Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26388300-20160301040622/@comment-142748-20160321004729

MlGshinobi wrote: Do I really need to post reference for this? Even madara said that tobirama was weaker as an edo tensi, and he said the senju brothers could no longer keep up with their former selves due to being the edo zombies. Madara was stronger in his prime because of kabuto's further modifications, but that doesn't change the manga fact that he was still weaker than his full potential due to being an edo tensi. Hashriama was a good deal stronger when they fought in real life, and he  beats him in stamina by just enough to win everyy time. Even after gaining the rinnegan and mokuton, madara was still not able to fully close the gap. And the rods, whoo knows when he implanted those. He hsd to plant those rods manually into obito in order to use them, so that was either plot or happened sometime off panel. Tobirama and Hashirama were 98 to 99% close to their full strength from Orochimaru's incomplete Edo Tensei. Madara was brought back and enhanced by Kabuto, brought back stronger than he was in life (word for word) due to possessing the Rinnegan and Mokuton. Hashirama was played for a fool, he didn't understand the danger of the chakra receivers and let himself get stabbed six times. You understand this right? All Madara needed to do was use a seal and turn Hashirama into a people puppet.