Re: Those who believe Prime Hiruzen > Hashirama; How do you explain this comment?
True, but the discussions were on whether Prime Hiruzen > Hashirama and if Prime Hiruzen > Madara.
It might be difficult for Hiruzen to defeat Madara because he never faced him before, but it's highly possible that Hiruzen could defeat Hashirama because Hashirama was his teacher. Hiruzen would have known all of Hashirama's strengths and weaknesses. This would be a great advantage on Hiruzen's part.
Hiruzen not knowing Madara's skills could prove fatal for him. But he did know the Uchihas... he might have a slight chance of defeating Madara if he plays his cards right.
Let's hope we get more info on Hashirama and Hiruzen... these two are filled with hype. Most of these threads are pointless because we have almost no info on either character. Hashirama did defeat Madara, but that was most likely because of Mokuton. Seeing if he has other powerful techs would be great info for us to use. Same goes for Hiruzen; we must get more info on him. All we saw was him fighting Edo Tobirama, Edo Hashirama and Orochimaru. Both were thought to not be at their max power because Orochimaru didn't have the proper control over them. But Orochimaru + two strong Edos... and Hiruzen winning... I think this means something for Hiruzen.