Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34661853-20181224172126/@comment-3568954-20190120014131

Delusions

Madara wasn't as strong as Hashirama, this is an irrefutable fact. he prepared Izanagi because he knew that he would lose. he knew that someway or another Hashirama would kill him. he just didn't know what technique he would use. as such he prepared Izanagi to revive him after he already died.

the reason he didn't prepare it for the battle because in a battle to the death against someone like hashirama the only benefit using it would be to escape or survive the battle in the manner he used it.

he bit pieces of flesh of to gain hashirama's power so he could gain hagoromo's chakra.

what people like MadEye don't realize is that when you get to a specific level in any martial arts, you can tell when your opponent is holding back. had madara actually held back in that fight,Hashirama would have known it. and would have forced him to go all out.

madara himself said that Hashirama was always 1 step a head of him in skill in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. ALWAYS on top of that Hashirama had a far larger chakra volume than Hashirama. even after gaining access to hagoromo's chakra, madara still didn't have the volume of chakra that hashirama had