Abstract
This thread intends to make a comparison of average physical strength between Naruto characters to that of rival Shonen verses, such as One Piece, Fairy Tail, Bleach etc. I aim to focus on OP & FT as they're most often compared to Naruto power-wise. Now as I'm comparing average levels here, I will be excluding God tier characters from this comparison on both sides, that is Jubi/6 Paths from the Naruto-side and God tiers of the compared Shonen verses (Admiral/Yonko for OP, Dragon Gods for FT etc.).
Introduction
I see Comicvine debaters focus too much on certain aspects of abilities, like hax ability or other sort. But they always forget the crux of a fight, which is hand-to-hand combat. And what decides the victory of hand-to-hand combat is the character with superior physical strength. As a result, I decided to create this thread to discuss it.
Methodology
When talking about physical strength, we generally have two areas: Lifting and Striking. The first point of comparison is comparing the protagonists themselves for starts before diving into secondary characters.
Let's look at Naruto's base lifting strength for starters. During his Sage Mode training in the Pain Arc, we see that Naruto at Base Level cannot budge let alone lift a statue:
Let's repeat that again: He could not budge it. He could not even move its weight with his Base Stats. He only does lift it after using Sage Mode. This statue would weigh anywhere between 100 to 500 ton maximum. We later see him toss Pain's Rhino summon after fully mastering Sage Mode.
So, what does this mean? It means Base Naruto is not even a 100 tonner lifter. He only becomes so after using Sage Mode. What is interesting about this is that, this was after learning Rasenshuriken and defeating Kakuzu. At this point in the series, Base Naruto is a full fledged Kage caliber power-wise confirmed by Kakashi himself. I should mention Kakashi himself can't lift a boulder either.
Which means the vast majority of Kages do not have the physical strength to budge 100 tons, as we saw with Base Naruto.
So, how does that hold up to other Shonen protagonists? Not very good to say the least.
For example: Natsu, as early as Edolas Arc without any Magic Power and incredibly exhausted at that, was already a 1000 tonner in lifting strength:
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We have Luffy from Skypea Arc casually tossing around a gold ball weighing hundreds of tons, and this was before Gear 2.
I couldn't find lifting strength feats for Meliodas and Ichigo, so I'll ignore them for now.
Both Natsu and Luffy were low tiers in their respective verses at that point in time when the feats took place.
- Natsu was not qualified to be S-Class Mage and couldn't even participate in the Grand Magic Games arc, due to how weak he was.
- Luffy was weaker than even CP9.
What I mean to say is Base Natsu and Base Luffy at their absolute weakest forms were already easily 100 tonners in lifting, and Naruto doesn't reach their strength until he obtains Sage Mode. Beginning of Series Base Natsu and Base Luffy are physically much stronger than most Kages as well. Let that sink in. While I focused on Natsu and Luffy, you can make similar arguments for Merliodas, Ichigo and other Shonen MCs too.
But disregarding the protagonists, we see similar disparities between secondary characters. Tsunade's feat of lifting Gamabunta's blade and smashing it onto Manda certainly is a 100 tonner feat without a doubt.
But it pales in comparison to the following:
Hades lifting Giant Makarov (who weighs 1.2 million tons) and throwing him around.
As well as Jozu throwing a giant-dwarfing iceberg:
What's crazy about this is Tsunade is physically the strongest Kage barring Naruto in physical strength, whereas Hades and Jozu are pretty average in their respective verses, yet they're well beyond the absolute strongest of Naruto.
But this is lifting strength, what about striking strength? We see even bigger disparities too.
Sakura's infamous ground-punch in the War Arc:
Sakura is obviously not your typical representation of physical strength in the Naruto verse. She's physically well beyond almost all Kages in brute strength and this is consistently demonstrated.
- BoS Sakura's punch vs Kakashi
- BoS Sakura's punch vs Sasori
- Tsunade's punch vs Madara (Sakura surpassed Tsunade in the War arc)
- Sakura's punch vs Shin Uchiha
This means that, aside from Sakura, Tsunade, Gated Gai and Naruto (with Kurama's power), nobody has the physical strength to crater the ground like this with their bare hand. They might do so through Ninjutsu techniques, but we're talking about pure brute muscle strength here.
But compare the destruction impact of Sakura's punch to these following characters:
The Celestial Spirit King from Fairy Tail and what his blade swing did to the ground:
Dressrosa Zoro from One Piece and what his blade swing did to Pica's Golem:
Galan and what his staff swing did to the ground:
All of these characters are not physically top tiers in their respective series, unlike Sakura whose strength is basically considered god-like in Naruto, yet their physical feats outright dwarfs that of Sakura many times over. We have established that a punch from Sakura or Tsunade is enough to kill most Kages, if it lands on their bodies. Ponder that for a minute.
Conclusion
Based on the evidence I collected, I can make the educated conclusion that most Naruto characters can't survive a fight with most cast of FT, OP, NNT, Bleach etc. due to the huge gap in strength. The body of a Naruto character (who is not amped by Kurama or Jubi's power) would instantly get turned into red mush if punched by the cast of these verses.
What do you think?
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