Wait...What?

[Pumpkin Ninja]

I'm not sure if this has been asked already but if Hashirama could escape Orochimaru's edo tensei, why didn't he when he had to face Hiruzen? Makes no sense to me.

 

[ReZ]

I'm not sure if this has been asked already but if Hashirama could escape Orochimaru's edo tensei, why didn't he when he had to face Hiruzen? Makes no sense to me.

At that time he was not brought back with almost his full power.

 

[FreakensteinAG]

That was the primitive Edo Tensei back then, and the Hokages' power was reduced quite a bit. that's why in part1 Hiruzen didn't automatically get his ass whupped.

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

KK, thanks guys.

 

[Kaneki Kun]

That was the primitive Edo Tensei back then, and the Hokages' power was reduced quite a bit. that's why in part1 Hiruzen didn't automatically get his ass whupped.

^^^Pretty much.

 

[ballerjordan]

He was at about 30% of his power, he couldn't resist it.

 

[Horus]

Hmm, Lemme See!
He was not Brought Back at Full Power.
And Kishimoto Did not Really Know what the Manga would Develop into, So He did not Show Out Hashirama's Badassity.
He did Not Think about Making Hashirama the Most Powerful kage Yet.

 

[SenseiMartian]

As Tobirama said, the jutsu's efficiency was improved where they were brought back at nearly full strength. Also, Orochimaru implemented the use of talismans in part 1. (which may or may not have the same effect against near full power Hashirama)

 

[BREAKD]

and he didn't really had a chance, for the control tags were inserted almost immediately

 

[S A G E]

Plot no jutsu
OT: they were probably less than 50% of their strength to resist edo tensei

 

[-Punk-]

KK, thanks guys.

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[Yatori]

All above has the answer ^_^

 

[marksonm]

Kishi made a mistake and now he has corrected it by saying perfecting Edo tensei so that he can help us end the debate on how strong the previous Hokages are and what their strengths and weaknesses as well as personalities are. Hence, Plot no jutsu!!!

At that time during the fight of Oro and Hiruzen, they were brought back at low level strength, and Orochimaru did not let them fight with their own personality, he controlled them. However, Tobirama seemed to remember Orochimaru from before, and Hashirama doesn't, I don't know why, may be Tobirama is just more attentive to details and smarter than Hashirama (as he has shown by analysing the way Uchiha acquires their power through darkness, considering he is not an Uchiha and his development of FTG and Edo tensei itself)

 

[Dęvîa Puęrî]

He isn't fully out of orochimaru control if oro wanted to he could completely nullify hashi will and emotion but he wanted sasuke to hear story from him
Is hashi capable of getting out of the Edo tensi yea
But oro won't go down without a fight he can still completely control hashi if he wanted..

 

[Jordanofthecloud]

He wasnt at full power that time.

This time, he was.

 

[Vexion]

Would ruin the story