Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-890307-20161205161301/@comment-30426414-20161221141902

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: wasn't hiruzen said to be the next generation after hashirama and tobirama? wasn't their some info abt him surpassing tobirama(particularly in a filler where tobirama openly admits sarutobi is stronger). As far as kakashi's statement is concerned it's just a general rule and if it doesn't gets violated by few of the ninjas than how else the legends will be born in the naruto world?

Filler doesn't count man, considering sarutobi's moveset, I don't see him beating tobirama even in his prime. And that's the thing, most of the known generations in naruto weren't surpassed. If your rule doesn't even apply the majority of the time, then it's definitely not absolute. All I ever saw of that rule was just a prep talk to motivate everyone to get stronger.