Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-24142271-20150818121911/@comment-26773508-20150831110909

Makimaki11 wrote: Moreover, i think that Tobirama is not idiot and that he has means to hurt Kisame and any other opponent. I think he was unfortunate to be Killed by Kin&Gin bros...5 Rikudou tools and Kurama chakra. also if Kisame was against someone with lower efficiency with water, he could be dangerous, but Tobirama is on same level with suiton as KIsame. Tobirama was not killed by the Kin-Gin Bros. He was nearly killed by them. Tobirama actually died at the hands of the Kinkaku Force, which was actually a team of 20 elite jonin, which may or may not have featured Kinkaku and Ginkaku. However, since the Kin-Gin bros had attempted a coup against the Hidden Cloud, it's highly unlikely those two were in the Kinkaku Squad, as they must have fled the village and gone rogue by then. Nevertheless, the shinobi in the Kinkaku Squad were said to be quite strong. It was Tobirama fighting some 20 Pre-War Kakashi level ninjas (maybe). Most likely they were at Part 1 Kakashi level to be referred to as elite jonin.