Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150512133037/@comment-26541067-20150804184800

precisely. if by only temporarily manifesting kushina-power karin could pressure zetsu for a while .he should have been no problem for the strongest hokage who was reincarnated very his near prime (as per tobirama) with the buffs of edo tensei. i think the best hiruzen thought he could have done was stay put and play defence for the allies. personally i think hiruzens abilities were greatly exaggerated.im not saying he wasnt good,just that it might be a bit presumptious to put him above hashirama ,madara etc just based on hearsay from random ninja.even his position as hokage is questionable,seeing as the next best candidate was pre-sharingan danzo.in his prime he probably had a lot of chakra ,and i can understand how a ninja that knows so many jutsu can be a real threat and seem like a living legend ,but that doesnt make one ninjagod level.not many living ninja saw the likes of hashirama and madara in life therefore the nearest thing to a ninjagod they had was hiruzen,and the legend just stuck. hiruzen was greatly overestimated. infact that might have been what lead to his death.during konoha crush when hiruzen vs oreo ,gai suggested him and kakashi assist hiruzen.they later agreed that hiruzen was more than capable of taking on oreo, and they proceeded to fight fodder sound ninja as hiruzen bit the dust.thus the myth of hiruzens abilities lead to his demise