Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26388300-20160524034125/@comment-26773508-20160525021237

Narutopwnu7 wrote: I don't like Hiruzen at all ,and don't give a shit to him(neither does kishimoto since he got completelly ignored in part 2)But he was more than likely the closest one to match Hashirama and Madara(not counting naruto and sasuke since they're indra and ashura incarnation as well. I've actually started hating Hiruzen ever since I read the DB-4 translation :D Personally, I think Tobirama should have earned that recognition of being closest to Hashi/Madara. But this is Kishi's manga and he says that Hiruzen>Tobirama. Our wishes as fans are irrelevant on this issue. Though I do find it incredibly odd that Kishi gave such an exalted status to Hiruzen, yet completely ignored him in Part 2. His old age and his goody-goody grandpa character we ended up getting didn't help either. A young, vigorous Hiruzen with full vitality would have been extremely badass. Such great potential as a character, all gone to waste as of now. Let's hope we'll get some awesome Hiruzen stories later down the years. But until that happens, I'll keep on feeling this strong feeling of antipathy towards Hiruzen.