Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25319479-20150110201626/@comment-1018594-20150111092947

@Omojuze: What I think happened was that Kishi wrote himself into a corner. It's implied that Hashirama was killed in battle. If he had maybe succumbed to illness (in this case, Kishimoto AGAIN wrote himself into a corner with that Healing Power bullshit) or his Wood Release, being able to produce life, somehow shortened his own life with repeated use.

...Actually, that does sound like a somewhat decent idea. Yamato and Danzo both experienced exhaustion after repeated, massive Wood Release uses...maybe I should turn this into a separate thread?