Originally posted by SSJGGogeta
Um... That doesn't matter.Naruto lost to Kimimaro, lol.
And btw, Hiruzen was still stated to be the strongest of the Hokage, when he was in his prime.
kimmimaro is one of the strongest ninja in the verse. had he been there during the invasion of the leaf it would have been a success. He even was seconds away from killing gaara so i dont see your point.....Also naruto hadnt realized his full potential at that point.
How does any of that connects to hashirama?
The statement about Hiruzen being the strongest is outdated and clearly has no backing due to Hashirama's far superior feats. It was also a statement made by Iruka, someone with no significant knowledge of the first. The fact that someone considers his opinion more substantial than actual feats is laughable.
Yes, Iruka is not a primary source, he's only ever seen two Kage... and I don't think he realized how good Minato was.
Hiruzen seems very versatile, and very smart, but he doesn't have the high chakra level, or an unusual area of speciality like the time-space teleporting Minato had.
I think his thing was basically, 'if there's a normal jutsu, he has the counter, and he will use it.'