Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25531508-20140923043228/@comment-25077020-20140924003121

Blaezej wrote: 11zeeshha wrote: You're not thinking logically... Obviously for kabuto to have even be able to make that statement, there is info on how strong hashirama is. The fact remains that people don't believe that he is that strong b/c they thought that level of strength to be impossible not that they didn't remember his strength.

I'm not thinking logically? If you read history a lot (which I don't usually do, but got back to it after some interesting bits and references from ASoIaF) you'll see that people tend to forget quickly the past or make it seem bigger or smaller (the feats of past people), according to assumption, envy or simply spite or lack of knowledge.

So yeah, the best we all can do is speculate endlessly.

Yes you're not thinking logically (again). How was kabuto able to make that statement without knowledge of how strong hashirama is? Why did he say that people "didn't believe"? Not remembering and not believing are 2 completely different things. In other words, they have been told about hashirama's strength but they choose not to believe it b/c they think it's impossible. Simple logic really.

Let's face it. Kishi changed his mind and that's all there is to it.