferance.