How Powerful Was Hiruzen Sarutobi?

[@mariobingham443]

I honestly think people down play the third, The fact that after the fourth died due to Ninetails attack, rouge ninjas or even the other villages didn't invade konaha is big testament since the third took over immediately. The fact that Orochimaru waited over a decade to be confident to attack the leaf showed that Orochimaru new he wasn't on the level of the third, he attacked the village when the third wasnt close to his peak, and he mastered the edo tensei...the fact that the first and second hokage taught him should prove that he wasn't an ordinary ninja.

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

the biggest issue with the third hokage was his inaction. he failed to act in regards to the uchiha clan, orochimaru, and danzo which lead to major issues later on. including but not limited too the extermination of the uchiha clan, the use of edo tensai in the 4th great ninja war, a lack of anbu support during pains attack on the leaf village, sasuke leaving the leaf village, itachi leaving the leaf village and more.

[@MrJAMESTAKER]

Minato chose to die it wasn’t like he could defeated in combat

[@jayg9283]

You cant handle my name! He was a shit hokage, powerful ninja though

[@tonycole1286]

@@youcanthandlemyname7393 He did not fail with the Uchiha. Why does everyone say this? He sent Shisui to deal with the Uchiha, but DANZO betrayed him. After Shisui was killed, he didn't have much a choice. He couldn't send the Uchiha away, that would force the Uchiha to strike with their coup.

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

@@tonycole1286 and whos fault was it that danzo had power in the leaf village and was able to betray hiruzen like that multiple times? dont forget it was hiruzen that made danzo the leader of the foundation because he knew he would not be able to make the hard decisions. that by itself is not a bad thing but where he made the mistake was letting danzo do whatever he wanted without ever taking action. he should have put a limit on danzos ability to act instead of giving him the ability to act independently. that way the foundation would have been under the hokages control and danzo would have simply run it.

[@aaronray1907]

He must be badass. Hes the only hokage to ever become an old man.

[@hakaishinkage9899]

well kakashi and tsunade became old too, and kakashis by far my favorite hokage and i think he's the most slept on kage but the third was too op for them to have killed early and then reanimated in his prime in the war. he would've soloed edo madara.

[@reversalmushroom]

How did the 1st die?

[@hanisasyraf1413]

Ikr he become hokage when he still a teen

[@cpj4241]

reversalmushroom sum bs

[@mzr.3620]

@@reversalmushroom 3rd hokage prime is nowhere near Edo Madara.

[@masaki23joe]

One of my disappointments of the naruto series is that they never did a flash back of the third hokage fighting in his prime.

[@zadane5975]

Yh

[@zadane5975]

One of those would back up the god of shinobi title

[@jaz7119]

Yep and tobirama, 3rd kazekage,3rd railage those were needed

[@user-mq7po3vf2h]

masaki23joe naruto could had been better they kept most of the characters in the shadows

[@derekwalter4238]

Sometimes its better to leave things to the imagination. If you explain everything then there's nothing for fans to speculate over and then we wouldn't be here today.

[@arjunabazaz1006]

Imagine a series that runs from when Hiruzen starts teaching the Sannin, we get to see Prime Hiruzen and the Sannin growing up

[@BeliasLP]

even before that. show us young hiruzen and young danzo under the lead of lord 2nd and then, a timeskip with hiruzen at the age he taught the sannin. make the series end when orochimaru leaves the village OR when the ninetails attacks.

[@eshanjaiswal7696]

It will be Much better than boruto

[@madgold9804]

Exactly.. a series about young sarutobi under 2nd hokage, then him training the sannin, then we see orochimaru turning evil and the battle between him and jiraya before he left the village.. that would have been a million times better than boruto

[@jacka6207]

he's constantly disrespected

[@SonOfJudah2002]

Jack A mainly because he lost to orchimaru

[@judgemasterneimaz8260]

Sadly, and he was like 80 when he fought Orochi, what do people what from old man kage? Be SO6P at 80 years old?

[@NothingnessKing]

@@judgemasterneimaz8260 the Tsuchikage says hello lol he was older than Sarutobi and thought in the war

[@animeisdope5264]

NothingnessKing yea but didnt he have like the entire world and the 4 other kage's watching his back unlike sarutobi where he had to face the 1st and 2nd hokage along with a extremely powerful S-rank ninja in orochimaru?

[@itachithegodofthenarutover154]

He was 68/69. Still 10 years younger than that old fúck Onoki (79) when he fought in the 4th war.

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

Dont put with his roof style shuriken....ROOF STYLE SHURIKEN
What a beast

[@nemanjag9895]

*roof tile shuriken

[@elephystry]

That was filler though wasn’t it?

[@elephystry]

TCB
That’s what the wiki page says, it’s filler.

[@elephystry]

TCB ok

[@microsunny4380]

Filler doesnt mean non-canon

[@Archonus]

The Third was holding back all day in his fight against Orochimaru. If he actually WANTED to kill him I really don't doubt that he could have.

[@kwandoesaviii8194]

McDougle yea that’s why he only took orochimaru arms if he wanted to he could take his soul

[@brandynbeverly9401]

Right..... LOL

[@juicyjfan]

@@kwandoesaviii8194 when he finally got the resolve to fight back he only had the strength left to take his arms.

[@ljnetic8375]

@@brandynbeverly9401 it literally is right he was on defense the whole time. HE WAS LITERALLY FIGHTIG THE FIRST AND SECOND HOKAGE AND OROCHIMARU AT THE SAME TIME

[@skelenel6089]

He was in village so he was holding back or it will cause damage to the village

[@scorpio34ish]

Bruh instead of Boruto they should have made a spinoff series with different episodes on the backgrounds of different characters and their prime power

[@thegas2659]

Isaiah mccoy i 1000% agree with you

[@edot7266]

Why not both?

[@nnyte03]

yea they should definitely do one for naruto. because I've been watching boruto and people always call him the strongest shinobi. It would be nice to see him in his prime.

[@icyycold1094]

@@nnyte03 yeah Boruto's dad is really strong, would really like to see his story!

[@rmitch7r]

Icyy Cold you’re a disgrace

[@Salemwaaa]

Hiruzen isn't my favorite kage, but I do agree he is really slept on

[@joshuarunt5664]

He's slept on because the creator of Naruto, Kishimoto never gave him good feats. It's that fucking simple. Hiruzen is the weakest hokage with pitiful, subtier anbu-level feats.

[@panzerkampfwageniv4065]

Joshua Runt He beats any Kakashi that isn’t war arc or DMS, and beats Tsunade.

[@MrDioXIII]

I blame power creep at the end. Madara throwing meteors and Hashirama summoning thousand armed wood goddesses to fight his rival, and tailed beast balls being thrown easily makes not only Hiruzen, but a lot of the other Kage look bad.
War arc - you get to see the other dead kage in action - Raikage has an iron body and a unstoppable spear, needs to hit himself to lose. Mizukage has a tricky illusion and an infinite steam explosion jutsu, and needs to be beaten by 2 kage - Onoki and Gaara. You see that and go "that's the Kage level, only other Kage can face them", and Hiruzen's skill and abilities level become understandable. You then throw in DBZ styled attacks with meteors, black erasing balls, giant statues etc, and all that goes out the window. How can any of these Kage get on the Hashirama/Madara level? Even Minato needed a power up with his own 9 tail form because his tactic of "teleport throat slicing/teleport rasengan" wasn't up to the level required.

[@AK-17]

@@MrDioXIII its is said that prime hiruzen is the stronger than hashirama like imagine knowing all ninjutsu

[@jeoq]

@@AK-17 yh knowing all ninjutsu is cool, but idk about his chakra

[@nc11-27]

This man threw two orphans into an apartment and dipped.
Glad to have you back fam.

[@SonOfJudah2002]

NC11 - and payed for them

[@damianmorningstar3150]

two hated Orphans the nine tails and the brother of the Uchiha madman

[@SonOfJudah2002]

Nagato Sama your point lad?

[@dericksauxe4046]

@@SonOfJudah2002 he left 2 of the most hated people in the village at the time by themselves. Sasuke wasnt as hated as naruto but its not hard to believe that adults etc... didnt like sasuke

[@SonOfJudah2002]

Derick Sauxe they didn’t hate sauske at all. They just felt sorry for him

[@deandredukes95]

The true power of the ramen guy next

[@therltayab]

DeAndre Dukes it’s impossible, you would need over a million vids to explain his true power

[@Artwolf007]

@@therltayab not even that. His power is beyond human comprehension.

[@therltayab]

ArtWolf 59 Facts

[@jaz7119]

I need someone to break down the ramen noodles to its particles

[@eizendragon5141]

The ramen guy is an otsutsuki clan member. He's one od the higher ups

[@McBenjiii]

My thoughts on the third?
Respect the old man in a profession where people often die young.
The third was a badass. I love that old bastard, I was really sad to see him go at the end of the leaf attack arch. In my head he didn't really get the send-off he deserved.

[@HadisProGaming]

I cried everytime he gave one of his speeches

[@UzumakiClan-md8zl]

Hes hands down my favorite who hokage, even as a kid I loved him

[@chefcinnabutter]

unfortunately he kinda has to be blamed for letting his feelings get in the way, and letting Danzo do whatever he wanted to. He should've put him in his place, considering it was pretty obvious what Danzo wanted.

[@elderlyoogway]

Besides killing Danzo, there doesn’t seem to be a better way to deal with him. Asking the third to kill a friend is like asking Naruto to do it, it’s out of their characters.
Also, Danzo if casted away would’ve just aligned with outsiders such as Orochimaru to make a coup, possibly spreading problems. Konoha was in a bad state: a Kage died, Sand and neighbor villages could use the opportunity to attack, the next in succession (Jiraya) refused, Danzo was in line, was ready for a military coup, unrelated and at the same time clans wanted civil coup. Oh, there was an orphan jinchuuriki loose. Basically Hiruzen had, against his best will and wishes, been forced to become Hokage again and deal with all the shit until someone strong enough was ready to become one in his shitty place.

[@luispagan9170]

He single handedly stoped Orochimaru from destroying the leaf village on a 3 v 1 and prior to that he was the reason that the villages were in that moment of unstable peace we see the world at the beginning of Naruto. None of the other Kage in his lifetime dared to invade the leaf while Sarutobi was in power.

[@bobbyrobby6276]

And he was 69....It's well established that if he was even in his late 50's, Oorochimaru would have been defeated...

[@appledough3843]

I always wondered if Hiruzen would do shadow possession or expansion jutsu. It was said that he mastered all jutsu in the lead so...

[@marcorances956]

Kage Bunshin with Shadow Possession and his 5 elemental attack may be OP tbh.
Hell, it would be nice if he can open a gate or two. That, partial expansion and Enma’s staff form could do some serious damage. It might even break a Susanō.

[@infinite1483]

I think those are kekkei genkai

[@yuseyranmc2659]

@@infinite1483 No, they're called Hiden Jutsu (or something). Anyone can learn a Hiden Jutsu as long as that person belongs to the clan that has the Hiden Justu.

[@dennisthemenace855]

@@yuseyranmc2659 no they're not those are kekkai genkai .

[@yuseyranmc2659]

@@dennisthemenace855 It isn't a Kekkai Genkai.
naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Imitation_Technique
www.quora.com/Why-is-Shikamaru-the-only-one-with-shadow-style
www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/5g10z4/can_kakashi_copy_the_shadow_possession_jutsu/

[@TheOneWhoDings]

If sarutobi had the second hokage ruthlessness, he would've been literally invincible. He was a bit naive and soft.

[@crisxxxd1814]

Wdym naive

[@crisxxxd1814]

Tobiramas weak as hell

[@ansh2771]

CrisxxXD nah

[@eh1048]

CrisxxXD What are you smoking ?

[@darthpryce]

Hiruzen*

[@r.a.panimefan2109]

Origionaly in the series sarutobi was superior to the first and second. Thats stated in part 1.
That got retconned.
Masashi didnt origionaly intend hashirama did not intend hashirama to be so strong origionaly

[@MrDioXIII]

Kishimoto really messed around with powercreep at the end. Went from grounded techniques of Minato's teleport throat killing, Raikage's iron body/nukite and Mizukage's illusion and infinite explosion technique to pseudo dragon ball Z when Madara entered the scene. Meteors, owning the 5 current Kage easily, to Obito and Madara getting 10 tails with matter deletion abilities, to Kaguya and her dimension hopping/spirit bomb attacks. It went from fairly grounded of "this is the Kage level, where other Kages are required to win" to silly levels of power, where only Naruto and Sasuke can win.
Hiruzen got left in the dust because of power creep and Kishimoto not really doing much with him when he got revived. Even Minato got a 9 tails powerup because the one thing he was really good at doing - teleport assassinating, wasn't good enough to be on the Madara level of power required.

[@_keepintouch]

@@MrDioXIII this comment is so accurate. Basically nothing in naruto adds up because Gods got involved and characters started transforming into spiritual megazoids.

[@WarperBlade]

They say "beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young". Definitely Hashirama level IMO.

[@hououinkyouma8135]

@Small Grape but what about hiruzen at his prime.People usually get angry whenever people talk about prime hiruzen they say he is overrated although acc to me he isn't

[@terrencecornelius1360]

@Small Grape but before tobirama sacrificed himself hiruzen volunteered to be the sacrifice saying and I quote (I might not look like it but I know I'm stronger than all of you) tobirama knew that which is why he knew saru had to live and appointed him the position of hokage

[@SanjiFansCopeHarder]

Small Grape and fought for 24 hrs non stop on top of that madara fight.

[@terrencecornelius1360]

@Small Grape he's seriously underrated you should read some bingo books straight from the source (kishimoto) he's not stronger than minato no but his chakra reserves where on par with tobirama all hashirama had over hiruzen was what he had over all shinobi which is woodstyle hiruzen had massive chakra reserves 5 chakra elements yin and yang release knowledge if not skill of every jutsu created in konoha even the title of god of shinobi or supreme shinobi meaning during his time as hokage he was the strongest ninja alive bro so yes u can compare him to the senju brothers

[@robinsonsupermarket3684]

The problem is. We don't how strong really is. We never saw him in his prime and doesn't do much in the last war. He was said to be much stronger than ohnoki and 3rd raikage but there are no supporting facts

[@minelife7005]

This guy is nowhere near close to being stronger then Asuma's Dad

[@ReaperSpades]

Your soooooo funny

[@RYANFERNS19]

@@ReaperSpades lool

[@komlat253]

azuma is such a cool guy but damn when u think about the legendary suannin, u relize that the 3rd dropped the ball with him lol

[@komlat253]

f ing Goku 😏

[@icyycold1094]

Konohamaru's grandpa*

[@raliballen1]

His talent isn’t in raw power, it’s his knowledge and versatility that sets him apart from the rest. He’s more likely to know of a technique that is a counter or weakness for his opponent

[@isaacgraff8288]

What is the old saying? "Fear old men in an occupation where people die young."

[@48tho-averysalak39]

Another cool thing to mention is even Danzo was afraid of him . He tried assassinating him once around the time kakashi was still a young anbu. Hiruzen was relatively old but quite a bit younger from when he fought Orochimaru. (Middle to late age). And all he did to Danzo was like "Dont try that shit again." Completely fearless.

[@MyyJiggy]

Third Hokage true power: let Danzo ruin everything

[@curtishaan5399]

Danzo was his secret summoning jutisu lol

[@apurvchaturvedi]

True. The weakest hokage till date . Not power wise , but weak in the sense of responsibility. He made very bad decisions that ruined many people's family and childhood

[@Haoi1216]

Apurv Chaturvedi yep !! Basically its somewhat his fault too that 99% of the uchiha clan was wiped out and sasuke turned rouge

[@elderlyoogway]

Every Hokage was at fault with the Uchihas, the first failed in making Madara the second, the second only made thigs worse with the Uchiha, Sarutobi made the most solid run and passed the torch to the fourth who died. He then was called back, since Konoha lost its best ninja of the generation, was at the brink of a war and the successor, Jiraya, refused the spot. Kakashi wasn’t ready, Tsunade was out of question, Danzo wanted a coup, citizens wanted another different coup at some point soon. Out of choices and unwilling to kill Danzo he made the second best choice to keep him in check and became hokage past his desires and time until someone could be in his position.

[@Haoi1216]

Jooji well at least tsuna has the least thing to do with the uchiha. Minato could of saved obito , he had the teleportation mark on kakashi he could of at least check on them while they were rescuing rin

[@UzumakiClan-md8zl]

I was wondering if you could do a what if hiruzen survived after the battle with Orochimaru and how that would have changed the story. I always wondered that question

[@picassojulien899]

Uzumaki Clan 7798 that would be a good video

[@captainkeyes1523]

There’s a lot of Naruto fanfics about that and some are really good

[@ljdoff]

His name isn't Sarutobi, man. Its Hiruzen. Calling him like that is the same as calling Hashirama simply Senju.

[@diethz6819]

Lucas José yeah it’s like calling metal lee, metal not lee. it always confused why they call rock lee, lee and metal lee, metal.

[@arbington]

Yeah but he was known primarily by his surname/clan name.

[@doitdiaries3797]

I guess they're not close 😝

[@deiondre0]

some people are more well commonly known by their last names The sannin called him sarutobi-sensei, not hiruzen-sensei. Just think about Guy and Lee too

[@mexcore14]

Everyone called him Sarutobi, even Tobirama, his own sensei called him Saru

[@silverhetch3383]

7:52 Shadow clones only transfer experience, not damage (or else Naruto would have been dead by now, but maybe the Reaper Death Seal is transferred)

[@ricardohay749]

I was about to type this and said let me see if any one says it lol

[@dominiquehudson8077]

@Silver Hetch Not quiet correct
During the Invasion of Konoha arc:
When Naruto fights Gaara, Gaara goes into the Ichibi Shukaku mode, and Naruto attacks Gaara/Shukaku using 1000 clones with the Naruto Niisen Rendan (Naruto Two Thousand Combo). He then attempts the Naruto Yonsen Rendan (Naruto Four Thousand Combo), but Shukaku fights back and destroys nearly all the clones. As Naruto is forced back, he exclaims, "That hurt a lot".
Later after the timeskip, when Kakashi tells Naruto that the pain experienced by the clone is transferred to the user, Naruto says in a dejected/annoyed tone, "I knew that already."
Clones transfer expereinece, mental stress, and exhaustion. The user is still negativetly affected and will take mental damage.

[@silverhetch3383]

@Dominique Hudson Thanks for proving my point: Pain is not damage. Even if Naruto feels the pain of his shadow clones, he will not receive the damage. Thats why even if a clone is stabbed, Naruto wont have any injury.

[@dominiquehudson8077]

@Silver Hetch Not exactly. Yes, the user does not receive VISIBLE physical wounds, but the user still receives psychological damage directed to their brain (which is still a physical organ in your body). You may not see the physical marking, but the damage still exists and is still harmful. Many people have died from things like a broken heart (Broken heart syndrome), anxiety, and mental stress.
Again, just because you can't visibly see the injury...does not mean negate the psychological damage's existence. This is why I said that you are not quite correct.
Also, pain is the "physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury." This definitely falls under the umbrella term of damage, which is to "inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function." The Broken Heart Syndrome is a condition in which intense emotional/psychological or physical stress causes rapid and severe heart muscle weakness, which can lead to death (and has led to death in previous studies).
So, as I stated before psychological/mental injuries are a type of damage to the brain/mind, which can lead to death.

[@victormaldonado2173]

But fatigue is carried over an example of this is when Naruto was training to create the rasenshuriken

[@jaz7119]

I want the boruto series exploring more sarutobi clan or even mention namikaze clan

[@bastelspa2698]

Theres a theory that Kashin Koji is Konohamarus father.

[@chocamocha4541]

Ummmm.....Namikaze clan isnt a clan.....Its just a family name

[@phantompage4304]

@@chocamocha4541 what's the difference?

[@chocamocha4541]

@@phantompage4304 Clan has a big number on em and have their own unique ability but Namikaze isnt a clan....Its just prob Minato dad's name and his wife had to change her name to Namikaze too....thats the diff

[@MrTeal-bt8dy]

I would've loved to see Oonoki vs Hiruzen 😭

[@MultiFirefox23]

And see a beatdown of Oonoki?

[@brandynbeverly9401]

All hail H yperuzen

[@destinedglory_213]

Monkey King Enma is the most badass summon after Gamabunta

[@longlastinggates2828]

Gamaken is the most badass

[@destinedglory_213]

@@longlastinggates2828 agree to disagree

[@grandadoboman1995]

Gamahiro with the 2 swords please!!

[@hakaishinkage9899]

id say after manda

[@crisxxxd1814]

One just becuase he pushed the nine tails lots of meters away doesn’t meant it’s the strongest, the nine tails wasn’t even hurt after that

[@okaybutwhythough7456]

He nearly defeated 3 Kage level opponents at nearly 70 years old and even kicked some pretty major as as an edo tensei, so I'm pretty sure if he was just around 50, he would've been very formidable.
40-50 should be roughly his most powerful self since his body was still decently powerful and he already gained important knowledge and experience.

[@jasonlee148]

I still remeber the feeling i had as I watched him fighting Orichimaru for the first time. A character that can only be described as a loving, kind and feeble old man per his portrayal in previous episodes, stripped away his kage robes to reveal the armor underneath and transformed into a total badass. As he started performing those stunning jitsu, the amount of shock and excitment I had was unforgettable. That moment, I was saying to my 9 year old self "now this is a show worth following"!

[@antyoung24]

I really wish there could be a Naruto: past generations series focused on each Hokage as the protagonists

[@theprofessor2817]

In Part 1 I remember Orochimaru referring to Hiruzen as "The Great Sage". Does that imply that Hiruzen has Sage Mode or at the very least had it at some point? Or did Orochimaru simply meant that Hiruzen was really knowledgeable?

[@thetickler6o]

Could be either because we dont even know half of what hiruzen was capable of

[@madgold9804]

Imagine him having like a monkey sage mode; his summoning monkey king enma is without a doubt the best animal summonig, imagine him having a monkey sage mode

[@yagnikbose8973]

I dont care how powerful 3rd hokage was...but to be honest he was the most successful hokage of all...like during his time the on going ninja war was ended will the hidden mist and also he supervised minato came who finished off the war with the hidden stone. He was trained by the previous gods of Shinobi world and his ideology of kindness is what made naruto what he is today. He supervised removal of kakkashi from anbu which saved him from falling to the dark side. Sarutobi formed the shinobi teams which brought teams 7 together and all other ninja teams.
Feel free to add more points...

[@TheDarien77]

I will put it this way: Hiruzen is one of the most powerful "legitimate" shinobi in the series. When I say "legitimate", I mean not belonging to the alien-hybrid bloodlines. I mean unlike the Uchiha, Senju, or Uzumaki, this is a shinobi who, for the most part, worked for the power he got. It wasn't about hax genetics, but about training, research, and skill.
I put my two favorite ninja in the series, Oro and Jiraiya, up there with him....also Guy, Lee, Sakura, and Sakumo.

[@JB-wb5gp]

awesome insight dude, very well said.

[@remueratiatoa9188]

The sarutobi clan was a very powerful clan tho almost on par with them

[@fredcarmichael5544]

Don't sleep on my man kakashi like that

[@JaredL-nf4lf]

Yes I always say that, he is a good shinobi without the God power ups

[@ferdinandparba5806]

@@_notqasim to be fair, Kakashi was a prodigy even before he was given the Sharingan so...

[@TheJepenator]

The writer of naruto really raped Hiruzen tbh. He had these godly claims "The Professor" (having mastered every single jutsu within the village), "God of Shinobi" and yet basically all we see him do is the Shuriken Kage Bunshin / Shadow Clone / Enma Staff

[@reversalmushroom]

I wish we could've seen how strong he was in his prime. I so wish he could've been revived in his prime. Everyone else was. So unfair.

[@akumasdeception]

I would’ve loved to see hiruzen in his prime. I’m sure that he was on par with Minato and Tobirama, but we’ll probably never see it 😔. He might’ve even had monkey sage mode, which would’ve been dope.

[@blackgius6348]

I just find it funny how Danzo says Hiruzen is weak, when Danzo would need izanagi just to win a fight against him and even then i still believe Hiruzen would win with high difficulty tho

[@itachithegodofthenarutover154]

That guy needed 10 Sharingan eyes to stay relevant against a teenager and still gets killed. He's definitely delusional.

[@terocool7625]

I think Danzo knew he had no chance against sarutobi.

[@bisexualmajima]

I think Danzo meant weak as a leader and in his resolve, i.e; unable to make hard decisions.

[@grandadoboman1995]

Children, what Danzo meant was Hiruzen is a weak leader, not a weak shinobi.

[@Shin-yj8ty]

In a 1v1 battle, Hiruzen would whoop Danzo's ass. Even danzo stated before the very moment of his death that hecs not comparable to Hiruzen as he said
"No matter how far I ran, I still couldn't catch up to you"
and then his childhood memories together with hiruzen flashes back.

[@tediboy5384]

My favorite Hokage of them all, the best in all aspects. Strong but kind hearted. The true characteristics of the Kage .

[@gengkid]

You should do Fugaku. He rivaled Minato in skill and was a candidate for 4th Hokage, so It seems appropriate.

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

He was strongest Uchiha alive before he died so he was pretty powerful

[@diegov7994]

Cracktoon Network Obito*

[@diegov7994]

Cracktoon Network Obito*

[@bjrnthebootybandit]

he did not rival Minato in skill. He can only use one nature release. Minato has at least 3

[@jaz7119]

Clearly fugaku would have been hokage if he was even considered but they didn’t even acknowledge it instead went to minato.

[@SP-mp6jz]

Seems like peeps forgot that he was also touted as a god of shinobi. He was very powerful in his prime.

[@brandynbeverly9401]

He's not anymore

[@ankomah54]

The fact that danzo shits his pants anytime he saw Hiruzen or even heared his name says it all.... Hiruzen was a ninja god

[@androidedison645]

Yeah, the same Danzo who was killed by a semi powered Sasuke.

[@grantpflum6844]

The one thing I don't understand is how he ever dealt with Oonoki. The guy could literally nuke the third from 10,000 ft up where none of the Third's jutsu could reach him

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Emma's staff form is unbreakable, and can extend infinitely, he could knock him down no matter how far Oonoki went up.

[@wahtusy3519]

Orochimaru stabbed a sword into Sarutobi = dead
Orochimaru sliced and stabbed Tsunade = still looking young, alive and kicking

[@christopherberg8273]

Third hokage was always one of my favorite characters, he was kind hearted leader.

[@Trid3nt861]

Hiruzen is my favorite Hokage. He was taught by the first and 2nd hokage.... he alone has alot of skills.

[@sincerearealone]

He was holding back against Orochimaru. He was in defense for the most time because he didnt want to fight Orochimaru

[@thetickler6o]

and then when he finally started fighting offensively, he battered orochimaru

[@andreumoore2268]

There’s the one reason I use. Literally tobirama just said hiruzen you’re 3rd hokage and left and they obviously didn’t overturn it. So it was already decided he was 3rd hokage. Had to have been powerful

[@MayoMike10]

Konohamaru needs to have a kid with Hanabi. Imagine how OP that kid would be. Plus they’ll keep the Sarutobi clan alive cause I think it’s small

[@ISlayForFun]

This means Minato is next!!!!!!!!!

[@danielvelasco4901]

Everything u say is so deep and well thought out. Keep it up!

[@Roscoe_357]

I'm Glad Your Back, Your Vids Are My Therapy

[@rbo7]

Prime 3rd had to be the strongest of all the Kages barring Naruto. Here are some reasons.
1. As an old man, he was faster than a near prime Hashirama. This was shown when he arrived on the battlefield right before him. and only just after Tobirama.
2. As an old man, he had better reaction time than Tobirama and Hashirama. Shown when he dodged Juubi Obitos first attack when Tobirama and Hashirama could barely even react to him.
3. As an old man, he was the only Ninja able to save Naruto from the Shinju. Tobirama tried and failed and the 4th was worthless, even in KCM.
4. As an old man, he was capable of matching someone the 5 kage AND the ninja alliance were getting crushed by.
5. As an old man, he beat Orochimaru, Tobirama and Hashirama. In fact, he beat Tobirama and Hashirama 2 times each. First with the explosive tags and again with the reaper death seal. Yes, that Edo Tensei version of the 1st and 2nd were not the prime versions of them but there is no way they were more hindered than Hiruzen was from his old age. it was dangerous for him to use 2 shadow clones, that is a huge drop in power.
6. Stated to be the strongest Kage. Period. That says a lot.
7. Probably has big swinging ape balls.
8. Knows all Leaf jutsu and all their counters. In his prime, if you REALLY think about it, that means he could, if he wanted to, go 7th gate, while teleporting around with Hiraishin, hitting bitches with Rasengan in one hand and Raikiri in the other.
Factoring all that in, to me, Hiruzen is the Strongest Kage outside of Naruto. Yes, Hashirama has intense scale to his jutsu, but scale doesn't mean everything. Yes, Minato is fast as fuck, boi. But that doesn't mean much when you know how to counter the jutsu. Even Killer Bee stalemated Minato after seeing the move 1 time.

[@risersin7957]

Including Naruto. But we can't have an old man stealing everyone's thunder now can we?

[@hakaishinkage9899]

im not arguing but the reanimations that fought the third were 60% reanimations, and orochimaru's body was rejecting him.

[@daniellugo6955]

@@hakaishinkage9899 true. I wonder what is the % Sarutobi was at during that fight compared to his prime. The world will never know

[@rbo7]

@@daniellugo6955 considering every hokage other than kakashi has chakra for days I would say the mythical prime 3rd is wayyyy more powerful than his old self. I'd like to think that his battle power is only cut to like a fourth of his prime, his chakra reserves are likely less than 10 percent considering he barely could make 2 shadow clones.

[@hakaishinkage9899]

Daniel Lugo I’d say probably 50%. Hokage Kakashi can be used as a scale or orochimaru vs jiraiya and tsunade

[@upholdthelaws4691]

Shadow clone does not transfer damage to original only information, and in the case of Naruto nature energy, it would defeat the purpose, but continue

[@ericthered5689]

He is so strong and if he knows every jutsu in the leaf i would not be surprised if he knew how to open some of the inner gates, sage mode, and possibly learned a form of the gentle fist without using the byakugan possibly learing where chakra points are. I can mostly see him knowing sage mode since he has a summon and hashirama was his teacher and he knew monkey sage mode. Hiruzen had A LOT of potential but they did not really do that much for him.

[@hemathkumar8345]

So basically "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young"

[@thunfischproteinshake7080]

I think Yamato once said that there is no one who poses all change in chakra nature
So how does Sarotobi gain power of them

[@keithrobin6566]

He is Kage level...Yamato is high Jonin level... BIG differences my man

[@grumpycreeper]

I would like a video about sasori , i know most things about him and we didn t see much of his fights but he is still one of the coolest members of akatsuki in my opinion

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

I theorize that he is an Uzumaki. He fit his entire life force into a small cylinder. Plus, how could a normal human survive such a drastic procedure?

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

He is Kage level, between Tsunade and Hiruzen level i would say, maybe weaker

[@roddbanks103]

He is so underrated because of who he lost too but based off his abilities he can take on anybody

[@colbyryan14]

Would be cool to see a side series looking at his life before being a rogue shinobi. Dude was a beast on the battlefield

[@grumpycreeper]

Nathan Just today i taught about how could he actually turn himself into a puppet cuz he didn t have like a doctor doing it for him it s just weird , nice theory

[@windowsdesktop2100]

Tbh he kinda reminded me of Kakashi, you knew little about him and his power but he was one of the craftiest ninja. He had so many tricks up his sleeve that he is hard to defeat, let alone kill.

[@blackmist2015]

He gotta be strong he survived. Out of all the hokage he lived to see the age of a old man. He wasn’t taken out in his peak. Given how old he was no doubt he saw a lot of hard battles. Decades passed and nobody tried the leaf. Gotta mean something.

[@ThePettiestLA]

Underrated & Underrepresented
Also you forgot to mention his summon may be the strongest of the series outside of the firsts. He smashed that edo kage like nothing.

[@Clubsandwichchav]

Come on guys we know almost nothing about the 7 swordsmen so pleas chose seven ...

[@luciusdyal8667]

You do know that we know so llittle about the 7 swordsmen of the mist because near nothing was revealed about them, right?

[@chefcinnabutter]

We only know a little bit about a few members. We know about kisame and zabuza, who are marginally stronger than any of the other swordsmen. We know a little bit about mangetsu to make him interesting, but it's pretty much, he was one of the strongest, and most feared because he could wield all of the swords, and he was suigetsu's older brother.

[@joshanmeisce611]

Swagkage made a video on the seven swordsmen

[@BeliasLP]

i would LOVE to see a prequel about young hiruzen and young danzo, their lives, their struggles etc.

[@moe5201]

How powerful was Hiruzen? Yes

[@dawizz98]

“ God of Shinobi “ Followed by committing suicide just to cut off a pair of arms..... that the man gets back later down the line . 

[@samuelp.5393]

Next Minato please with Sagemode KCM and so on

[@jessicasquid6773]

Omg I am so grateful that I found your new channel I was about to lose my mind if I didn't find it in time 😀

[@ericpage2172]

Thank you for doing this🙏🏾

[@thedarkness8806]

Seven Swordsmen pls! 🙏🏽

[@zuleymaflores4275]

The 3rd Hokage is amazing

[@dlp3rdlegend]

god of shinobi

[@pranshuaggarwalji8253]

Fodder

[@christopher8295]

@@pranshuaggarwalji8253 not really....orochimaru himself say that if hiruzen was just 10 years younger, he would be dead and renember, hiruzen was 69 years old in that fight......
69 years old hiruzen is still strong enough to handle orochimaru at his best plus edo hashirama/tobirama, hiruzen was definitely a beast in his prime, so slept on

[@pranshuaggarwalji8253]

@@christopher8295 hiruzen is weak af you can't change my mind

[@pranshuaggarwalji8253]

@@christopher8295 i like his jutsus but his prime is overrated af

[@joeyisaduck]

Very good video. This put it into perspective for me perfectly. I never knew he was this powerful.

[@5Porygon]

Awesome piece of content. Keep up the great work! :)

[@tuanvandersluis4433]

in the wourld of martal arts it's not the pawer of the body it's the mind.

[@abhisheklama1393]

And then you have Might Guy

[@tuanvandersluis4433]

that two.

[@Daviyah_yisrael]

Everybody knew about hashirama vs madara but they still considered hiruzen the strongest hokage even though hashirama took on the nine tails hurizen was still considered by everyone and in the databook as the god of shinobi you kinda have to take that into consideration

[@icyycold1094]

That was when kishimoto was still early in the show, he didn't plan to make hashirama the strongest until later. That's also why we didn't know Shukaku was the One tail, or why Obito didn't just take Naruto as a child and such. None of that was planned.

[@anthonymoua2678]

Sweet content!!!! Keep it up!
I would personally like videos about the 7 swordsman. There’s a lot we don’t know

[@Reality-Distortion]

Great material. I can't wait for next ones.

[@goldenrk9907]

Do The True Power of Onoki the Tsuchikage

[@Pattisek]

He may be strong but he ultimately failed as a Hokage

[@leohlaslish9660]

Tru...

[@JayDee-qm7zl]

No he didn’t he died protecting the village...the 5th was an embarrassing she let her village get destroyed and had to rely on genin to protect the village

[@tyreecampbell534]

jonathan dykes he did in a way he was naive with a lot shit that later down the road created problems such as letting danzo do what danzo do

[@animeisdope5264]

Patrik Demjan failed? I thought he was their best hokage he wasnt the strongest but he was definitely up there especially in his prime years when he gained the nickname "god of shinobi" just like hashirama but was even able to use every single jutsu in the ninja world and he used all of it at a very high level he usually uses fire style and hadn't used water style in a long time and was his weakness but was able to make multiple other ninjas use fire style while he used watr style to counter it and all of them were elite ninjas from the war i think so he was ready for anything and in his prime years he had only a few ninja's above him i'd say there's only a handful of people that can beat him the only humans i think that can beat him is naruto, sasuke, madara, hashirama, and maybe minato or tobirama but thats gonna be a very close battle

[@albatross.77]

@@animeisdope5264 People called him worst because unlike Tobirama he didn't create anbu, academy or many jutsu and because Uchiha massacred happened during his time..
Which I think is ridiculous.
He was a charismatic leader, able to lead Konoha victory on Two war.
A Hokage whose Ideology greatly Influenced the new generation,The Will of Fire..
The Uchiha downfall was Imminent.

[@Hostobi]

Yo i heard your OG channel got taken down that sucks man, you're a very ambitious man to creat a new one and rock those numbers

[@EcnomicSuicide]

“The 3rd hokage wasn’t a push over” Danzo and orochimaru laugh hysterically...

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Danzo outright said Hiruzen was superior to himself. Orochimaru said if Hiruzen were a little younger he would kill Orochimaru no problem.

[@SoZexal]

What age did hiruzen become hokage? In the flashback with danzo and tobirama he looks younger than when he trained the 3 sannin. So was he hokage while training them? 🤔

[@bisexualmajima]

Not sure on the exact age but it's anywhere between the ages of 19 and 25. He's 68 or 69 years old by the time he dies and at that time the sannin are all 50 and they're 6 when he starts training them and as you said, he's evidently older by that point than when he was made hokage, so when he's training them he's 25. He was probably older than 19 though and was probably made hokage around 21-23ish because Hashirama was alive until Tsunade was a toddler and at the point when Hiruzen's hokage both Senju bros are dead.

[@itachithegodofthenarutover154]

SoZexal
Before the age of 24. Tsunade, Jiraiya and Orochimaru became genin at age 6. There's 18 years difference between them. Sanin 51 in part 1 and Hiruzen 68/69 during part 1. Meaning Hiruzen was 23/24 when he started teaching them. He was already the Hokage at that point.

[@zadane5975]

Sarutobi clan vs uchiha clan
In fire release

[@ibrahimismail7881]

Sarutobi

[@supermanfan84]

Thanks for the vid. Been wanting one of my personal favorite hokage...

[@ZeRoBullsnit]

Bro, Love the content keep up the good work my dude! XD

[@arlomonschein5426]

Hiruzen is powerful, but after reading the Itachi novels I hate this man.

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

Yeah he was a pushover

[@arlomonschein5426]

He could’ve done so much more to try and stop the coup and repair relations with the Uchiha.

[@hectorandem2944]

#Facts

[@apurvchaturvedi]

I hate him more than Danzo

[@LoneWolf-xe6ye]

Yeah, literally all he had to do was go hey fugaku man it has come to my attention that the village and the Uchiha aren't as close as they should be let's talk it out boom!!! no coup. Or at very least go hey maybe we should only kill the leaders of the coup rather than committing genocide.

[@therltayab]

7 orochimaru followers disliked

[@jonaralte4567]

Now 21 lol

[@therltayab]

Jona Ralte 80

[@DenoMusa]

Fantastic work my main man you're knowledge and information about Naruto is amazing am learning a lot thank you so much for your efforts 👏🙌✋😇😁😊

[@MagiofAsura]

There was a reason orochimaru was his favorite pupil, there were very similiar in interests. Understanding jutsu was their thing

[@timickaweldon366]

I'm early 20th person

[@mr.patriotjol]

Next video; How strong is Beetlejuice(Lester Green) from the Howard Stern Anime

[@jonaralte4567]

Beetlejuice is a S rank ninja...he easily beat money Mayweather in a taijutsu..don't forget what he can do with his ninjitsu and genjitsu coz Mayweather can only use taijutsu (boxing) in his arsenal..(🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣)

[@pinkworm5348]

He beats the naruto talk no jutsu."Ying yang yung motha fucka"-Beetlejuice

[@tyconnolly]

You need too edit your sound files you've got a lot of static breaking through you'll get more subs and likes with better sound quality because people aren't seeing you they wouldn't even need the video it's a good addition for context but we are here listening too you explain things it's your bread and butter so just a honest thought I had take it or leave it have a good one though good videos so far

[@goodbragpro]

orichi said " The NINJA WHO KNOWS ALL THE JUTSU" is you professor.🤫

[@lyrics2challenged]

*Stronger than Kisame, that's for sure*

[@larobarter4042]

Shidd

[@stevengrant4117]

Hiruzen is stronger then Tobirama. Fight me

[@GodOfWarWrath]

Tobirama lost & died to Inkaku & Ginkaku . in terms of Fighting prowess Tobirama is the weakest among all the hokages

[@ghosthand9109]

@@GodOfWarWrath Ginkaku an Kinkaku and 20 S Rang Ninjas that each of them are so strong like an Akatsuki Member.
Also he defeated them all but died.

[@pranjitavlogs660]

send me location.

[@stevengrant4117]

@@ghosthand9109 do you think Minato would have lost 20 S rank ninjas and ginkaku and kinkaku.

[@stevengrant4117]

@@ghosthand9109 also tobirama did fight kinkaku and kinkaku alone when they did the coup and he got dicked on there too

[@ReckgSolo]

Garp is 78 years old and he can destroy yonko level pirates

[@tijonjacobs8484]

U know one of the coolest things i like about the third hokage was that he was the only person to ever make orochimaru lose his cool and that he hated the most orochimaru didn't even get that mad at people stronger then him who hurt him before only person to make him mad was hiruzen and to me that just makes him almost the coolest character in anime

[@neverknosbest]

Worst kage among them all. Great shinobi, I don't deny that but his leadership of the village lead to almost every conflict in the series. I think he only gets a pass because he was everyone's favorite grandpa if his attitude had been more sour it wouldn't just have been the Uchiha planning a revolt

[@cashcow4450]

Manny F. Completely agree

[@chefcinnabutter]

He was was too lenient with danzo. He was blinded by their friendship that he couldn't see what was truly going on behind the scenes. This was his biggest mistake.

[@deiondre0]

im pretty sure that sarutobi was hokage longer than all the other six hokage combined, (around 50 years). even though he was too lenient on danzo and orochimaru, i think those negatives are offset by how much he inspired the next generations and future hokage. He advised Minato, taught Tsunade, got Kakashi out of Root, looked after Naruto (sort of). Then there are the countless shinobi and children who he personally inspired to keep the Will of Fire going

[@chefcinnabutter]

but there's still a lot of shinobi who's lives were ruined because of his mistakes. He basically forced an entire clan into extinction because Danzo didn't treat them with respect. This lead to one of the leaf's most powerful shinobi to become a rogue ninja who joined the akatsuki, another one of its most powerful shinobi become a rogue ninja, slaughter tons of samurai, assault all of the kage, and basically be one of the main factors as to why the 4th great shinobi war started. A lot of stuff happened even after his death because of mistakes he made as the hokage. No other hokage messed up nearly as much as he did. Madara leaving the village wasn't really Hashirama's fault, Tobirama at least gave the Uchiha some power, and gave them their own police force, nothing really happened while Minato was hokage, aside from the 9 tales attack, which wasn't his fault, tsunade didn't mess up as badly, we don't know what happened while kakashi was hokage, but we can assume nothing really happened. As for Naruto, well he's still the hokage, and he hasn't done anything to the scale of hiruzen. I liked Hiruzen, and he was a good person, but he was completely oblivious, and blinded by his friendship with Danzo.

[@deiondre0]

@@chefcinnabutter first of all dont forget that it was the third who sympathized the most with itachi's pacifist attitude and that ended up being extremely useful since that is a big part of what initially kept itachi, one of the most pivotal figures in the entire plot, loyal to the leaf. Ever since the 9 tails attack, the uchiha lost trust with not just the elders, but the general public too. The uchiha's unrest was already not going to end well since the Uchiha were planning rebellion too. Remember that sparing sasuke from the massacre was only possible because of hiruzen's constant appealing to danzo and the other elders. All you are doing is looking at negatives of sarutobi and disregarding the positives or the negatives of the others.
Yes tobirama did give the uchiha "some" power but making them in charge of the police force was a bad idea in the long run. Orochimaru really said it best that people who are in charge of law enforcement tend to be ostracized by the general public and that only increased the amount of distrust between the uchiha and everyone else.
Tsunade was incapacitated for the most significant part of her time as hokage: the formation of the allied forces. She did protect the entire village from pain but at the cost of danzo representing the leaf at the summit and that definitely could have gone better. Not really her fault since it was a lose-lose situation but it still her decision so we have to count that against her.
Like you said, we dont really know what kakashi did as hokage so theres not much to say, same with Naruto.
Minato was hokage for even less time than tsunade so its hard to critique him but he made a great judgement call by making naruto the 9 tails jinchuriki.
From what I can tell, aside from building and maintaining the leaf village in its early stage, hashirama focused too much in attempting to create peace in the entire shinobi world. His efforts were not received as well as he hoped and he ended up dying in the first shinobi world war without finding a way to ensure lasting peace within his own village, let alone the shinobi world. Thats what led to tobirama trying to finish what hashirama started in his own way

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

Hokage ranked:
Naruto
Hashirama
Tobirama/Minato
Hiruzen
Tsunade
Kakashi

[@avizzi3836]

Cracktoon Network I’m pretty sure tobirama is weaker then minato even tho they both use the flying raijiin minato is faster in his attacks

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

@@avizzi3836 Tobirama is a better water style, genjutsu and shadow clones user, he has the edo tensei, plus he has more chakra but i guess everything is subjective

[@destinedglory_213]

Definitely could put Minato over Tobirama, he has more feats

[@Lordoftheforsaken]

Cracktoon Network no I actually agree with you

[@tyreecampbell534]

Cracktoon Network minato has sage mode and his speed and use of flying raijiin puts him over tobirama to me

[@lightyourownpath1169]

Yaaaaaaaaaasssss been waiting on this forever

[@batsquad2046]

Awesome video