That's not exactly what we're saying, Tobirama at a watered down (Pardon the pun.) state has displayed superior proficiency than Kisame acting on the same level of Jutsu.
For some vague indication of just how watered down he must've been, this is all I can offer
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The fact that Hashirama at being revived at the same technique was holding back something as spectacular as this heavily implies that the same (Albeit in a lesser state.) can be argued for Tobirama. Not to mention we're going by Part one feats here.
How is that relevant to Tobirama? They were weakened and he was still able to do that jutsu with 1 seal. Then we saw what a non-weakened, living Hashirama could do (VoTE), and then apply it to Tobirama under the same context.
Kisame had wide-scale jutsus while Tobirama seems to be able to perform some of the same jutsus as Kisame, faster than Kisame. I don't think this says much for either side really since Kisame was shown using a large scale jutsu (Water Dome) with one hand seal I believe. Personally, Tobirama needs some Suiton feats since that was the first thing he was hyped about.
That's not exactly what we're saying, Tobirama at a watered down (Pardon the pun.) state has displayed superior proficiency than Kisame acting on the same level of Jutsu.
For some vague indication of just how watered down he must've been, this is all I can offer
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The fact that Hashirama at being revived at the same technique was holding back something as spectacular as this heavily implies that the same (Albeit in a lesser state.) can be argued for Tobirama. Not to mention we're going by Part one feats here.
You MUST realize something; the fact that there's a chance he may have been capable of performing suiton with ease, such as this, does NOT make him the best suiton user. No where can we assume he knows of water styled jutsu comparable to Kisame.
And here is where I reply to your. . Buddha statue comment. Once more, it seems that through the obvious retconning from part 1 that Tobirama became LESS known for his suiton and was more closely grouped in with S/T users. Minato makes a comment referring to Tobirama when battling Obito. It seems that the focus from him shifted more or less over to this field.
As for this, both using B-rank ninjutsu starts. Shall I share with you exactly what ninjutsu Kisame used when fighting team guy? Bakusui Shōhau requires
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his hands coming together. Yes, THAT simple.
And what rank is it, do you ask?
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That is correct,a B-rank ninjutsu. One he spews and floods a region at only 30% of his chakra, with a single hand seal. It's safe to say that Kisame's part 1 feats should be considered void when he is capable of this. Wish to compare this ninjutsu and the one Tobirama performed?
Again, we're going by part one feats here, Itachi and Mei don't qualify. We're simply inferring that Tobirama by all means, should have some higher scale Suiton techs that put him on Kisame's part 2 level.
Dat Haku. By part one feats, most likely, he was stated to have surpassed Zabuza at such a young age. Well spotted, like I said, Kisame made a huge jump since then, the premise of Tobirama doing the same isn't far-fetched either.