when I said CLUELESS XD I meant Hashirama keeps making these *I don't know whats going on?* type faces..
Hashirama & Madara seem like kids again to me. <.<

logically Edo Madara saying "Only Hashirama can beat me" meant Hashirama was the Only one to ever do it...
and this generation is full of weaklings , and he was simply trying to shake the morale/ confidence of the 5 kage..

truthfully I think its obvious that Madara will win and move on to better things than Hashirama ... and Kishi could make it seem like Hashirama has won , only to make Madara come out of nowhere with the upper hand..
Definition of can:
-Be able to
verbal auxiliary
1
a : know how to <she can read>
b : be physically or mentally able to <he can lift 200 pounds>
c —used to indicate possibility <do you think he can still be alive> <those things can happen> ; sometimes used interchangeably with may
d : be permitted by conscience or feeling to <can hardly blame her>
e : be made possible or probable by circumstances to <he can hardly have meant that>
f : be inherently able or designed to <everything that money can buy>
g : be logically or axiologically able to <2 + 2 can also be written 3 + 1>
h : be enabled by law, agreement, or custom to
So in which definition is your 'can'? cause i don't see it in the dictionary definition.
feats wise Hashirama is stronger.
Portrayal wise Hashirama is stronger......
As I have said before, Fans wise Madara is stronger, Manga Hashirama stronger.
Oh and wasn't Hashirama the one that was able to formulate a plan to deal with the Juubi and on top of that, know that Madara was using Rinne tensei?

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