Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180621162725/@comment-34938099-20180623053130

@LoneNinja

But this is my first 'Minato' fight ever?

Why in my opinion Hashirama wins is because he literally has counter to almost every ability of Minato.

Speed: Even with FTG, which we know is instantaneous, Minato sill wouldn't be able to hit Hashirama. We saw this when Tobirama ( even if you argue that he wasn't as good as Minato with FTG ), tried to attack Madara, who arguably is also not as good as Hashirama when it comes to Sage Mode, easily countered FTG. Meanwhile, Madara had used it for the first time. Hence, with his Sage power / Sage Mode, Hashirama should  easily be able to react to Minato. LMAO people literally act like Minato is invincible or some shit. He was damaged a lot of times in combat and didn't even appear that strong in the end. So, basically Minato can be hit in battle. Hashirama could easily catch him off-guard or trick him with hundreds of Wood Clones.

Other than that, Hashirama owns him in basically every category. Even his Taijutsu is arguably superior to Minato's. Hashirama. Don't get me wrong. Minato could also be extremely great as Tajutsu. But in my opnion, he just isn't on Hashirama's level. As a 12-13 year old, Hashirama already had High-Jonin-Tier Taijutsu, was able to easily kill adults from the Uchiha Clan. As an adult, he easily destroyed Hiruzen in battle, who is also one of the strongest shinobi in history. Also, when Madara confronted the Fourth division, he basically was owning everyone with just Taijutsu. And since, Hashirama has always been equal to Madara in Taijutsu, if not even stronger than him in Taijutsu, I won't be surprised if he managed to pull off the same feat easily.

Hashirama also has a high level of skill in Bukijutsu, being to use any weapon / tools proficiently in battle and also, summoning whenever required.

Genjutsu: Hashirama's Genjutsu ( Bringer Of Darkness ) was able to  EASILY  immobilize Hiruzen, one of the strongest Kage ever. Even the wiki states this - "No matter how skilled an opponent may be, they are forced to wait helpless in this world of darkness". Minato, by  actual feat, has never shown to have a strong counter for Genjutsu of an extremely high caliber or even for a normal one in battle ever. Even if we count Kurama, it is still unlikely whether he'll release him from Genjutsu. Because 1. Kurama has never done that before. 2. When Naruto was in a Genjutsu in the last, Kurama didn't a give a shit about him and left him in the Genjutsu. So, according to me, there's a 75% chance that Minato would not be able to escape his Genjutsu and 25% chance where Kurama will release. Though, it is unlikely to happen because the people mentioned in the title of this thread are in their normal character ( And that includes Kurama as well ). And as I menioned, Kurama has never shown any 'Genjutsu release' feat in his normal character in the series.

Minato's Fuinjutsu is also very powerful. Hashirama might not have an easy time dealing with that. Minato could maybe overwhelm him somewhat with his vast skill In Fuijutsu. But it still wouldn't come close to  actually  defeating him.  However  if Minato uses Reaper Death Seal, Minato could actually pull out a draw. But I'm still not sure if it will 100% work or not. Or if Hashirama persists or something. Though I'm not quite sure if Hashirama can do anything against this. If anything, I would side with Minato on this one. Since, he has more chances of pulling a draw  if  he uses this technqiue Reaper Death Seal.

Coming to Minato's KCM, Hashirama has already dealt with FULL Yin  AND  Yang Kurama + Perfect Susano'o. Minato's only half Yin-Kurama won't be able to do SHIT to him here. Hashirama has several ways he could defeat his Kyubi Avatar without even actually using Shinsu Senju. For example: 1. Wood Dragons - Madara with Hashirama's Wood Dragons was easily able to restrain the Nine - tails. 2. Sage Art: Gate Of The Great God: Naruto, with his normal Torii-Seal was able to restrain the Nine - Tails without any difficulty at all, not allowing him to use the MASSIVE Tailed Beast Bomb. Hashirama could easily do the same. On the other hand, Hashirama's Gates were capable of restraining the Ten-Tails / Juubi for a HELL lot of time. Yang Kurama is not escaping Hashirama's Great Gates with possibly  anything  at all.

3. Again, if it comes to worst, then Hashirama still has his most powerful Shinsu Senju.

Another thing, Base Hashirama countered Perfect Susano'o + Yin / Yang Kurama's Tailed Beast Bomb + Susano'o Sword with Quintuple Rashomon. A normal Tailed Beast Bomb could  barely do anything to Hashirama  at all .

Overall, Hashirama's Ninjutsu Arsenal is  vastly  superior to Minato's. Hashirama has  FAAR  more battle options as compared to Minato.