

In his fight against Raikage, Minato spread his marked Kunai to many
locations.  
It seemed like the Raikage was very sure that Minato would only appear at the
marked area/kunai.

My question is, can Minato appear at unmarked location using Body Flicker? I
think he obviously can. If so, then why Raikage didn't consider this in their
fight?


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Why Raikage didn't consider Minato using Body Flicker in their fight?


Minato cannot teleport to locations where he hasn't marked before. Flying
Raijin 2 developed by Minato enables him to teleport to locations which are
previously marked, but he doesn't need a Kunai to do so.


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Minato's [Flying Thunder God
Techniqie](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_Technique) allows
him to teleport to any location which he has previously marked with a hand
seal (either on a kunai or with his hand). The jutsu, which was Originally
created by the The 2nd Hokage (Tobirama Senju) was perfected by Minato to the
point where the "hand-marked" seal never disappeared from whoever Minato
marked.

> Both Tobirama and Minato were famed as the fastest shinobi during their
> lifetimes. While both were very fast on their own, the Flying Thunder God
> also contributed to their fame.

The reason why Raikage A did not anticipate Minato's offense was because he
did not know enough about Minato's Flying Raijin Jutsu. The rumors about
Minato would have spread tales about how he could teleport to whatever Kunai
he threw around but apparently Minato also had "some extra's up his sleeve"
which only a few people knew about.

Minato was actually very fast in normal speed. To be able to react to Raikage
A's top speed on lightning chakra mode and even counter attack.

> Before the Flying Thunder God Technique can be performed, users must first
> mark a target with their "technique formula"

Minato did not "just magically appear" at the back of Killer bee during [Their
Fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWqweyUXIrQ), what actually happened
was that Minato used his hand to mark Bee a split second after dodging and
cutting his tail. Raikage was trying to figure out which of the kunais that
Minato would flicker to, little did he know Minato had already teleported to
the mark he placed on Bee.


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Minato is fast. His teleportation is instant and his reaction time and speed
is enough to be able to teleport to dodge almost anything. But there in lies
his flaw, its his reaction speed that is his own. His physical speed is great,
but it is not the reason why he is truly fast.

The Raikage on the other hand is all physical speed and he has mastered Body
Flicker. He uses his Lighting style to enhance it to incredible proportions,
resulting in him being one of the fastest Shinobi. He is one of the few people
specifically mentioned on the [Body Flicker Wiki
page](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique) for his increadible
skill with it.

It is those 2 different techniques that explain why Minato did not use Body
Flicker. Minato is physically slower than the Raikage. He has top tier
reaction speed, and his teleportation is instant, but his running speed is
not. To use Body Flicker against the Raikage would be like an average runner
trying to outrun an Olympic Sprinter. He would most likely loose every time
and get caught, resulting in him teleporting anyway for a waste of stamina and
chakra. The Raikage knew this.

TL;DR Minato using Body Flicker would always loose to the Raikage and his top
tier mastery of Body Flicker that has been enhanced by lighting style to be
even faster. Minato could only outrun him by using teleportation. Any attempt
to use Body Flicker would result in him loosing the footrace.


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Minato's body flicker is on par with A's. Minato during the war was able to
place markers in 5 locations b4 the other kage even got there. 4 for the
barrier without being noticed. It's a translation problem. When sasuke used
body flicker to blitz naruto and to blitz tobi and deidara tobi called it
teleportation. Minato was using body flicker to set those markers. Cleary
tobirama and minato and the other kage didnt teleport to the battlefield bcuz
they had no marker to do so. It's not that minato couldnt use the body flicker
to appear some where else in the field against A. I think it's just strategy.
All the kunai makes it hard to predict his next move. And since there speed Is
comparable A could probably follow. I dont think minato is slower in raw
speed. The ftg is faster and leaves no trace. His reaction speed, body
flicker, and ftg all contributed to his nickname. He has reaction speed and
ftg over A. He surpasses the 2nd in all three. Altoutgh the 2nd only has ftg
over A.


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