This entirely my opinion,I'm not saying this has to be the 'universal truth' or anything. I can be wrong, but here goes.
From what I've seen, there r 4 candidate for the post(without so6p of course,he is out of the calculation). they r Rinnegan Madara, Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze and hiruzen sarutobi.
If I Go by jutsus, it might be Madara or Minato, Cause Madara Is Amazingly Too much powerful, and I haven't seen any jutsu to counter FTG properly or any jutsu powerful enough to deflect a TBB like Minato's Barrier. But If I go by the statement made in the manga, it's Sarutobi !!
Let me explain. Minato lost his life against kyuubi to save naruto. Now,no matter what the circumstance is, If u r Really that strong, you should've done better. Minato also said he is giving up his life to make naruto ready for tobi or madara........or who ever it is. That can be meant as he knew he wasn't powerful enough to stop that person, so he left the task for naruto. if you wanna say otherwise, I say we have seen a few people who could have done better in that situation,like madara,possibly nagato. my main point is minato failed to stop kyuubi and save everybody at the same time, where a few others just might can despite the circumstance.
Secondly, Ems Madara lost to Hashirama senju, Who outmatched madara in every way,according to manga. Now,how powerful has Rinnegan Madara become than Ems Madara? He sure had his susano, so it is possible that Ems Madara could also use Meteor no jutsu(i dunno the name). So the only two upgrades rinne-madara has as we've seen so far are wood release and absorbing chakra or ninjutsu. IMO,this two ability doesn't make madara massively more powerful than ems madara, may be a little. That means Rinne-madara may be equal to Hashirama, or just a little bit more powerful than him, but never super stronger than Hashirama.
Now,according to manga again, Hiruzen Sarutobi was consider the strongest Hokage. That means he was more powerful that The 1st. But how much? I think he was more powerful than Hashirama than madara was,cause if he was just a little bit more powerful, nobody would bother telling he was stronger. Instead,in that case they would say they were almost equal or the same. Sarutobi must be more powerful than hashirama with a significant power difference,otherwise it wouldn't be mentioned.
In that case, Hiruzen Sarutobi becomes the strongest ninja of all !!! O.O
It's hard for me to believe that a old hag like him was the strongest at his prime, but can't deny it with this facts in my mind.
There r other candidate who has\had the caliber to become the strongest, but either they died(itachi),or they haven't become that strong yet(naruto,sasuke).
what do u think guys? Again,these r only my thoughts,share urs, and pls don't use unreasonable words or language.
From what I've seen, there r 4 candidate for the post(without so6p of course,he is out of the calculation). they r Rinnegan Madara, Hashirama Senju, Minato Namikaze and hiruzen sarutobi.
If I Go by jutsus, it might be Madara or Minato, Cause Madara Is Amazingly Too much powerful, and I haven't seen any jutsu to counter FTG properly or any jutsu powerful enough to deflect a TBB like Minato's Barrier. But If I go by the statement made in the manga, it's Sarutobi !!
Let me explain. Minato lost his life against kyuubi to save naruto. Now,no matter what the circumstance is, If u r Really that strong, you should've done better. Minato also said he is giving up his life to make naruto ready for tobi or madara........or who ever it is. That can be meant as he knew he wasn't powerful enough to stop that person, so he left the task for naruto. if you wanna say otherwise, I say we have seen a few people who could have done better in that situation,like madara,possibly nagato. my main point is minato failed to stop kyuubi and save everybody at the same time, where a few others just might can despite the circumstance.
Secondly, Ems Madara lost to Hashirama senju, Who outmatched madara in every way,according to manga. Now,how powerful has Rinnegan Madara become than Ems Madara? He sure had his susano, so it is possible that Ems Madara could also use Meteor no jutsu(i dunno the name). So the only two upgrades rinne-madara has as we've seen so far are wood release and absorbing chakra or ninjutsu. IMO,this two ability doesn't make madara massively more powerful than ems madara, may be a little. That means Rinne-madara may be equal to Hashirama, or just a little bit more powerful than him, but never super stronger than Hashirama.
Now,according to manga again, Hiruzen Sarutobi was consider the strongest Hokage. That means he was more powerful that The 1st. But how much? I think he was more powerful than Hashirama than madara was,cause if he was just a little bit more powerful, nobody would bother telling he was stronger. Instead,in that case they would say they were almost equal or the same. Sarutobi must be more powerful than hashirama with a significant power difference,otherwise it wouldn't be mentioned.
In that case, Hiruzen Sarutobi becomes the strongest ninja of all !!! O.O
It's hard for me to believe that a old hag like him was the strongest at his prime, but can't deny it with this facts in my mind.
There r other candidate who has\had the caliber to become the strongest, but either they died(itachi),or they haven't become that strong yet(naruto,sasuke).
what do u think guys? Again,these r only my thoughts,share urs, and pls don't use unreasonable words or language.
