Outside of a few outliers that should not be counted, not at all, actually.
Spoilers ahead!
Summary:
Many fans feel like the Hidden Leaf Village is too overpowered compared to other ninja villages in Naruto.
However, other villages also had incredibly strong fighters.
Most of the plot focuses on Konoha, so it’s understandable why we see more strong shinobi from there.
The power scaling in Naruto has been somewhat infamous in the community. What started as an anime about ninja ended with the main characters fighting a universe-level threat using attacks that can wipe out entire armies.
Another thing the series is famous for is its rich lore and history of the world. However, some fans feel like power scaling makes that part less believable: after all, the Leaf Village has too many strong shinobi, and should not have had so much trouble in the previous Great Ninja Wars.
Naruto and Sasuke — as well as Hashirama and Madara — are often brought up
At first, it seems like a reasonable complaint. After all, Konoha had the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and his rival, Madara Uchiha, who were (failed) reincarnations of demigods of ancient past — and even without that, they were unparalleled in strength. And later, Naruto and Sasuke did actually become the strongest beings in the universe.
However, none of this really matters for the Great Ninja Wars. Naruto and Sasuke lived after them, and the Fourth War wasn’t a conflict between the villages. Similarly, Madara and Hashirama come from before the era of Shinobi villages, so that argument also makes no sense.
There are other examples, but they don’t make much sense
Naruto does have many strong shinobi — examples include the Sannin (Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru), Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, among many others. That said, it’s not like other villages didn’t have their own fighters who were similar in strength.
The Hidden Rain Village, which isn’t even among the five great villages, had Hanzo of the Salamander — the Sannin received their fame for fighting against him together and merely coming back alive.
Other great villages also have their famous fighters. A great example is Iwagakure — Hidden Stone Village: both the Second and the Third Tsuchikage could use the Dust Release, which could annihilate things on a molecular level.
The Second Mizukage of Hidden Mist Village was said to be a long-time rival of Mu, the Second Tsuchikage, and was probably comparable in strength. Similar cases can be found in other villages, of course. It doesn’t even only extend to Kage, either — the Seven Swordsmen of Mist come to mind.
It’s understandable why we mostly see Leaf shinobi
Due to Naruto himself being from Konoha, it is understandable why we know more about his village than about the others.
Despite that, other villages probably had about as many powerful shinobi during the wars — otherwise, said wars would have been over very soon. In the world of Naruto, most of the fighting is done by the notable characters, with most of the shinobi force, sadly, being relegated to cannon fodder.
Outside of a few outliers that should not be counted, not at all, actually.
Spoilers ahead!
Summary:
Many fans feel like the Hidden Leaf Village is too overpowered compared to other ninja villages in Naruto.
However, other villages also had incredibly strong fighters.
Most of the plot focuses on Konoha, so it’s understandable why we see more strong shinobi from there.
The power scaling in Naruto has been somewhat infamous in the community. What started as an anime about ninja ended with the main characters fighting a universe-level threat using attacks that can wipe out entire armies.
Another thing the series is famous for is its rich lore and history of the world. However, some fans feel like power scaling makes that part less believable: after all, the Leaf Village has too many strong shinobi, and should not have had so much trouble in the previous Great Ninja Wars.
Naruto and Sasuke — as well as Hashirama and Madara — are often brought up
At first, it seems like a reasonable complaint. After all, Konoha had the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and his rival, Madara Uchiha, who were (failed) reincarnations of demigods of ancient past — and even without that, they were unparalleled in strength. And later, Naruto and Sasuke did actually become the strongest beings in the universe.
However, none of this really matters for the Great Ninja Wars. Naruto and Sasuke lived after them, and the Fourth War wasn’t a conflict between the villages. Similarly, Madara and Hashirama come from before the era of Shinobi villages, so that argument also makes no sense.
There are other examples, but they don’t make much sense
Naruto does have many strong shinobi — examples include the Sannin (Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru), Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, among many others. That said, it’s not like other villages didn’t have their own fighters who were similar in strength.
The Hidden Rain Village, which isn’t even among the five great villages, had Hanzo of the Salamander — the Sannin received their fame for fighting against him together and merely coming back alive.
Other great villages also have their famous fighters. A great example is Iwagakure — Hidden Stone Village: both the Second and the Third Tsuchikage could use the Dust Release, which could annihilate things on a molecular level.
The Second Mizukage of Hidden Mist Village was said to be a long-time rival of Mu, the Second Tsuchikage, and was probably comparable in strength. Similar cases can be found in other villages, of course. It doesn’t even only extend to Kage, either — the Seven Swordsmen of Mist come to mind.
It’s understandable why we mostly see Leaf shinobi
Due to Naruto himself being from Konoha, it is understandable why we know more about his village than about the others.
Despite that, other villages probably had about as many powerful shinobi during the wars — otherwise, said wars would have been over very soon. In the world of Naruto, most of the fighting is done by the notable characters, with most of the shinobi force, sadly, being relegated to cannon fodder.
