What would have Hidan done against Sakura that Sasori cannot?
he's faster by scaling to kakashi and he only needs one cut to use his ritual
Something which without intel would easily beat sakura
Sasori can lose even with intel, you just have to seal him
or be fast enough to dodge his poison coated blades
both of which, Is entirely possible by say gaara
the second of which is entirely possible by hidan, he dodge sasori's bladed weapons just fine if he can keep up with kakashi then he dodge sasori
it's that simple
not to mention, he beat yugito
a bjuu
Hidan just better feats then sasori of the fodder sand
Why is Hidan > Sakura and Sasori when Hidan lost to Shikamaru? Clean? By himself?
sasori would of lost in the same instance too
the paper bombs would of blown him apart
and it's not like shikamaru beat him in hand to hand
he had a trap set
Cool, again, Chiyo is literally an analogue to a Konoha San Nin and Sakura has Tsunade's strenght.
sakura never surpassed tsunade
or even scaled to it
His other feats include killing a Kage level person and toying with one of the most powerful people from part one. One who dealt with a Jounin + level Sound Four.
that sound 4 member was nerfed from fighting kiba
and didt even lose purposefully, he got overconfident
and besides sasori struggled so hard against kankuro, that it's hard to even imagine him beating the sound 5
That's what you want to believe
it's more a inference
deidara says he was baiting out naruto
so stands to reason that he was not being truthful as to keep naruto following him