Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160319123237/@comment-7292165-20160319200706

While I do believe Hiruzen will fair well, Danzo having the use of Izanagi 10 times over is bad for Hiruzen. Sasuke was lucky he had Susanoo to protect him. Sasuke also only beat him due to plot. The fact that when Danzo dies, he reappears anywhere he wants (mostly). Like sneaking behind Hiruzen and stabbing him when his guard is off. Hiruzen is also not in his prime and can't have long duration fights and Danzo has he fair share of strong ninjutsu. The fact that it is Hiruzen too will make Danzo less reckless because he knows how strong and inferior Hiruzen made him feel when he was younger. Hiruzen has shown in his old age to fight off three lage level shinobi but what absolutely needed to do was seal them as he can't do prolong fights in his age condition. I'll give this one to Danzo with high difficulty. Hiruzen is sharp and is more than skilled all areas of combat but he won't be able to keep dealing with Danzo's resurrecting abilities and has no armor to stop Danzo from at some point appearing behind him to stab him.