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raikage · 2004-08-21, 23:19

Rather than athletes, I would compare ninja to martial artists. (Surprised no one else mentioned this so far.)
While physical conditioning is a huge factor, experience comes into play here and so yes, some of the best MA's alive are indeed waaay older than 25.

For the record, though, I agree with Hunter - part of the mystique of the Sannin is that they are this strong despite their age AND (in Jiraiya and Tsunade's cases) not being active for so many years. One can only wonder how strong they were in their mid-30's, still full-time shinobi and a dedicated team.

Yondaime's age - that's a tough one.

My first thoughts were that he would be of similar age to Mitarashi Anko, since she was trained by Oro who is in the same age bracket as Jiraiya.

But, Anko is 24 years old - younger than Kakashi.

So, looking at it a different way,
Kakashi = 26.
Jiraiya = 50.

Yondaime - (if alive, would be) somewhere in between. (26+50)/2 = 38 y.o.

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raikage 日本語を食べません！ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Age: 41	Rather than athletes, I would compare ninja to martial artists. (Surprised no one else mentioned this so far.) While physical conditioning is a huge factor, experience comes into play here and so yes, some of the best MA's alive are indeed waaay older than 25. For the record, though, I agree with Hunter - part of the mystique of the Sannin is that they are this strong despite their age AND (in Jiraiya and Tsunade's cases) not being active for so many years. One can only wonder how strong they were in their mid-30's, still full-time shinobi and a dedicated team. Yondaime's age - that's a tough one. My first thoughts were that he would be of similar age to Mitarashi Anko, since she was trained by Oro who is in the same age bracket as Jiraiya. But, Anko is 24 years old - younger than Kakashi. So, looking at it a different way, Kakashi = 26. Jiraiya = 50. Yondaime - (if alive, would be) somewhere in between. (26+50)/2 = 38 y.o.