Hanzō - one of the most powerful?

[Masked man]

Hanzo was legendary ninja and leader of Amegakure.
When he had his faith yet he was considered as a one of the strongest ninja in the world.


Hanzo fought against groupe of Konoha's ninja where were also Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade.
Some people says he beat them because they were a lot weaker than they are now. But how much could they weaker?

For example Jiraiya trained SM when he was very young, so in the battle against Hanzo, he could active it.
And if he couldn't, he still had toad summoning, so he could use his strongest Katon which is comparable with Madara's.

Tsunade's Taijutsu was probably on the same level and her physical power wasn't so weaker..

And about Oro, I don't know because he didn't show anything special from his own power.

As a icon of the whole shinobi world, he must fought against leader of any village. And imagine it who was the Kage in that time: Muu, Sandaime Raikage, Hiruzen (maybe Tobirama), Nidaime Mizukage, Sandaime Kazekage (Maybe Nidaime)..

Hanzo's speed was said to be unsurpassed in water.

Even Pain killed him, it doesn't mean that he was weak, Pain is one of the strongest..
And it was said that he lost his faith, stopped training and became a lot weaker than he was in his prime..

Do you agree with me?

 

[November]

without the poison power, he is a fodder

 

[MrSimple]

He was schooled twice. Not a challenge and pretty weak for the new generations.

 

[you and your stupid ideas]

hanzo became a "dull sword" thats why pain was able to kill him so easily.

hanzo was a samurai who changed faith and trained ninjutsu skills.
he had strong belief and faith which made him a strong opponent in his prime.
(Sharp sword)

but after a while, he lost track. he lost the courage to his convictions thats why Pain decided to kill him because he became "a dull sword."

so yeah, in conclusion i agree with you.

 

[zamki]

he is strong but not one of the strongestU_U

 

[NidaimeRikudouSennin]

Pain and MIFUNE beat him.... he's weak shit compared to other kage level shinobi.

 

[November]

hanzo became a "dull sword" thats why pain was able to kill him so easily.

hanzo was a samurai who changed faith and trained ninjutsu skills.
he had strong belief and faith which made him a strong opponent in his prime.
(Sharp sword)

but after a while, he lost track. he lost the courage to his convictions thats why Pain decided to kill him because he became "a dull sword."

so yeah, in conclusion i agree with you.

he killed hanzo because of revenge

 

[you and your stupid ideas]

he killed hanzo because of revenge

and what did hanzo do again? he sold his integrity to danzo.
thus turning him into a "dull sword."

 

[muutobirama3rdraikagemizu]

Prime hanzo>prime hiruzen

According to jiaiya

 

[November]

and what did hanzo do again? he sold his integrity to danzo.
thus turning him into a "dull sword."

pain killed hanzo because hanzo is reason of yahiko death.
prime hanzo or dull sword hanzo is nothing compare to pain and i also believe that deva path is enough to solo prime hanzo with mid-diff

 

[Lentz]

and what did hanzo do again? he sold his integrity to danzo.
thus turning him into a "dull sword."

Isn't Hanzo like... responsible for Yahiko's death? And didn't he hold Konan as a hostage?

 

[Gene the Machine]

Didnt Hanzo let himself "go"... instead of training and fighting and "putting" him self out here.. he became more Paraniod and Locked himself up in his "house" with bodyguards around 24/7... and by then he had weakend so much that Pain/nagato said he didnt even respected Hanzo anymore..

 

[tripol]

I feel he was just overhyped by Kishi. Still....he was quite formidable against a large army thanks to the wide scale of his poison ish

 

[Kelevra123]

I believe he is hyped similar to Hiruzen. But still he must have had some mad skills to beat the sannin in their youth even through they arent as strong as they are now

 

[BlacLord™]

Remember that Jiraiya would've probably avoided SM because it "displeases the ladies", so a definite no-no in front of Tsunade. Besides, he needed to stick with long-range attacks, so he couldn't use the full benefits of Sage Mode, so why waste all the time preparing and then summoning Shima and Fukasaku just to use a couple of long range attacks?

The Sannin were also a lot younger, so a lot less experienced compared to their more recent selfs.

 

[Narutohokage7]

Remember that Jiraiya would've probably avoided SM because it "displeases the ladies", so a definite no-no in front of Tsunade. Besides, he needed to stick with long-range attacks, so he couldn't use the full benefits of Sage Mode, so why waste all the time preparing and then summoning Shima and Fukasaku just to use a couple of long range attacks?

The Sannin were also a lot younger, so a lot less experienced compared to their more recent selfs.

Sennin mode would have helped with ranged jutsus too

 

[Negative Knight]

I agree, though its sad most people fail to recognize his strength. If we ever get to see the Hanzo vs Sannin fight, maybe we'll see a shred of his actual strength.

 

[2big]

He survived nagatos dragon soul stealing jutsu that and took on the 3 sannin and jariah was a sage when he took them on because he already had heard the prophecy and stuff he is not a fodder they just made him look weak agaist the ninja guy for story and plot plus he was edo

 

[Baka Sennin]

yeah Hanzou was a beast. First of all, he maimed Nagato who had full control of his rinnegan, which is no mean feat. His jutsu, shunshin, and use of poison were top class. top 10 material imo, pity we didn't see his full capabilities as an edo tensei.

secondly, i remember Jiraiya being incredulous that the Akatsuki leader was able to defeat Hanzo, and Jiraiya had seen some of the Akatsuki including Itachi and Kisame who are definitely in the akatsuki's top 5. So he must have been awesome in his prime. when pain killed him he had stopped training and lost his skills, as remarked by nagato, mifune and hanzo himself.

 

[avenged sevenfold]

i think he is quite powerful. but not as powerful as people would have you believe. he did manage to keep the sannin on their toes before naming them the sannin and he did put up a good fight against nagato seeing as he left him immobilized from the waist down. but nonetheless he did become weaker as the years went by and eventually get defeated by nagato