Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25531508-20140923043228/@comment-25382671-20140923235019

11zeeshha wrote: kabuto has stated that hashirama was so powerful that even now his strength is believed to be a fairy tale. Meaning, people are able to comprehend hiruzen's power but not hashirama's b/c the latter's OPness is just too unbelievable. Or, you know, simply because Hashirama has been dead for such a long time that no one remembers how strong he actually was, but people still remembers Hiruzen's prime strenght.

I'm not agreeing nor disagreeing with you, I just want to point out that there are other possibilities than you seem to comprehend.

As a personal opinion, I agree that Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara and Hiruzen are among the strongest, but I would like to see how strong Minato, Itachi and Shisui (to name but a few) would be capable of if they ever got to live as long as, say, Jiraiya or Orochimaru... maybe simply because those 3 are my favorite characters. Call me biased. :P