kakashi in his prime?

[Himura_san]

Originally posted by: Mythos10101
In episode 55, while Kakashi is climbing the cliffs, his exact words are "This rock climbing training is tougher than the last time...Damn, my body has weakened." So he is not in his prime...Your question has been answered...No, Kakashi is not in his prime...

I think you may have the wrong understanding of what we mean by "prime".
We use this word to say the age at which a person may have his full potential in strength, intelligence and so forth. A person may reach that age and through lack of training not meet his full potential. I remember the scene you described, Kakashi had trouble climbing but it could for various reasons, maybe he had not done intense training for a while. From what I understand a males prime is between the ages of 25-35. We really don't know if Kakashi is past his prime or whether he has yet to reach it. I guess we should wait and see.

[Knives122]

I think hes still at his prime, b/c hes at his strongest now

[Mythos10101]

Maybe if you mean his chakra and jutsu skills, but phsyically he isn't...As seen before in the Naruto it doesn't matter if you have tons of jutsu to use if the enemy is too fast for you to hit...So for me he isn't in is prime...Prime is the peak of your physical and mental state...And it has been proven that Kakashi isn't in his physical prime...

[Raven]

No, it hasn't been proven. Like MemnochTheCaT said, you can be in your prime and still be out of shape or slightly unfit, which is all Kakashi was when climbing the mountain.

[Mut]

god...again, people are claiming random shit without it ever being said in the story. just amazing.

[Himura_san]

Originally posted by: Mut@t@
god...again, people are claiming random shit without it ever being said in the story. just amazing.

That's what happens in an open-ended discussion, and you've been guilty of this yourself. ^_^

[Lithonite]

Kakashi is a growing ninja, just like the rest of the leaf. So willhe get stronger yes, do i think he has some insane trump card he hasnt pulled; no( case and point fight with itachi- he got owned, when he was going to fight Oro, he would have gotten owned an knew it ) he is trong probubly top 3, top 5 of the leafs jounin( not counting the nobles ).