

I've noticed that the most powerful Ninja seemed to be from older generations.
First came Rikudo Senin, then Hashirama and Madara, then successive Hokages.

But shouldn't skills and techniques improve over time? I mean to say shouldn't
there be at least one person more powerful than Rikudo Senin in the current
generation?


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Why did the shinobi become weaker with every generation?


One reason that can explain this is the **need for 'power' or 'skills'
decreased over time**. Whenever there was raging destruction and war, powerful
shinobi emerged to sustain the survival of their respective clans. After
Hashirama and Madara established the leaf village, peace and prosperity spread
everywhere, as more peaceful villages emerged. This was explained in one of
the recent manga chapters : people took the _truce between the most powerful
clans_ as an example and decided to take a break from war. With no raging
battles or major wars, the need for highly skilled shinobi declined and people
started exploring other professions.

My guess is that Rikudo Senin was born with certain special skills and trained
unimaginably hard in his generation to overcome the terror of the ten tails.

This also explains why Naruto and Sasuke have trained so extensively on the
way to become the most powerful of their generation. The experiments of
Orichimaru in reviving the dead, the Akatsuki's goals and conflicting views of
Naruto and Sasuke were indicators of a potential major war coming up!


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