Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26388300-20160301040622/@comment-26403664-20160311205628

I for one do not think that Hashirama would win. However I don't think Sasuke would easily beat Hashirama. I would not call it a death battle per say, but it would be like a dragged out Minato vs Obito battle. Hashirama being Obito and Sasuke being Minato. Hashirama would be able to counter some of Sasuke's abilities however Sasuke will eventually go all out and quickly defeat Hashirama after some difficulty. I do want to make a couple of responses though @MIGshinobi "EMS sasuke coukd barely touch a blind madara, and sages mode sensing and speed enhancements aren't enough to mitigate the heavy handicap madara had." When Sasuke engaged blind Madara he was already finished fighting the Ten Tails and then TTJ Obito. After joining Naruto with the majestic attire Susanoo he was visibly exhasuted. Granted he could have recovered stamina, however I think you are downplaying how much he battled. And furthermore I disagree. A very strong user of sage mode (ie Madara who was physically capable and chakra capable), Madara said he could tell kekei genkai and species by sensing when he entered Sage Mode is my memory is correct. That is better than most sensing and it's Madara Uchiha, Madara is not an opponent to take likely even while blind. Also based on your logic Madara only survived being blind is because of plot. Kishimoto wanted to make Madara the TTJ and he did.

@Zaulyl "I've got to hand this to Sasuke. His teleportation outpaces Hashirama easily, and we've already seen that he can use it in conjunction with his sword to impale people. All he'd have to do is aim for Hashi's head and the fight would be over immediately. The teleportation ability makes it unfair if these ninja fight intelligently" It's possible to react to Space ninjutsu, Madara and Naruto have done it. I think Hashirama is capable of it, otherwise Tobirama would have been named God of Shinobi.