Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26704954-20160301064038/@comment-27660682-20160307210444

Yea so that's why I say its unfair to judge hiruzen by his edo performance alone. People are mad he only fired shuriken, but I find that smart as its a test technique that costs minimal chakra and allowed him to effectively discern the properties of the truth seeking ball. And all the edos got rekt in the war, at least hiruzen was the last one standing and held off the mini shinsenju that the 5 kages and the rest of the alliance were struggling against. Shikmaru said if edo third went down, they were all doomed. Then of course karin comes in with taka and did what an entire alliance couldn't do apparently,  getting past the statue. But still matching the elements of that statue when he is far from his prime is still impressive.