Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28846843-20160625201600/@comment-28885945-20160702200335

There is no evidence besides hearsay that he was the most powerful, I bet the Raikage's village thought he was the most powerful shinobi at the time too from what I have seen plus what characters say the third did which was hold off hundreds or thousands of shinobi by himself during three days, I can't see Hiruzen doing that he is too vulnerable he has no defensive abilities from what we have seen only dodging. MAYBE one on one he could pull off a win even though the only jutsu we have seen him use is the reaper which is capable of hurting the third raikage, but none of his other jutsu shown would be able to hurt him if a FRS couldn't penetrate his lightning armor. BUT from what I have seen there is no indication whatsoever that the third hokage could beat the third raikage. I actually think people expect you in your "Prime" to be much better than it would be, it doesn't mean he had 5x the chakra reserves, it only means his body was in better physical condition with possibly 2x chakra reserves, it doesn't change the power of the techniques he has used. And about him sealing the cage in the reaper it was kind of BS they stood there instead of fighting to get away. I love his character but his power is greatly overrated. Kishi imo wanted him to be the main hokage who everyone thought was the most powerful but when Hashirama and the whole Madara battle came in to play he decided to give him the backseat and make everyone else more powerful then the newer generation.