

Hashirama Senju was the legendary ninja in the world of Naruto, he was also
the only one who managed to defeat Madara Uchiha.

How come Hashirama could not break the seal of Edo Tensei (when Orochimaru,
who was less proficient in Edo Tensei than Kabuto later on) much like Madara
did with Kabuto? It seems silly that Hashirama who was stronger than Madara
could not break Orochimaru's seal, while Madara was able to break Kabuto's
more powerful seal.


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Why couldn't Hashirama break through Edo Tensei like Madara did?


> How did Orochimaru summon the 1st Hokage?

Orochimaru used 4 Zetsu bodies as bodies for the 4 hokages. Then, recall how
each one of them were sealed in the death god? The 4th sealed himself with
part of the kyuubi, and the 3rd sealed himself along with the first two when
fighting against Orochimaru at chuunin selection exam. Thus Orochimaru can
pull them all out of the death god and put them in the Zetsu bodies.

> Why couldn't Hashirama break the seal?

Madara stated that you can free yourself if you know the seals to Edo Tensei.
Hashirama probably knew the seal (as his brother created the jutsu), but he
didn't even need to use it. Orochimaru specifically stated that he couldn't
even control Hashirama to begin with. This is probably due to Hashirama being
incredibly strong as well as Zetsu bodies being made with Hashirama cells.

> Why is there so much mystery about Hashirama's power?

Because he is considered the god of all Shinobi. And since Naruto takes place
in an era where he is dead, no one really knows his true strength. Of course,
the only person who would know his true power is Uchiha Madara.


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Hashirama doesn't need to break the Edo-Tensei because it's already mentioned
that Orochimaru (Jutsu owner) is not able to control Hashirama.

Which means he is already acting on his own free will. The only risk is if
someone catches Orochimaru and undo the Justsu somehow (like Itachi did to
Kabuto), all 4 Hokages will vanish. Even in that case, there is Edo-Tensei
grace period. During that time, Hashirama can break the Jutsu and recast it on
his own, same like Madara did (maybe 2nd also, he is the Jutsu creator).


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Hashirama (in Chunin Exam Arc under Orochimaru's Control was only at 40% and
had a talisman inserted into him; Madara did not, and Hashirama, as I
previously stated, was at 40%, thus weaker, and unable to use his full power).
In Shippuden, once again revived by Orochimaru, easily breaks free from the
seal due to to his immense strength and prowess.


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Kabuto's edo tensei is different since he can keep the old mind of the
deceased iam pretty sure orochimatu didn't do so when madara was ascending to
heaven he had control over his body and was able to revive himself hashirama
didn't get the grace period of ascending cause of sarutobi.


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When Orochimaru summoned Hashirama in part one, he was using the incomplete
version of the jutsu and it took kabuto from the time of Orochimaru's death to
the fourth great ninja war to perfect it. So the Hashirama that was summoned
earlier was not a complete copy whereas Madara is the perfected version.


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