When is a ninjas prime?

[Wood Release]

What is the average age? The term is always thrown around; is it in your late teens, lates 20s, early 20s? When is it? Examples would be nice I guess. Thanks, discuss and debate

[HiddenSound]

I say a ninja is in his/her prime when they're at the pinnacle of their power, age is not important.

[★Horus]

According to dictionary.com, prime means "A state or time of greatest strength, vigor, or success in a person's life."
so i dunno

[Miyata]

the age The first hokage was when he beat Madara.

[King Of Sharingan]

When they achieve the greatest amount of power possible

[ItachiLeeHatake]

I say a ninja is in his/her prime when they're at the pinnacle of their power, age is not important.

This. For example, I'm sure that Sarutobi's reach their primes much younger than those who are non-Sarutobi.

[Nosferato]

they are at their prime after they learn edo tensi and before they are plot no jutsu'd

[-6 Paths-]

When they're at the peak of their power :y Kabuto's prime was when he still had the Edo's, Hiruzen's prime was when he was training Jiraiya (I assume) and Nagato's prime was right before he fought Hanzo :y

[rikerslade]

Age isn't the only deciding factor. Prime means the time of your life that you were at your strongest.

[CharlieBundels]

Normally, it'd be around 7-9.

[TheCloudsBlackLightning]

The strongest they've ever been in their lifetime.

[Owarij]

Average is in the 40's
thought that isn't always the case..
EG, danzo was his strongest at the end of his life, aka after implanting several sharingan, hashirama dna and shishui's eye/arm

[Vanderfee]

Not everyone could achieve it though sadly.

[Megamkfan]

No age, when someone is at their strongest possible point.

[rikerslade]

When they're at the peak of their power :y Kabuto's prime was when he still had the Edo's, Hiruzen's prime was when he was training Jiraiya (I assume) and Nagato's prime was right before he fought Hanzo :y

I think Nagato's prime was as Pein.

Not everyone could achieve it though sadly.

Everyone has a prime.

[Jordanofthecloud]

when a Ninja is in his Prime, that means he is at his best point in life.

So, for Madara as an example. He was old as f*ck (couldnt jump, couldnt even punch people, cant run), and when he was brought back from the dead, they didnt bring him back as he was old as f*ck; He was brought back in his Prime. His most healthy, powerful point in his life (before he got old, and couldnt continue to do so).

hope that helps.

[Jordanofthecloud]

If you are an Athlete at school, and you are very smart, etc... then you got fat and lazy; your prime would be when you were a Smart Athlete at school.

[Ero sennin jiraiya]

I say a ninja is in his/her prime when they're at the pinnacle of their power, age is not important.

^^

It could be at any age, just whenever they happen to be at their most powerful. For Orochimaru it's probably right now. For Hiruzen it was obviously like 20 years prior to when he fought Oro, maybe longer.

[ThomasJeffersonwasasadist]

when they've mastered the most techniques in their life without age decreasing their chakra. oro is still in his because of body changing, j-man was still in his as was tsunade because they were slightly past middle age and not elderly yet.