Okay this still is going on.
I did a detailed poats a while back that compares minato, madara and hasihrama.I just going to copy it.
The forth hokage is praised as the strongest in his generation. Generation as in among his peers in konoha.
SAME with the third hokage(he was praised to be the strongest among his konoha peers)(God of shinobi refers to how wise he was in battle not directly saying he was unstoppable in battle. Simular to the so6p his wisdom in ninjutsu gave him the title of God of shinobi.)
SAME with the 2nd hokage (he was praised to be the strongest among his konoha peers) and that's right
the SAME WITH THE 1st hokage.(But madara said he was strongest of HIS TIME irrespective of village. Make a note if this)
The REAL question is WHICH GENERATION IS STRONGEST, can you really answer that, well no. So this comes down to your common sense and unbaised gut feeling.
But I can shed of light about the respective power heirechy regarding madara, 1st hokage and forth hokage.
A lot of guys believe those interviews and that's fine I do too but I don't read them literally. KISHI is tricky and if you read his other interviews you'll see it’s hard to know exactly what he is implying. The interviews are VAGUE SPOILERS, he can't give way the story or that will ruin the suspense he been trying to build over the past two years. It’s like someone telling u the ending of a movie while you’re watching a movie and you’re halfway. It blows it completely. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
Now the statement for those who don't know, is the following:
"The third and forth hokages are the strongest out all the dead shinobi" by the way that interview has been confirmed as fake but I'll go assuming its real either way you'll see the manga proves it fake also.
Now If you think Kishi truly meant that the third and forth were stronger than everyone else(like the 1st,2nd and 3rd generations of kages) then WHY O WHY would kishi contradict himself in the manga he WRITES.
In the Manga, the Forth hokage was talking about Madara to Naruto and he said the following(chapter 440 page 8).
"I sealed half the demon fox's chakra"
"Because I knew you'd learn to use it someday, because you were my son"
"I had a very good reason for it"
"Someone was hiding in the shadows controlling the nine fox's every move"
"He too(hes referring to PAIN as Naruto is fighting PAIN) was a shinobi of unfathomable power"
"No one could ever face him without very unique set of abilities" (read this again and again, these are the word of MINATO.
Now this is what Madara said about himself to the Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) at the kage meeting about the state he's in, the very same state the forth hokage could not defeat as mentioned in the dialog above. (chapter 467 pages 9-10)
Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) - "It certainly is a shock to hear that Uchiha Madara still lives"
Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) - "But why would man of your calibre resort to these roundabout tactics, surely with your power you could accomplish anything you want" (tell me you read this, and is said by KAGE not some noob like Iruka)
Madara - "The wounds from my battle with the first hokage, Hashirama, were too deep... right now, I am powerless"
Madara - "I am nothing more than empty shell of my former self"
Madara was defeated by the First hokage and he does have very unique skill sets, wood jutsu for one AND IT'S STILL UNIQUE TO THIS DAY by the way(Yamato doesn't count).
I did a detailed poats a while back that compares minato, madara and hasihrama.I just going to copy it.
The forth hokage is praised as the strongest in his generation. Generation as in among his peers in konoha.
SAME with the third hokage(he was praised to be the strongest among his konoha peers)(God of shinobi refers to how wise he was in battle not directly saying he was unstoppable in battle. Simular to the so6p his wisdom in ninjutsu gave him the title of God of shinobi.)
SAME with the 2nd hokage (he was praised to be the strongest among his konoha peers) and that's right
the SAME WITH THE 1st hokage.(But madara said he was strongest of HIS TIME irrespective of village. Make a note if this)
The REAL question is WHICH GENERATION IS STRONGEST, can you really answer that, well no. So this comes down to your common sense and unbaised gut feeling.
But I can shed of light about the respective power heirechy regarding madara, 1st hokage and forth hokage.
A lot of guys believe those interviews and that's fine I do too but I don't read them literally. KISHI is tricky and if you read his other interviews you'll see it’s hard to know exactly what he is implying. The interviews are VAGUE SPOILERS, he can't give way the story or that will ruin the suspense he been trying to build over the past two years. It’s like someone telling u the ending of a movie while you’re watching a movie and you’re halfway. It blows it completely. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
Now the statement for those who don't know, is the following:
"The third and forth hokages are the strongest out all the dead shinobi" by the way that interview has been confirmed as fake but I'll go assuming its real either way you'll see the manga proves it fake also.
Now If you think Kishi truly meant that the third and forth were stronger than everyone else(like the 1st,2nd and 3rd generations of kages) then WHY O WHY would kishi contradict himself in the manga he WRITES.
In the Manga, the Forth hokage was talking about Madara to Naruto and he said the following(chapter 440 page 8).
"I sealed half the demon fox's chakra"
"Because I knew you'd learn to use it someday, because you were my son"
"I had a very good reason for it"
"Someone was hiding in the shadows controlling the nine fox's every move"
"He too(hes referring to PAIN as Naruto is fighting PAIN) was a shinobi of unfathomable power"
"No one could ever face him without very unique set of abilities" (read this again and again, these are the word of MINATO.
Now this is what Madara said about himself to the Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) at the kage meeting about the state he's in, the very same state the forth hokage could not defeat as mentioned in the dialog above. (chapter 467 pages 9-10)
Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) - "It certainly is a shock to hear that Uchiha Madara still lives"
Tsuchikage(Ōnoki) - "But why would man of your calibre resort to these roundabout tactics, surely with your power you could accomplish anything you want" (tell me you read this, and is said by KAGE not some noob like Iruka)
Madara - "The wounds from my battle with the first hokage, Hashirama, were too deep... right now, I am powerless"
Madara - "I am nothing more than empty shell of my former self"
Madara was defeated by the First hokage and he does have very unique skill sets, wood jutsu for one AND IT'S STILL UNIQUE TO THIS DAY by the way(Yamato doesn't count).