[jmacusa]

The Zero, the Betty and the B5 N “Kate’’ were their really only best aircraft. In China they were using bi-planes. By the end of the war what they were making were crap and being shot out of the sky or crashed into ships.

[central_va]

Unlike the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Shiden Kai could compete against the best late-war Allied fighters, such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and P-51 Mustang.[7]

The N1K2-J Shiden-Kai proved to be one of the best dogfighting aircraft produced by either side.