Domineuce

Lol.

My response.

The hokages wouldn't cripple to the sanin. If the sandaime could take both hokage on his own simultaneously and defeat both given his old age, and even letting Orochimaru escape after he was cornered (flash back to his younger days) and nearly had him the same scenario several years later. You'd think this would be any different?

Also consider Tsunade having to fight her relatives, whom died. The shodaime even defeated Madara Uchiha, the greatest of all the Uchiha in the history of Naruto (though Sasuke is coming extremely close to his second coming). It'd be an interesting bout at the very least, but you'd have to consider all the options.

At the same time...

That thing Kakashi said about the next generation surpassing the previous one, was completely true when Sarutobi defeated the two hokage from the dead by himself even in old age. So that is a remaining factor in the matter, they have youth on their side which would complicate their differing styles. (Just as Jiraiya was slain by Pein, and he's the next generation after him.)

In all honest I can't decide, given the friction from both factors. Hokage =/= Sanin?

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