At what point in the anime was Nagato prime?
And is he stronger than Madara with rinnegan/ems/hashi cells?I guess prime madara. Or even ems Madara w/ 9 tails summon? Just say Hashi and Nagato switched places!
I agree with most of what you said though, just want you opinion.
I would say Nagato's prime was just before Hanzo damaged his legs (which was a silly way). I believe Nagato would win against Madara w/ 9 tails, remember Nagato has the Gedo Mazou dragon which can simply one hit almost everything (it wouldn't be "easy", not sure about the 1 hit kill on 9 tails though).
Madara with rinnegan/ems/hashi cells is a tough one so I dunno... this is all jjust a guessing game anyway since we don't know how strong Nagato, Hashi and Madara (without rinne) REALLY was.
But for Kishi to paint out Nagato as a ninja who can only be defeated against several strong shinobi while being CRIPPLED really makes you think how unbelievably strong Nagato must have been.