Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20151030150126/@comment-9782468-20151105063309

@Ishi

I don't mean to say Hashi is dumb. I'm just saying his brother and Minato are smarter and faster.

Also, you're right, it'd be a stalemate. So the pollen is pretty much useless to Hashi. Minato and Tobirama are both too smart to remain in the pollen. They might try techniques to get rid of it, but if it failed then they just wouldn't go in it.

Think of it this way: Both parties are trying to win, not lose.

If Tobirama and Minato go in the pollen, they lose. So that option's no good. If they stay out, they don't lose. So the fight goes on.

If Hashi stays in his pollen, then he doesn't win. He wants to win. So he has to leave. The other two literally have no reason to try to go through the pollen if they know they can't, but Hashi has a reason to leave.

Regarding sage mode, Juubito had basically the ultimate harmony with nature chakra (due to conquering the Ten-Tails) and still got marked. So marking Hashi isn't out of the question, especially since both Minato and Tobirama are faster than him. Also Ten Tails Jinjuuriki probably tunes you to nature way more than a regular sage mode.

I don't think sprouting Wood Release with the mark and lopping it off would work. Otherwise, Juubito would have done something similar when he kept getting attacked from behind. He didn't take the marking off, he guarded his back. Why? Because removing the mark isn't as simple as overgrowing that piece of flesh then cutting it off. That's my theory anyways.

In life, the four were all about equal. Hashi beat Madara in the end and Tobirama beat Izuna, but they were all stated to be on each other's level (specifically, Hashi and Madara were said to be equals, Madara and Izuna were said to be equals, and Tobirama killed Izuna). From the manga sites I've read anyways.