Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28846843-20160625201600/@comment-7292165-20160701233235

You must not be aware that old age really does a number to your physical abilities and for the Narutoverse, their chakra reserves. The best jutsu that Hiruzen displayed that is a technique that pretty is 1-hit KO, which is the Death Reaper Soul Technique. And not only could he do that in his old age, but was able use the technique on three people, while coming from a major battle. The technique is powerful, and yet nothing to do with being destructive. I'm sure Hiruzen has very powerful techniques that are destructive, some he could of used in old age, but it really didn't matter due to the circumstances. For instance, in his battle with Hashirama and Tobirama, he was fighting edos so he'd just be wasting his chakra. As for Jubito, he was way out of old Hiruzen's league. People tend to overlook these things. It's not our fault Kishi put Hiruzen in those circumstances, but nonetheless, even with the abilities he's shown in his old age, he deserves respect for.