Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1018594-20150111145319/@comment-25218206-20150112062506

Even an army wouldn't do it the third Raikage fought a army and eventually got overwhelmed but if an army attacked Hashirama then all he would have to do is summon his giant sage mode Buddha and roflstomp them. The only thing that makes sense with how Hasirama died would be a disease otherwise he is too powerful. The reason his death wasn't explained was because Kishi couldn't find a way to kill him so he just said he died in a battle with no explanation