Regardless, i would like to see what it is i'm supposed to be ignoring in both of these databooks because nothing stated in the manga ruins hiruzen's hype.
None of these scans ruins hiruzen's hype.
All this proves in that Hashirama shared the title with Hiruzen and that Hashirama at the point he died > Hiruzen at the point he died.
@ Bold in the 2nd quote and this scan.
Kabuto's statement wasn't putting hashirama on the sages level nor claiming people thought that.
Kabuto was simply stating that like the Rikiudo Sennin, People didn't believe the tales about hashirama's strength, Thus they became fairytales, Just like the sages strength was a fairy tale.
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This proves there were legends depicting hashirama's power, These came from people during his Era and Those people were alive during Hiruzen's reins and his title of God/Strongest hokage.