Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180505144012/@comment-30323490-20180505172041

Dead Consuming Seal is way to unsure for this battle.Naruto has dealt with many chakra and soul tug of wars. So not only that he would be able to stop having his soul rip apart, but even so, it`s an draw at best.

Also, we are talking about at least couple hundred shadow clones that can use Sage Mode, ultra big ball rasengans, rasenshurikens...Naruto`s fire power is just too great. In taijutsu Hiruzen doesn`t fair well against Naruto`s Sage Mode in any relevant departament (strength, speed, reflexes). Think of only the rasengan barrage that Naruto used IN BASE to stop deep forest. How would Hiruzen counter that? This prime Hiruzen is an enigma. Nobody has any idea what he could do. Kishimoto said about him that he was the strongest Hokage in his prime back in part 1, when he also portaited Minato as the best.Yet they both got blown out of proportions by Hashirama in part 2.

Yeah, because of Hiruzen`s enigmatic prime and because Naruto proved time by time what he is capable of, i give this to Naruto.We can`t know what Hiruzen was in his youth. I personally don`t think he was that much stronger than his older self.