User blog comment:Berserkchart486/Chakra Levels!/@comment-25152698-20151006111929/@comment-25152698-20151006203540

Gaara's sand comes to his defense because of his mother, not Shukaku's "will".

Also, I'm not debating whether or not Tsunade's reserves are larger than Kimimaros; I'm debating whether or not Tsunade's reserves are larger than an ill Kimimaro, because we've never seen him healthy, and thus, would only be making assumptions at best otherwise. Let me get back to my earlier point. You keep mentioning the hypotheticals with Kimimaro, and based off your reasoning now, you likely rated him based off an assumption. What I'm saying is, if you rated a healthy Kimimaro, why are you rating an ill Itachi?

Ill Itachi showed much more than Ill Kimimaro. Heck, just a portion of Ill Itachi duped Kakashi and Naruto. Since we're discussing reserves only (all of a sudden) then why is pulling out Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu and Susanoo in the same fight not a bigger accomplishment then using a bunch of ones?

Finally, I understand you most probably got that excerpt from Narutopedia; however, that's not to say what's written there is always correct. It seems this time around, the person who wrote that misinterpreted what the manga presented.

Kabuto is not calling Kimimaro Kage level. He is merely saying Otogakure would have had a greater chance of beating Konoha, had Kimimaro been present during the infiltration. He's not saying Kimimaro would've fought Hiruzen, that'd be the dumbest shit I've ever heard. And honestly, the rest of the Sound Four didn't do anything but help form a barrier, so I doubt Kimimaro would've accomplished much.

He'd have run into the likes of Kakashi and Gai; or better yet, Asuma, so that we could put your bias to rest. Yes, I think Asuma would whoop the floor with Kimimaro. But that's beside the point.

And if that isn't enough to persuade you into believing that Kimimaro was not Kage material, then remember, Kabuto was stronger than Kimimaro. He's the one analyzing his strength here, in both your example and mine. So it'd only make sense. Kabuto was stated by Orochimaru to be on par with Kakashi in Part I. So now please, don't try and tell me you think Kakashi would lose to Kimimaro.