while most fans believed that Team 7's Sannin pairings were accurate, none of them were based on the students' strengths and weaknesses. Jiraiya became Naruto's teacher because he was Minato's ...

It's only later made clear how much weaker they are than the Kages, the three Legendary Sannin, and the villanous Akatsuki. Naruto and Sasuke were far from being the strongest characters when the ...