Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1872728-20160229033316/@comment-5936871-20160319172856

Georgio722 wrote: Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: The Senju Clan may not have any specific defining traits but it was the most powerful clan in the world only rivaled by the might of the Uchiha Clan. Uzumaki weren't shown to be participating in the wars, so we don't really know if it's powerful or not. But judging by their ability to restrain Tailed Beasts, their power has to be on par with Senju and Uchiha imo. Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: they were consistently hyped up and had superior portrayal to the Uzumaki Clan, They're never shown to be superior, they're equal lol. Plus, the Uzumaki have their own designated land and village, and that's way more superior than just a village with mix clans.

Also, Konoha has the Uzumaki logo emblazoned on their uniform, while the Uzushio doesn't have the Senju logo emblazoned on their uniform, and that sounds like superiority to me. And no, it wasn't only after the destruction of Uzushio. Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: and if the Uzumaki branched off from them and they're both descendants of Asura Otsutsuki who possessed his father's "body" then the Senju and Uzumaki likely both possessed the same abilities but the Senju were not known for it because they died very young in combat against the Uchiha all the time, and vice versa. Hashirama and Tobirama are the strongest Senju, as well as the longest living Senju from the Warring States Period, so you would expect them to have most or even all of their clan's abilities, yet they haven't shown any ability that even resembles Uzumaki ability though. Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: This would be fitting with the clashing "body" and "eyes" theme anyway and it would make sense for the Senju to have something special to combat an entire clan of Sharingan-wielders raised in warring times. Senju have Sage Mode and Uzumaki have chakra structure (Adamantine Chains), while Uchiha has both Sharingan and chakra structure (Susanoo). Though Hashirama was the only one who achieved Sage Mode, and Wood Release is way too rare to be considered a Senju ability. 1. The Uzumaki weren't stated or known to be very offensive though, and only the Senju and Uchiha were officially called the strongest. Black Zetsu stated that Asura and Indra's chakra reincarnated itself into their Senju and Uchiha descendants over time, Naruto is the only known Uzumaki descendant to be Asura's reincarnate and that's probably because the Senju are all gone so his chakra had no choice but to go to Naruto. Madara stated that the only reason he chose Nagato as the bearer of his eyes is because of his "Senju lineage" not "Uzumaki lineage", which implies that the Uzumaki come from the Senju and the Senju are superior as stated already.

2. As I said, the Senju and the Uchiha were officially stated to be the most powerful clans in the world that could only rival each other. The Uzumaki, Hyuga, and Kaguya were not mentioned. The Senju and Uchiha were clearly above their cousins. The Uzumaki had their own little village that was never even shown. The Senju and Uchiha together created the first, largest, and most powerful hidden village in the whole series. The Senju put Uzumaki Clan emblems on their outfits out of respect, not out of superiority.

3. Both Hashirama and Tobirama have massive chakra reserves, stamina, and endurance. They battled the entire Uchiha Clan for 24 hours and came out on top in the end with the Uchiha barely being able to stand and some of them surrendering. Hashirama compared the volume of Minato, Naruto, and Kurama's combined chakra to his own saying it was "comparable to his own". Hashirama's chakra reserves were absolutely gargantuan. Tobirama's chakra reserves were great enough to teleport two TBM users simultaneously without any sign of difficulty. His reserves were also quite large.

4. Only Hashirama had Sage Mode and only two Uzumaki are known to have the Adamantine Sealing Chains so we don't know if they all had it. Next to no Uchiha outside of Madara and Izuna even had the Susanoo or even the Mangekyo Sharingan itself. So it was also extremely rare in the big picture of the clans.