<p>One reason that can explain this is the <strong>need for 'power' or 'skills' decreased over time</strong>. 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 <em>truce between the most powerful clans</em> 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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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!</p>

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<p>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. </p>

<p>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?</p>

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Why did the shinobi become weaker with every generation?
# Why did the shinobi become weaker with every generation?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-05-12
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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### Answer by username_0 on 2013-05-12. Score: 10
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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