It's a timeline thing..

[Huang]

So, a lot of people are wondering why Orochimaru revived the 4 Kages, some ask that question as if it were Orochimaru's decission to revive them.
But it was Sasuke who first mentioned 'the ones who know everything', right before reviving Orochimaru..

Spoiler

You must be registered for see images

But that aside,..

Sasuke was looking for the ones that know everything, and considering how old those four guys are, I don't think it's going to cover such matters as the Juubi or the SO6P.

But rather 'everything' as in 'everything that happened to the Uchiha'.

I think the reason Sasuke needs the 4 Hokage to tell him the truth, is because together all four have lived during the Uchiha's 4 most important times in their history.

Hashirama - Knows everything about Madara, and the rise of the clan, and Madara's fight at the valley.

Tobirama - Was present when they were suspected of forming a coup against Konoha, and gave them their new position as the Konoha Police-Force, as way to keep them under strict UNBU surveilance.

Hiruzen - Was present during the massacre, and knows everything the elders discussed concerning the Uchiha.
He was also the last to talk to Itachi, before he left the village.

Minato - Simple, he can confirm to Sasuke if the attack on Konoha resulted in the massacre or was a natural occurance.

In other words, my guess is the 4 Hokage are back to explain the Uchiha history from beginning to end.

 

[Maito Gai]

I'd accept that, for sasuke anyways, as long as i get to see the 4 fight i'l be happy

 

[Huang]

I'd accept that, for sasuke anyways, as long as i get to see the 4 fight i'l be happy

I don't think they're going to join the fight, simply because of Orochimaru not caring for the war,.. but we'll cross that brigde when we get there.

 

[Maito Gai]

I don't think they're going to join the fight, simply because of Orochimaru not caring for the war,.. but we'll cross that brigde when we get there.

i know i mean as a final battle with oro being the final villain with all 4 kages he'd be real menacing and harder to defeat than obito and madara making him a worthy final villain

 

[Huang]

i know i mean as a final battle with oro being the final villain with all 4 kages he'd be real menacing and harder to defeat than obito and madara making him a worthy final villain

Yeah, would be cool. But I remember reading an Interview with Kishi where he stated the manga is nearing it's end very soon.
I would like to see them fight, but I think it's very unlikely of that happening.

 

[yoshimitsu]

One point I agree with you on and I would like to explore a bit further is the issue of timeline..

A lot of people think Madara and Hashirama are the sons of the S06P. The way I see it, the sage lived far before Madara and Hashirama were born. The events during the Juubi period falls within the sage's lifetime, thus also having taken place long before Madara/Hashirama's time. These two are but exceptional shinobi from their respective clans. It was never stated these are the sons of the S06P.

I say this because when we were first introduced Madara, he was depicted as a super elite shinobi born from an already elite clan.
For Madara to be considered one of the strongest even during that era, many more Uchiha would have had to emerge long before in order for that comparison to make sense/have credibility.

And we know less of Senju lineage..

My point is: Madara and Hashirama are not the S06P's direct sons. That makes absolutely no sense, timeline-wise.

 

[Huang]

One point I agree with you on and I would like to explore a bit further is the issue of timeline..

A lot of people think Madara and Hashirama are the sons of the S06P. The way I see it, the sage lived far before Madara and Hashirama were born. The events during the Juubi period falls within the sage's lifetime, thus also having taken place long before Madara/Hashirama's time. These two are but exceptional shinobi from their respective clans. It was never stated these are the sons of the S06P.

I say this because when we were first introduced Madara, he was depicted as a super elite shinobi born from an already elite clan.
For Madara to be considered one of the strongest even during that era, many more Uchiha would have had to emerge long before in order for that comparison to make sense/have credibility.

And we know less of Senju lineage..

My point is: Madara and Hashirama are not the S06P's direct sons. That makes absolutely no sense, timeline-wise.

I totally agree.

EDIT: To elaborate, the good vs evil theme has been used throughout the entire story. From Sasuke and Naruto, to Madara and Hasirama, and the Sage's sons.
I think that the many compairisons between the Hero and Anti-hero characters, got people to mistake Madara and Hashirama for the two sons.

 

[rollin]

It wasn't tobirama who made them move on the outskirts of the village it was the nine-tals attack

 

[Huang]

It wasn't tobirama who made them move on the outskirts of the village it was the nine-tals attack

True, my bad. I mistook it with being kept under ANBU surveilance. Corrected.

 

[edo tensai wilmaso]

One point I agree with you on and I would like to explore a bit further is the issue of timeline..

A lot of people think Madara and Hashirama are the sons of the S06P. The way I see it, the sage lived far before Madara and Hashirama were born. The events during the Juubi period falls within the sage's lifetime, thus also having taken place long before Madara/Hashirama's time. These two are but exceptional shinobi from their respective clans. It was never stated these are the sons of the S06P.

I say this because when we were first introduced Madara, he was depicted as a super elite shinobi born from an already elite clan.
For Madara to be considered one of the strongest even during that era, many more Uchiha would have had to emerge long before in order for that comparison to make sense/have credibility.

And we know less of Senju lineage..

My point is: Madara and Hashirama are not the S06P's direct sons. That makes absolutely no sense, timeline-wise.

wow , honestly this is the first time i heard that there are ppl who think hashi and madara were the sons of the sage whoever said that must be a troll, also my main concern is tobi's story .... it doesn't make any sense, everything he said about the sons of the six paths could all just be a lie really....why would the sage leave a tablet that shows the elder son(the one he didnt pick) on how to resurrect the goddam jubbi??? suspicious if you ask me and the uzumak clan were beast ass dudes ...look at all thier masks they had for sealing techs....more and more i'm starting to believe the uzumaki play a way bigger role in the SO6P era

 

[thegame]

You may wanna edit, since the kuybi attack happened before the uchiha massacre. So Minato can only confirm, if the Kuybi massacre was set up by Uchiha or not. Which it wasn't, so the accusations are false. It was set up by Obito though, so Sasuke may blame it on him.

 

[Huang]

You may wanna edit, since the kuybi attack happened before the uchiha massacre. So Minato can only confirm, if the Kuybi massacre was set up by Uchiha or not. Which it wasn't, so the accusations are false. It was set up by Obito though, so Sasuke may blame it on him.

I didn't write my arguments in chronological order, but in order of the Hokage.
If minato reveals who attacked Konoha, Sasuke will know if the massacre has something to do with the attack years later.
I don't mean that Minato will litterally tell him about the massacre, I meant Sasuke will draw this conclusion.

But I know what you're getting at, it may have been the way I wrote it down.
It's corrected to prevent further confusion