Orochimaru isn't the strongest guy

[Raven]

But there's also the arguement that Oro only said that because he puts so much faith in jutsus, and Itachi's Sharingan assures him of lots of jutsus, so therefore Oro assume's Itachi is stronger.

Don't get me wrong though, I myself believe that Itachi is the strongest character introduced so far (that is still currently alive). And I'm not a fanboy. I think if it came to the crunch, in a battle between the two of them Itachi would win.

But let's not get into that now, coz there's a whole allocated thread to that issue.

[itachi_]

I think that Itachi and Yondaime are/were the strongest, and hokage 3rd when he was younger of course...

[Gods_Son]

Originally posted by: itachi_
I think that Itachi and Yondaime are/were the strongest, and hokage 3rd when he was younger of course...

I agree, Orochimaru admits that he thinks he's weaker than Itachi, and says to the third you could've beat me if you were younger, and the 4th is just supposed to be ridiculous. Jiraiya is at his level also, but Orochimaru is definately the strongest bad guy in the anime right now.