[Discussion] Hashirama: Naive or Wise?

[Founding Fire Shadow]

There have been multiple threads created since the release of the latest chapter; detailing how many fans find Hashirama to be "naive", however I disagree. While his jovial & care-free personality may be misleading, Hashirama has proven extremely wise & for the most part like his brother; thorough in his actions & thought process, which all lead to accomplishing his goal: breaking the chain of hatred & achieving peace. Many seem to write off his consistent sparing of Madara as "softness" despite the facts that he acknowledged that Madara's death would only hinder his plans for peace that heavily relied on an alliance with the Uchiha; which Madara's death would all but rule out, something Hashirama viewed as more important than his own life & that when Madara indeed proved beyond saving; Hashirama showed the resolve to protect the village at any cost. Also, Hashirama's decision to appoint Madara as Hokage is often judged similarly; viewed as Hashirama carelessly offering a position to his friend , however, at the time there were few candidates more qualified than Madara, who not only was a proven leader of high intelligence/power, but possessed a strong desire to protect those he valued, all key traits shown in Hokages, furthermore Hashirama highlighted it as a chance to not only strengthen relations between the Senju & Uchiha, but to offer a platform in which the Uchiha could be viewed in a different light, which would in turn help alter the public opinion of the Uchiha, further attributing to his goal of long term peace. In the end Hashirama would fall short of his goals, as the bigotry held by key members of the Senju, in particular Tobirama; spurred Madara to defect & set off a chain of events that has led to current events, but that does not mean Hashirama was naive or should be written off as an idealist, as while his ideals could be called sensational, he applied a quite rational plan to achieving it in reality & was nearly successful, furthermore even in his failure he accomplished his dream of creating a settlement that would set the standard for the Shinobi World & his "naive" ideals would be passed on as the Will of Fire that would come to shape nigh every shinobi of the Leaf including future Hokages & Uchiha alike. With that said, in the end was Hashirama a naive idealist or was he simply ahead of his time?

Please share your thoughts.shodaimeicon:

 

[avenged sevenfold]

He was both naive yet wise

 

[Zoids]

Already made this thread

 

[SilverSlick]

He suggested someone to rule without going to his people first.

Tobirama solos :scorps:

 

[Dreckerplayer]

Both,

he has his wise moments, then his naive moments...but if he wasn't naive, the leaf wouldn't have been established.

 

[yuan of cruxis]

He was both naive yet wise

It seems that his naiveness only appeared to overshadow his wisdom, but it was the other way around

 

[~Madara Uchiha~]

He has the same aspects as Naruto.

Naruto and Hashirama can both be very naive at times... But there are times when they can be very wise.