Naruto's Strongest Ninja Debate Was Settled With One Devastating Attack

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In a world populated by soul-stealing aliens, supernaturally powered ninjas, and biologically engineered androids, a common and ongoing debate among Naruto fans is who is the most powerful ninja. While there's a good argument for more than a few characters, there is one event, an attack, that single-handedly, and persuasively reveals who's the strongest ninja ever.

Born in a time of war, just a few generations after the arrival on Earth of his family's matriarch Naruto's big villainKaguya Otsutsuki, Madara Uchiha was blessed with all the abilities to be a great ninja. His great grandfather Indra was even the creator of ninjutsu. Being that he and his family were in a constant state of stress, he had plenty of opportunities to use and develop his ninja skills. Whereas other members of his clan were less blessed with the powers passed down from Kaguya and her son Hagoromo, from an early age Madara showed exceptional Jutsu skill. Accordingly, before long he took leadership of the Uchiha clan ushering them through war and eventual peace with their lifelong enemies the Senju Clan, who had descended from his grandfather's brother Asura. One of the reasons why Madara was so powerful was because he had access to both Sharingan and the all-powerful Rinnegan.

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By all appearances, Madara's powers with Sharingan and Rinnegan were made devastatingly clear in Naruto Chapter #562. Thereafter hearing that Madara had returned after being thought dead for decades, the various ninja communities banded together to eliminate the ancient ninja as a result of the war he waged on them many years ago. Despite being confronted by thousands of troops, Madara did not even