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On Naruto Manga Chapter 672, Madara said to Gai:

> _"As far as taijutsu, amongst those who have fought me... there has only
> been one who has come to your level..."_ ![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NJZ7A.jpg)

Is he referring to Gai or someone else? If he is referring to someone, then
who is it?


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Is Might Gai the strongest Taijutsu user?


The picture you posted is actually a mistranslation, I have the official
English release from Viz manga where Madara says "Of all those who have fought
me over the years, there's no one who surpass you at taijutsu!"

Madara says that Gai is the strongest taijutsu user he has ever faced, and he
has faced Hashirama Senju repeatedly in the past in life or death fights,
while the latter was in Sage Mode, which pretty much puts you out of everyone
else's league immediately.

Before he was resurrected people thought Hashirama and Madara's prowess were
just legends, which makes sense when you think about how easily Madara
defeated all five kages, in theory the top shinobi of each village, in
practice some of the top shinobi of each village.

When you consider that Madara gets his powers from being the reincarnation of
Indra, and having absorbed Ashura's chakra to awaken the Rinnegan, and since
fighting the Kages he has become the jinchuriki of the ten tails, making him
vastly more powerful again.

But even in this Godly state, Gai's kick is almost enough to kill him,
shattering his ribs and arm on one side and making him cough up blood before
his healing steps in.

Gai is the strongest taijutsu user ever, almost without a doubt, his only
potential rivals being Madara, Naruto and Sasuke, depending on what they can
do with the Sage's chakra. When you consider that Gai is just a normal ninja
who isn't a jinchuriki, or a reincarnation of the Sage's children, yet those
are the only people who can compare to him, he really is incredibly
impressive.


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