It's not that they weren't powerful. In fact, some of them even have the potential to be as threatening as Madara or Kaguya. The showrunners simply had other plans for them. Make no mistake though, ...

Kishimoto has a tendency to turn his villains into good guys, which sometimes undermines their potential as formidable foes. Characters like Toneri, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Kabuto, Gaara, Haku, Nagato, ...

I know I'm not alone when I say that Naruto is one of the greatest series of all time, and a huge part of the series' success came from the villains in it. The villains in Naruto are diverse in their ...