People say itachi is strongest character introduced, but what about naruto?

[Hotsuma]

Originally posted by: hiten mitsurugi
There's a few things I would like to point out.

If you believe that Naruto was using Kyubi Chakra just because of a melodramatic drawing of Naruto with changes in his appearance then, you guys can believe it.

So if the change in appearance hints at Naruto using Kyubi Chakra then I guess Naruto wasn't using Kyubi chakra during the Gaara fight. I mean when he summoned Gamabunta, he didn't show any feline characteristic. So he must have summoned Gamabunta out of his own Chakra. Well then damn, Naruto is getting very strong.

So I guess it wasn't just an overzealous artist.

*GASP!!* Holy crap, Hiten!! Naruto's Kyuubi chakra is FALLIBLE!! OMG IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.


Anyway, it might be different in the manga (I haven't read in a long time), but in the anime, episode 78 and above, it clearly shows him summoning Gamabunta, without using the Kyuubi chakra. That also means, he summoned those thousands of bunshins against Gaara, too. No biggie though. He did do that before, too after all.

But yeah. Naruto used Kyuubi chakra against Kimimaro.

[HerioMortis]

The thing is Naruto automaticly uses Kyubis chakra, example: Havent they always talked about Naruto having a greater chakra stamina cuz of Kyubi? Doesnt it seem very unlikely that Naruto can summon Gamabunta with his own chakra when about a week ago he only could summon tadpoles, the thing that is reasonable though is that he summoned Gamakichi with his own chakra.
The thing is that when Naruto "asks" Nine tails for power, he gets a much larger boost of power and speed etc, no?
So the logical answer would be that Naruto taps into Kyubi's chakra when he makes that 1000 clones attack or summoning Gama Bunta, thats what he learned from Jiraya, not learning how to ask nicely to a demon :S

Well there are 2 resons for me thinking that Itachi surpasses Naruto with power 1, Well yust use common sense and think about it. 2, Why would the Akatsuki send someone who is weaker than someone they are supposed to retrieve?

[androshalforc]

Sure Naruto has Kyuubi but if you take that away from him he's a second-class ninja. He didn't have a family, but for a long time Sasuke didn't have one either. Naruto DOES NOT have natural talent, he doesn't think rationally and thereforehe tries to make up for this he trained twice as hard as everyone else. Once again, the hero complex of many Anime comes into play where their shear determination to become the best or whatever drives the story. Not to hate on Naruto he's one of my favourite characters ever, but he really is nothing without his given advantages: Kyuubi, reading the forbidden scroll of seals when other's have not, and Jiraiya as a teacher. If Itachi or even Sasuke don't use their Sharingans they are still top rate Ninjas.

If you take the kyubi away from naruto he would be nothing more than a second rate ninja mabie thats true but if you take it away you should take it all away right from the beginning.
no kyubi means the 4th (currently believed to be narutos father) diddent die most likely hes mother (whom i assume died because of kyubi or something im not really sure howor what happened to her) diddent die or whatever.
this leads to some things that might actuallly make naruto more powerfull than he currently is
1 he would have had a father who was a kage and the 4th would have probobly trained naruto himself
2 he would probobly also have an elite tutor who is a closet pervert, much like the one konahamaru has
3 he wouldent have been an outcast from the town would have had friends who would have taken the time to help him with his training instead of dooing it all by himself
4 naruto gains all the thousands of juitsus that the village knows but loses the immense power of the kyuibi
5 so in this case naruto might easily be on par with itachi
6 theres nothing special about naruto and therefore this anime would never have come to be and we wouldent be here right now discussing it

be careful what you wish for