Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34656247-20180726110937/@comment-30323490-20180728102357

I think Hiruzen`s chakra levels even in his prime weren`t great. I mean by the time he fought Orochimaru as an old man he had pretty low reserves, and he was pushing 70 i believe.

In comparison, Oonoki was pushing 80 and he was monster during the war. So unless Oonoki had ridiculous chakra reserves, which is unstated, Hiruzen never truly had a great chakra pool.

Also i believe that the statement of Hiruzen mastering every jutsu in Konoha was waaay before the introduction of hiraijin. When that statement came around, the concept of hiraijin wasn`t even in Kishimoto`s mind probably.

And the same statement comes around and bites us in the ass because we don`t know if we should assume that Hiruzen actually ever mastered such jutsu or not.