Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28846843-20160625201600/@comment-27916438-20160625204222

Kishimto simply changed his mind how bakumatsu explained,he even admitted that in a interview once,he was just making things up as the story went on.He initially probably wanted Hashirama to be a random shit shinobi that created the village.

Naruto is the strongest hokage now, thanks to the Hagoromo power-ups.