Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150704102606/@comment-26537507-20150704200416

A young Hiruzen would curbstomp Kakashi easily. The way I see it is this - Kakashi almost fought Orochimaru and afterwards wondered if he had a deathwish. This is the same Oro that post-prime Hiruzen very nearly killed after beating the 1st and 2nd hokage edo tensei. I would suggest that part of the reason Oro didn't die in that fight was because Hiruzen still didn't want to kill his student and only committed to it at the end. Don't get me wrong, hokage Kakashi is strong, but I don't think he'd be able to beat Oro. A young Hiruzen could.