Are you serious" Madara & Hashirama all they did was throw some rocks across the water and spar not showing their full power and talk about thing they wanted to do. Naruto & Susuke always had respect for each other, because of both being the only orphan in a happy to have both parents village(other than maybe Neji). They train together, took test together, went on mission together, save each other life many time and had one of the most epic battle any two 13 year old kid's had in Narutoverse, because they care about each other(with Naruto pulling out nine tale cloak and Sasuke reaching stage two sharingan and using the curse mark). That sound like two people who are closer than friend, but more like brother.Good chapter. I actually like this so much more than the so-called war arc so far. Sure, it's cliché, and it's redundant to know their backstory considering what we already know, and it seems like a lame way to shoehorn in Ninja who maybe should have been showed more (Tobirama) and people who just shouldn't be shown at all (Izuna).
Still, Hashirama's flashback so far is much better than every single chapter in the war arc.
Although Hashirama's and Madara's relationship makes Sasuke's and Naruto's bonds seem...well...pathetic. Hashirama and Madara trained together, messed around and planned their future (he...he...heh...), while Naruto and Sasuke went on one mission together, took the Chunin Exams together and just hated one another. I would have prefered it if Naruto and Sasuke had this kind of relationship instead, considering they're main characters and the entire story is based on getting Sasuke back...
So sorry you need to pick your head up out of Madara & Hashirama lap and give Naruto & Sasuke relationship some credit(because the idea that Madara, who had 3 brother die by the hands of senju, as soon as when ever he find out that Hashirama was a senju, will not aleast tell him not to meet up with him no more, yet alone kill him, or stay with his Brother and Dad to fight is a little far fetch, because they haven't been through half the situations that Naruto & Sasuke been through together in their relationship, even if I am OK with the plot).
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