Only fanboys think the power scale moved up..

. Its the same.. Itachi was introduced with his epicness in Part 1. Which was already stronger then anything Hiruzen had showed.. So yea the people just got stronger.. there was no change in 'power scale'. And this thing about 'counters' "he is a counter to him".. is pure BS. If he is a counter to Madara.. then Sarutobi has no chance.
1. Anime has copyrights by Masashi Kishimoto. Your claim about Manga > Anime fails there
2. "every jutsu" is "Every jutsu".. So yea that statement was a fail in the manga. He had seals but he didn't use them on the edos and then fight Oro to kill him? ok.
3. It came out prior to Susano'o appearnance? wth are you talking about...
1. Main power doesn't = all power.
2. Show a feat where Enma can take on endless amounts of mokuton
3. Mokuton can easily pawn bijjuus.... lmao. So don't compare mokuton to that scrawny enma.
Sadly, your misguided. Manga pages = proof. Tobirama and Hashirama are HAILED as the best shinobis the leaf has ever seen. So Hiruzen's part 1 hype already failed there.
Dan + Madara+ Kabuto again screw up Hiruzen's hype.
Winner will always be the one protrayed as the strongest shinobi of the modern time.