Kishi ruining the chronology on a whim

[Talal]

I don't get what everyone's so butt-hurt about. We knew for a fact that Hashirama lived at least until Tsunade's birth. Now we know he lived until she was at least 4 or 5, that's not much of a difference.

So Hashirama died when she was 4 then "Tobirama was appointed as the Second Hokage. During his reign he was primarily responsible for establishing Konoha's organisational system. He established various organisations such as the Academy, the ANBU, the Chūnin Exams and the Konoha Military Police Force. At some point during his era, he and the Second Raikage met to form a formal alliance between Kumogakure and Konohagakure; however, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Kumo's Gold and Silver Brothers, attempted a coup d’etat against the Second Raikage and left Tobirama near death during the fiasco". Then the First Shinobi War started and he died before it even ended. Hiruzen became Hokage won the war managed to mature and grow a beard all that in less than a year. Yeah that seems likely.

 

[ItachiStyle]

And btw, this is not "day 2" of the 4th Shinobi war... the war has been going for a while now, mobilising armies, moving them, etc... this is just day 2 of the first large scale fight.

 

[DeadManWonderLand]

Why Kishi, why? It was already clear Tsunade couldn't have known the 1st Hokage, based on the timeline. Now, suddenly she did, so we get a funny joke... doesn't he have staff to point this stuff out to him before he does it?

After all, the 1st and 2nd Hokage reigned for a not inconsiderable period, so even if the 1st knew her just before his death, and the 2nd reigned the minimal number of years, she's still too old to be a genin under (adult) Saru, with his beard and such. Annoying.

ill let someone else point out how fail your are im soking a cigg and cant be bothered right now

 

[Floydical]

Ohh, I see where this is coming from.

I cant find that scene anywhere in the manga, maybe I'm not looking properly but I'm pretty sure you won't find it there either. But I do know that, that was a weird flashback Hiruzen was having in the anime. That was probably just some sort composite flashback. i.e. Two flashbacks in one. Anyway, thats all irrelevant since it comes from the anime. I'll assume that you know already that every now and then the anime decides to take initiative add their own ideas to the story. Which is why the anime is not considered cannon. That scene might be one of those times where the anime people made up their own stuff.

Hiruzen is 18 years older than Tsunade. Which means that Hiruzen was 20-23 years old when Hashirama died, according to my timeline. In Hiruzen's anime flashback, he's portrayed as a very young boy (probably thirteen, give or take a few years). Read chapter 481 and you'll realize that Hiruzen was not a young boy when Tobirama declared him Hokage. Hashirama also was definitely also not present when Hiruzen was declared Hokage. Thats the sort of nonsense the anime sometimes comes up with every now and then.

My advice to you is to disregard the anime and rely only on the Manga (and the databooks) for reference.

Also, like I said before. The first Databook states that Tobirama became Hokage after Hashirama died.

Ya this whole thing about Hashirama and Tobirama declaring Hiruzen Hokage at the same time is all based on an anime mistake. Now this top image is actually accurate, but that's when Hiruzen is really young:

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All this means is that he was a strong prospect from a very early age, but he definitely wasn't hokage yet.

More importantly, as you said, the actual image from the anime of them declaring him Hokage together is not cannon. The problem stems from the the anime doing their best to interpret very small things out of the manga that we wouldn't normally notice. What I mean by that is usually the anime is pretty good at clarifying small things that we might not easily see for ourselves in the manga.

The problem in this case is that they made an error in determining what the manga was implying. This is the page in question:

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As you can see, the anime came to the conclusion that the 2 kage were saying these things to Hiruzen at the same time, however this is not true. It is understandable, however, since the graphic surrounding the word 'Hokage' typically implies a very loud expression, or multiple people stating it at the same time. Basically what I'm saying is that the Anime came to the conclusion that they stated these things to Hiruzen at the same time, but they didn't. We know the situation where the 2nd promoted Hiruzen to Hokage, and this isn't it. Therefore, we can tell that they did not say this statement at the same time.

Long story short, its an anime mistake, but the manga left it interpretable in various ways.

 

[Kirin Rei]

So Hashirama died when she was 4 then "Tobirama was appointed as the Second Hokage. During his reign he was primarily responsible for establishing Konoha's organisational system. He established various organisations such as the Academy, the ANBU, the Chūnin Exams and the Konoha Military Police Force. At some point during his era, he and the Second Raikage met to form a formal alliance between Kumogakure and Konohagakure; however, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Kumo's Gold and Silver Brothers, attempted a coup d’etat against the Second Raikage and left Tobirama near death during the fiasco". Then the First Shinobi War started and he died before it even ended. Hiruzen became Hokage won the war managed to mature and grow a beard all that in less than a year. Yeah that seems likely.

Seriously though, I don't see the problem here.

First of all we can only guess about Tsunade's age in Hashi's flashback, she could be anywhere from two to four, so that gives us an additional two year span.

Second of all, even if we consider she's four years old back then, it gives us a two year time span, not less than a year.

Lastly, it has been nearly a year (give or take) since Naruto returned to the village and do you want me to list the happenings in that short time span?
The Kazekage dies and is saved by Konoha nin, they battle Akatsuki numerous times, Konoha is attacked, Konoha is destroyed down to the rubble, Pein is defeated, they build Konoha back from scratch, Tsunade is in a coma, Danzo is (temporarily) appointed as Hokage, Danzo dies, Tsunade reclaims her poisition, a Kage summit is held and the biggest war ever is waged.

Just two days into the war the alliance has fought zombie previous Kage's, bosses, Gin-Kin brothers, sealed the Gin-Kin brothers and is currently battling Madara, Obito and the bloody Juubi and I assure you that this fight won't drag out till nightfall.
On the other hand, the four previous Hokage's have been zombified by the likes of one sick b*stard named Orochimaru who was supposed to be dead.

The above paragraph has happened mostly in one day.

Just because Kishi likes to drag out instances doesn't mean they actually last that long. Every manga we read is about five minutes in Narutoverse, some more, some less. So it's perfectly plausible to consider all that you listed in your post happening in a time frame of two to four years. :|

 

[Rosco Wellington]

I don't see the issue. The third is about 17 years older then tsunade. And a even bigger obvious age gap between her and hashi. Any pictures shown of any of them together one way or the other reflect the age differences. Even the pic of the sannin as genin, the third looks like he's in his early 20's. wasn't tsunade like 6 or something at that time? Hashi reminiscing about tsunade as a toddler fits the timeline.

 

[Talal]

Seriously though, I don't see the problem here.

First of all we can only guess about Tsunade's age in Hashi's flashback, she could be anywhere from two to four, so that gives us an additional two year span.

Second of all, even if we consider she's four years old back then, it gives us a two year time span, not less than a year.

Lastly, it has been nearly a year (give or take) since Naruto returned to the village and do you want me to list the happenings in that short time span?
The Kazekage dies and is saved by Konoha nin, they battle Akatsuki numerous times, Konoha is attacked, Konoha is destroyed down to the rubble, Pein is defeated, they build Konoha back from scratch, Tsunade is in a coma, Danzo is (temporarily) appointed as Hokage, Danzo dies, Tsunade reclaims her poisition, a Kage summit is held and the biggest war ever is waged.

Just two days into the war the alliance has fought zombie previous Kage's, bosses, Gin-Kin brothers, sealed the Gin-Kin brothers and is currently battling Madara, Obito and the bloody Juubi and I assure you that this fight won't drag out till nightfall.
On the other hand, the four previous Hokage's have been zombified by the likes of one sick b*stard named Orochimaru who was supposed to be dead.

The above paragraph has happened mostly in one day.

Just because Kishi likes to drag out instances doesn't mean they actually last that long. Every manga we read is about five minutes in Narutoverse, some more, some less. So it's perfectly plausible to consider all that you listed in your post happening in a time frame of two to four years. :|

When he draws Hiruzen looking like an early teen, then draw him as a mature man that implies a somewhat significant period of time. I guess we can fit all of the events in that short of a time span but it just doesn't make sense at all. He never implied that the Second had this short of a reign. He never implied that Hiruzen taught the sannin immediately after becoming Hokage. These constant inconsistencies all point towards him not caring that much about the timeline, which is frustrating.

Besides, we are watching these events happening. He can't just say that the Shinobi slept and continued the next day. But when he's telling us something that happened before the story started it wouldn't be logical for him to cram all these events in such a short period.

 

[Filo]

Hey the first did give her a gift of a necklace

WOAH! If the Edo Hokage make it to the battlefield and Hashi sees Naruto wearing it some stuffs bout to go down!

 

[Talal]

WOAH! If the Edo Hokage make it to the battlefield and Hashi sees Naruto wearing it some stuffs bout to go down!

The necklace broke a while ago.

 

[Filo]

The necklace broke a while ago.

*walks to corner of room*
dunce cap

 

[Sir Ichiraku]

Please explain how it was clear that Tsunade wouldn't have known Hashirama.

^this.

 

[soupasimon]

So much math..

 

[Orochimaruofthesound]

Its unknown. no one knows the ages of death for the 1st. except kishisama

 

[CloakedDeception]

Why do people assume that Tobirama BECAME Hokage AFTER Hashirama died? The current hokage simply has to retire for a new hokage to be appointed. Hiruzen was alive and well when Minato was appointed. The reason I bring this up is, the reign of each hokage is much shorter if they don't serve til death. Which means there's no reason why Tsunade has to be 5 million+ years old for her to have been alive when her grandfather was alive.

From their chat in the latest chapter, all we know is that Tobirama was STILL Hokage WHEN Hashirama died (because Hashi didn't know about the dealings with the Uchiha).

 

[ANBUITACHIUCHIHA]

Why do people assume that Tobirama BECAME Hokage AFTER Hashirama died? The current hokage simply has to retire for a new hokage to be appointed. Hiruzen was alive and well when Minato was appointed. The reason I bring this up is, the reign of each hokage is much shorter if they don't serve til death. Which means there's no reason why Tsunade has to be 5 million+ years old for her to have been alive when her grandfather was alive.

From their chat in the latest chapter, all we know is that Tobirama was STILL Hokage WHEN Hashirama died (because Hashi didn't know about the dealings with the Uchiha).

Nicely put

 

[Orochimaruofthesound]

age and death has proven to have no consequence in this manga

 

[Nosferato]

Why do people assume that Tobirama BECAME Hokage AFTER Hashirama died? The current hokage simply has to retire for a new hokage to be appointed. Hiruzen was alive and well when Minato was appointed. The reason I bring this up is, the reign of each hokage is much shorter if they don't serve til death. Which means there's no reason why Tsunade has to be 5 million+ years old for her to have been alive when her grandfather was alive.

From their chat in the latest chapter, all we know is that Tobirama was STILL Hokage WHEN Hashirama died (because Hashi didn't know about the dealings with the Uchiha).

read the thread, it's not how old she would have to be, it's the weird aging dynamic in between her and hiruzen

 

[~MC117~]

Flashbacks have been shown before of the 2 of them together, even in part 1 I think.

 

[Talal]

Why do people assume that Tobirama BECAME Hokage AFTER Hashirama died? The current hokage simply has to retire for a new hokage to be appointed. Hiruzen was alive and well when Minato was appointed. The reason I bring this up is, the reign of each hokage is much shorter if they don't serve til death. Which means there's no reason why Tsunade has to be 5 million+ years old for her to have been alive when her grandfather was alive.

From their chat in the latest chapter, all we know is that Tobirama was STILL Hokage WHEN Hashirama died (because Hashi didn't know about the dealings with the Uchiha).

"When Hashirama, who was appointed the First Hokage, died, Tobirama was appointed as the Second Hokage." From Kishimoto himself.

 

[Ero sennin jiraiya]

ill let someone else point out how fail your are im soking a cigg and cant be bothered right now

I'll take the task, though I'm mid cig too -_-

Why Kishi, why? It was already clear Tsunade couldn't have known the 1st Hokage, based on the timeline. Now, suddenly she did, so we get a funny joke... doesn't he have staff to point this stuff out to him before he does it?

After all, the 1st and 2nd Hokage reigned for a not inconsiderable period, so even if the 1st knew her just before his death, and the 2nd reigned the minimal number of years, she's still too old to be a genin under (adult) Saru, with his beard and such. Annoying.

Well there are pictures of Hiruzen with a beard and his team young, that isn't proof that Tsuande wasn't alive and 2-5 years old when Hashirama died.

We see the flashback of Hiruzen being appointed Hokage by the second. How long the second reigned, we don't know, but it isn't out of the realm of possibility that it was for a very short period.

Keeping this in mind, i would guess Hiruzen was a young adult at this time. Perhaps 21 or 22. If this is true and Tobirama only served as hokage for a year or two, it's possible Hashirama could have met his grandaughter while she was very young. (if you look at the picture of her in the latest chapter, it looks like she's like 3.) Obvously when Tsunade was only 3 she wasn't one of Hiruzen's students yet.

Some people can grow beards as young as 16. Others cant grow beards at all until they are in their mid-twenties. What I'm saying here is a beard isn't really an accurate indication of how old someone is. Hiruzen could have chosen to grow the chin beard a few years after that event, which is why he had it when he is seen with the 3 sannin as his students.


On Narutowiki it claims that Hashirama appointed his brother second hokage before he died. I'm not using this as undeniable proof, but just bringing it up. Narutowiki isn't always 100% accurate but I don't see it as that unlikely this was the case.

Either way it is still now manga fact that Hashirama had met his granddaughter. Really I see your timeline problems as quite minimal. we're looking at a 2-3 year discrepancy at the most, which can be explained away anyways.