Is the Third Hokage weak?

[Nine Tailed Demon]

I've been seeing in a lot of other posts, users thinking he is weak. Why? He is Hokage for a reason...

[Kagari]

^^ Yeah, that's what i figured....he looks weak, but you all know he's MASS powerful. If you think about it, he is more powerful than every other ninja in konoha. That's why he's Hokage.

Stronger than Kakashi, stronger than Gai, stronger than all the jounins, chuunins, genins....the 3rd is definately badass, we just havent seen it yet.

[Beautiful Green Beast]

riiight! I hope to see him fight soon...

[Shardz]

no hes not weak, i havent read the other topics on this but maybe they are saying he was better in his prime. after all, age can weaken u in some cases and since hes prob just been sitting in his chair looking at naruto do sexy no justu, http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif hes weaker now then he was in his 30s or 40s

[Death BOO Z]

it was stated in anime (i think at the ep with the kyubi) and in the manga (chap 94) that the third is the strongest of all and was called the 'professor'...

i know it doesn't sound immpresive, and you might think he came from Sliders of Futurama ("a succsessor to the professor?" Zoidberg, 'a clone of my own'), but it probably means he can kick serious ass...

EDIT: wrote 4th instead of 3rd, sorry bout that!

[DB_Hunter]

You mean the 4th was the strongest of all and the 3rd was the professor?

[Guest]

I only believe my eyes. And I wanna see 4th kick serious deep butt. Make them feel old man!!

[Evil Eyes]

I don't *think* he's weak. I *believe* that he's extremely powerful despite his very very old age. The thing is that although he's still strong now, he's no way near as powerful as he was in his prime. He was godlike in his prime, the greatest shinobi ever.

[Uchiha-Itachi]

The Hokage was the strongest ninja of konoha at the moment he was chosen... i bet he isnt the strongest anymore now...

[Baka-chan]

there is no doubt in my mind that he's not incredibly strong. he is a hokage, after all http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif i'm sure he kicks some serious ass

[Thermonuclear]

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-The 3rd</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

The last part was a lie http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/smile.gif

[DB_Hunter]

Well we don&#39;t know that yet for sure.

[Vagabond]

Alright, we already know that the strongest shinobi who resides in Konoha is Hokage. So I would assume that the 3rd is still the strongest in Konoha because if he wasn&#39;t then they would apoint a new Hokage. It would make sense that when the 4th was hokage the 3rd was retired and when the 4th died someone had to step up and become hokage. Since the 3rd was the strongest shinobi in konoha he became hokage again.

Also i don&#39;t want people to think i&#39;m saying the 3rd is stronger than oro or jiraiya. Im just saying he is probably the strongest shinobi in konoha. Remember Jiraya and Oro don&#39;t really live in Konoha.

I dont know if that made any sense http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/dry.gif

[DB_Hunter]

Makes sense.... though maybe the 3rd/4th change happened because the 4th was clearly more powerful than the 3rd... right now if someone is stronger it probably isn&#39;t by much so no point having a contest or whatever to decide who should be Hokage.

[Assassin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VagabondLBD @ Dec 22 2003, 04:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Alright, we already know that the strongest shinobi who resides in Konoha is Hokage. So I would assume that the 3rd is still the strongest in Konoha because if he wasn&#39;t then they would apoint a new Hokage. It would make sense that when the 4th was hokage the 3rd was retired and when the 4th died someone had to step up and become hokage. Since the 3rd was the strongest shinobi in konoha he became hokage again.
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yep, exactly......so the 3rd is the strongest shinobi in konoha at the moment. just cuz hes old doesn&#39;t mean he can&#39;t still fight.....lets not forget that there are young kids that are totally bad ass (haku, neji, kakashi when he was young). if 12 (or 6) year old kids be that powerful, a previous hokage can be as well........err ya http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[RoMuLuu]

Yes, I think he&#39;s in fact really strong. Even he&#39;s already quite old, it doesn&#39;t mean that he&#39;s stupid or weak at all. I really hope to see him fight in some episode. He might know some kick ass jutsus.

[DB_Hunter]

I get a feeling that it won&#39;t be too long before we see 3rd Hokage bust out with a few killer Jutsu&#39;s and show who&#39;s da main shinobi around here.

[itsgalf]

Hokage is to Naruto as Yoda is to Starwars

[Assassin]

i heard he knows every single konoha jutsu.....but that mite just be a rumor. if its true its gonna be pretty bad ass...i&#39;d love to c some of his moves.

wonder if we&#39;ll ever c him summon.....if the 4th had gamabunta, mayb the third also has some giant animal?

[Beautiful Green Beast]

I think the 4th is the strongest according to his popularity and that the 3rd wanted him now (In an epsidoe he sade: &quot;If only the 4th was here&quot; or something like that)

[Kn1ves]

yea nose bleed no jutsu was pretty impressive http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[XwingRob]

The Third shouldn&#39;t even be Hokage anymore, he was retired than he had to come back because of the Fourth&#39;s death.
Bad idea, IMO. He(the Third) should have been looking for a replacement for the last 12 years.
Actually, I guess he was. It was mention in that one episode that the Third was trying to find Pervert Sennin, but that doesn&#39;t neccessairly mean he was looking for Pervert Sennin to replace him...

[jakkz]

never judge a book by its cover http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/cool.gif

[Nautek]

Yes, I think Jiraiya also have something to do with Hokage.

You spoke some true words there jakkz =)

[DB_Hunter]

You mean Yoda would get a nosebleed if he saw Leia on the Sand Barge with Jabba http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif ?

[DB_Hunter]

Hey if 3rd sent men out to look for Jiraiya don&#39;t you think he would have sent out people to look for the third Senin? I think that that is quite possible and she may make a sudden appearance too. It will be like old times..... 3rd trying to sort out his students http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Sigure]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DB_Hunter @ Dec 21 2003, 08:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> You mean the 4th was the strongest of all and the 3rd was the professor? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I know this isn&#39;t really related, but doesn&#39;t that make Jiraiyi stronger than the 3rd since Jiraiyi was the sensei of the 4th...and the 4th is &quot;stronger&quot; than the 3rd?

[Nautek]

Hehe yeah it would be cool, and mabye they can team up and kick Oro out of town =)

[DB_Hunter]

Not necessarily, since Jiraiya would have been 4th&#39;s Sensei when he was just a Genin... and when he became a Chunnin or a Jounin the 4th moved on.

[Sigure]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DB_Hunter @ Dec 22 2003, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Not necessarily, since Jiraiya would have been 4th&#39;s Sensei when he was just a Genin... and when he became a Chunnin or a Jounin the 4th moved on. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
That can&#39;t be Jiraiya had to be a jounin or at least chunnin to be the sensei of the 4th...you could look at the picture of Jiraiya with the 4th (as a kid) in narutoguide.com...somewhere in their

[Iznogoud]

Bah naruto got him http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif he should be hokage already http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce.gif
Sexy no jutsu is just too powerful...and harem is the total destruction http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_dribble.gif

[DB_Hunter]

No no I mean when the 4th was just a Genin..... Jiraiya could have been a Jounin then and have been his Sensei.

[Nautek]

Hehe *wonders if harem no jutsu would work on Oro*. He dosen&#39;t seems to have the biggest intrets for girls haha.

[Iznogoud]

Maybe Gay men no jutsu ? http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce2.gif

[Uberbaka]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Iznogoud @ Dec 22 2003, 08:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Maybe Gay men no jutsu ? http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_laughbounce2.gif </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Kage bunshin &quot;Gai&quot; style http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif (pun intended)

[DB_Hunter]

Lol.

But back on topic, Hokage may be old enough to fart out dust.... but I&#39;m sure he has an awesome chakra.

By the way, what are the names of the Hokages? All we ever call them is 3rd, 4th etc.

[Neo32]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DB_Hunter @ Dec 22 2003, 10:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Lol.

But back on topic, Hokage may be old enough to fart out dust.... but I&#39;m sure he has an awesome chakra.

By the way, what are the names of the Hokages? All we ever call them is 3rd, 4th etc. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
i think we&#39;ll learn the 4th&#39;s name in the later episodes.... there&#39;s got to be more drama between the hokages and the sennin.... did iruka mention the names to the kids while he was teaching them? lol just a though... http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/blink.gif

yes i believe 4th was the strongest of all the hokages... i mean... just look how young he was when he hit hokage&#33; lol... possibly itachi is just as talented as him...

[Vagabond]

kinda off topic but.. can someone tell me if this is right.

3rd was group leader to Jiraiya, Oro, and the blonde girl.
Jiraiya was group leader to the 4th
and the 4th was Kakashi&#39;s group leader.

Is that right?

[raijin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VagabondLBD @ Dec 22 2003, 11:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> kinda off topic but.. can someone tell me if this is right.

3rd was group leader to Jiraiya, Oro, and the blonde girl.
Jiraiya was group leader to the 4th
and the 4th was Kakashi&#39;s group leader.

Is that right? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
You are correct.

[DB_Hunter]

Maaaaaan 3rd is old lol.