Hashirama wanted to give the tailed beasts away, Tobirama made him sell them.

If Tobirama died during the 1st war. Then his tenure as kage was surprising short. And Hiruzin would have survived the 2nd and 3rd great ninja wars. Really gives alot of credence to that adage "beware of old men in professions where people usually die young".

So you’re saying that if Madara became Hokage, he would literally be fire lord Sozin?

“How many Kage do you want to die?”
Kishimoto: “Yes”

Hashirama is just Professor Oak. He’s literally giving out Tailed Beast like Pokémon and he has wood release.

Hashirama deciding initially to just give the tailed beasts away is lowkey one of the biggest unintentional flexes in anime history because while hashirama has noble intentions you can also interpret that scene as “I was able to catch 8 tailed beasts (not shukaku) and I’m so much stronger than everyone I’m just willing to give these nukes away for free because I know none of you would be stupid enough to actually attack us using them or just attacking us in general”

I am SO glad you covered this, I always wondered how all those 1st and 2nd kages died randomly. Especially Hashirama, the man who fought 1v2 against Madara and Kurama.

I always thought it'd be amazing for them to create another 250 to 400 episodes starting from the Era around the otsusukis arrival and then going through all the major events falling all the major peopeles stories like madara hashirama kakashi minato all the way up to the birth of naruto. I get that they have flashbacks but how damn awesome would it be to watch naruto previous generations and watch all the badasses grow up and fight there major famous battles and even people like minsto taking the chunin exams or seeing the legendary sanin go on missions when they were kids. Ik its a lot but God that'd be so cool

Madara going out there like the fire nation. “ our society is so great &mighty, so we’ll kindly going our wealth by conquering everyone else.”

Everyone gets the story of what happened to Tobirama wrong. The Kinkaku brothers with Kyuubi amps ambushed Tobirama and the second raikage in a sneak attack and almost killed Tobirama. When we see Tobirama in the flashbacks he is retreating from the cloud mortally wounded from the sneak attack. When he fought that 20 man strong squad he was seriously weakened. The ninja following the brothers didn't know what they their leaders did until after.

5:20 Actually, no. Hashirama wanted to give them away for free, it was Tobirama who demanded a price. Which is also why he is the best Kage, hands down.

Madara tried to pull a Sozin, "we are so prosperous as a nation, and it is now my dream to share that prosperity with the world."

I think the Gold and Silver bros were acting alone. I think they laid a trap for the second hokage by making it seem like it was a strike force

“A series about Minato-“ TAKE MY WALLET TAKE EVERYTHING

Hashirama was too strong to be a decoy he could fight all the four other nations by himself. He died bc his cells can only regenerate so much. Every time he regenerates, it speeds up the lifespan of his cells, thus his own. Thats the leading theory as to why he died. No confirmed reason tho.

8:54 it’s unknown how Hashirama passed away. Yes he was in his elderly ages but he looked young a popular theory is all that healing he’s done in battle especially against Madara caught up to him that it sped up his biology or something leading him to age quickly and deteriorate his body

16:25 the reason they had a strike force from the cloud is because the second raikage most likely died during the coup, because it was stated that they nearly killed tobirama so it makes sense that the second raikage died and the third raikage  who didn't want peace took over and aloud the brothers to stay in the village. He probably conspired with them

Tobirama to Mist and Stone: "Get off my lawn!"

I want an alternate history where Konoha kept their 8 beasts and just had a team like the 7 Swordsmen but it's the 8 Jinchuriki. Like any conflict happens and you just send this team of 8 walking nuclear bombs out to deal with it. Lol

I just realize that shishuis grand father could have been appointed as hokage if he had stepped up! 🤭