Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150512133037/@comment-26773508-20150912184414

Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: QuakingStar wrote: His statements about strength were completely retconned, as Madara and Hashirama later made it clear Edo's are nowhere near their living strength through statements of their own. 2 beats 1. Except, Tobirama is the inventor of the jutsu and also the best sensor-type shinobi out of all of them. He should be able to tell via sensing that they were all restored to near full power. Can you tell me and cite which statements that Hashirama and Madara made that made it clear that they were nowhere near their living strength? The way I see it, Edo Tensei somehow restricts the reanimated shinobi from using certain selected abilities. When Madara got resurrected by Rinne Tensei, Hashirama mentioned that Madara got back all of his old powers/abilities. So while it's true that Edo Shinobi are weaker than when they were alive, Kabuto and Orochimaru's Edo Shinobi were in fact quite close to their true power levels at the time of their deaths. This is attested by the fact that Hashirama effortlessly broke Orochimaru's hold on him, while Tobirama came dangerously close to doing so. The only thing that stopped him was Orochimaru's possession of magical Hashi cells. Were it not for that, Tobirama would have wrecked Oro's ass. So the chief thing about Kabuto and Oro's perfected Edo Tensei seems that the reanimated shinobi are close to their true powers, but certain jutsus cannot be used for unknown reasons. The Edo Hokages were nowhere nearly as weak as Quakingstar claims. Bur it seems that certain jutsus are restricted for some unknown reason.

Of course, this is mere speculation. But I'm basing it on the way Hashi talked about Madara getting all his old powers back. It seems to imply that certain jutsus are impossible for some unknown reason. I highly doubt that the Edo shinobi were significantly weaker