Island of 1,000 Condiments

@Burning:

Sandaime, Tsunade, & Jiraiya: At this point, Sandaime was dead. Jiraiya was away, and Tsunade was no where to be seen.

Danzo: We know nothing about him, so don't start assuming.

Kakashi: First of all, how many Jounin of other Villages have been seen? Naruto is set in Konoha. Therefore, more Konoha Shinobi will be seen. However, from other Villages, we've seen many powerful Shinobi. From Kiri, look at Zabuza, Kisame, Kimimaro. From Suna, look at Gaara, Sasori, Sandaime Kazekage. Sasori destroyed a country. From Iwa, there is Deidara. Deidara is probably the only major Iwa Shinobi shown. From Kumo, we've seen virtually no one, except Yugito. Before you go on about Yugito being the second strongest, I'll stop you right here. She was decimated by Hidan and Kakashi. Team Shikamaru w/ Kakashi was almost destroyed by Kakuzu, alone. So before anyone calls her weak, stop and think. I'll also add that she'd be logically more powerful than Gaara. The Kazekage. So, Kakashi may be reputed, but by no means, is he the only reputed Jounin. Everyone I listed is from a different Village. From them, all of them are more powerful.

Platoon: The platoons are hardly comparable to Akatsuki. Team Asuma would've been exterminated by Hidan / Kakuzu. Keep in mind, this is Base Kakuzu. Hidan defeated Asuma, and Kakuzu was about to slaughter the rest of Team Asuma, in Base. He was confident even when reinforcements came for Team Asuma. In fact, the Akatsuki only fled because they had orders to do so. Otherwise, Kakuzu might've had to activate Doton. Nothing less than multiple teams with complete knowledge of Hidan's abilities ended up defeating Kakuzu. According to most members, Kakuzu is one of the weaker members of Akatsuki. So no, the platoons were not comparable to Akatsuki, at all.


So, don't start on quality. The most powerful Shinobi we've seen aren't even from Konoha. D=

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