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SoloStar2 wrote: I'd say Jiraiya somehow. Minato obviously has the edge where speed is concerned; no brainer, but Jiraiya is a cunning bastard with an overall offensive advantage. Jiraiya would have been in even better physical shape at that time than he was against Pain (and just to put that in context, he basically held Pain off without prior knowledge of his secret, as a 50 year old), so I think Minato wouldn't find an opening simply waltzing into his backyard. In the end, it's be an extremely close battle, but in my opinion, Jiraiya's larger reserves and overall combat experience would narrowly trump Minato's speed and skill. This debate is when Jiraiya was 50 years old; at the time of his death, he was 53. The opening thing, Minato got an opening on Obito whom (arguably) has the best defense in the entire series. It's virtually impossible to find an opening on him, and he did.