Naruto is a shonen jump anime known for its major fights in every arc, but several fights in the series have not been given more screen time even though they could contribute to the storyline. In the post-time skip part, Naruto Shippuden reveals all the hidden stories, characters, and backstories. A few major battles of the strongest shinobis were teased in the series but not shown properly in the episodes.
1. Madara vs Hashirama
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha are the major characters in the series as they are the ones who founded the Leaf Village. When their friendship turns into enmity the fight between them for the throne of next Hokage results in an all-out duel between the two of them.
The fight was shown for almost a few minutes with the result of Madara’s defeat against Hashirama. It was said that the fight went around for many days with Hashirama using his wood style and Madara with his Susano and Nine tails. The fight didn’t reveal many fight techniques of Madara and Hashirama even though them being the creators of the shinobi history. In the Fourth Ninja War arc, the fight between the Edo Madara and Edo Hashirama was also not shown more importance, however, Madara with ten tails can easily defeat Hashirama.
2. Tobirama vs Kinkaku and Ginkaku
Tobirama Senju played a major role in the First Great Ninja War against the Five Shinobi Countries. To let escape his disciples Danzo, Hiruzen, Kagami Uchiha, and others, Tobirama acts as a decoy when surrounded by the Hidden Cloud’s Kinkaku shinobis. Kinkaku and Ginkaku are brothers who have the chakra of the nine tails after getting swallowed and surviving by eating its flesh.
The fight between Kinkaku and Tobirama along with the 20 men of Kinkakuwent around for 2 days, with Tobirama fight alone as a decoy. In the fight Tobirama Senju was revealed to be defeated and dead, however, the fight was not even shown in Naruto and was revealed during the War arc by the Edo Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
3. Minato vs 1000 Hidden Stone Village Shinobi
During the Third Great Ninja War, Minato fought against 1000 shinobis of the Hidden Stone Village. His name was feared after this fight as “Yellow Flash of the Leaf”, Minato used Flying Raijin Jutsu and reverted the 1000 enemies by facing the frontline saving the leaf shinobis. The battle was not shown in Naruto leaving the most hyped battle in the series not showing.
4. Itachi vs Orochimaru
Orochimaru and Itachi Uchiha were one of the most powerful shinobis of the Leaf Village. Orochimaru was always behind Itachi’s power and when they both joined Akatsuki, Orochimaru tried to take over Itachi’s body but he couldn’t. The battle ended in a glimpse when Itachi used Genjutsu on Orochimaru with his single glance.
5. Minato vs Raikage and Killer Bee
The fight between Minato and Leaf Shinobis against the Raikage was shown in Naruto Shippuden only for 5 minutes. Minato escapes Raikage’s lightning attack by using his teleportation jutsu but when Killer Bee joins the fight, the battle gets crucial. The battle didn’t go out all out as both the Village Shinobis retreated on the signal, “flee on sight”. The would have extended to show how much powerful a Raikage is and the man known as the Yellow Flash of the Leaf.
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