I agree with Rikerslade. It's kinda sad that we still to this day do not know the full potentials of characters like Hashirama, Izuna, Madara, Shisui, Minato etc. C'mon Kishi! But going by what little info we have in the manga I'll say Hashirama.we havent seen hashirama fight, so how can we answer this? saying he beat madara isnt a good enough argument for several reasons:
1. according to what has been revealed so far in the manga, madara was just fighting for DNA, not really to kill
2. madara got his strongest abilities after the fight(rinnegan) and couldnt have a re-match due to death
3. hashirama seems to only have a lot of power when in control of the fox
Its Itachi for the other guy loli thought madara didn't die during his battle with hashirama...
anyways i think hashirama has this one
Kishi just loves delaying answers to our questionsHow could Hashirama be stupid enough to allow Madara to live?
he did not know he was aliveHow could Hashirama be stupid enough to allow Madara to live?
just what i meant to write...Hashirama>Madara EMS>Itachi
the f*** Madara willing to fight only for some cells:
he stated that hated hashi the most; why don't willing kill him, when plus to the lose battle:
*Lost the kyubi
*Got "wounds that never completely healed" whe he could kill and extract DNA, IN THAT ORDER
*Lost even more reputation (but he could not care at all)
*Don't killed the legacy of his forever fate-nemesis
The fact is Hashirama win, he sayed that he only wanted the DNA because of his proud
Best answer I've heard all day.Hashirama. He defeated Madara.
Madara > Itachi.
Over.