Without even referring to his hype, could you explain what happened to the next gen surpassing the previous one? Or is that now irrelevant in your eyes?
The next generation theme in my eyes is used as a tool to inspire pupils at the academy. If you look at the facts the next generation do not surpass the previous.
Example the uchiha clan of the past during the days of the senju would easily defeat the uchiha clan that itachi and tobi slaughtered.
Next a fodder during the time of constant war where there a need to get stronger, will defeat a current fodder.
Now you have hailed hiruzen as the strongest hokage and now in your post tried to bring up the next gen surpassing the previous nonsense. But if thats true and thats what you believe then you are contracditing yourself. It thats what you belief then you should be saying minato or perhaps tsunade is the strongest hokage.
Add the fact that the previous kages wouldve done so much better than the current kages, that statement about current gen surpassing the previous shouldnt be taken seriously. If anything applies to a handful of ninja's
im sorry but your trying to say that Haruzen isn't stronger than Hashirama even though it has been stated and I know your an avid Itachi fanboy who constantly downplays Hashirama all the time with no proof.
I didnt say hiruzen was stronger than hashirama :flaw:.
Downplay Hashirama?. He is actually joint with hiruzen as my favourite kage, but also i dont down play his abilities. :shrug: