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Bro, Batman as a Vigilante is already operating outside the rule of law. So he's actually a criminal in technicality despite him taking down other criminals. And are you actually defending him not killing people like Joker? Do you know how many people have died due to the DC heroes putting their villains in jail, and then they escape, commit crimes, kill people, rinse and repeat? Like I said before, all those people's death are also on the heroes hands, indirectly or not. There's a reason we have death penalty in the real world.
They were foolish though. Nothing can excuse Batman from not killing his villains like the joker, and then they keep killing others. The blood of the civilians is also on his head.
I think this is more of you underestimating Hiruzen, which is somewhat fair since the anime portrayed him poorly. But your bias becomes irrelevant when comparing his strength to the other Hokages apart from Hashirama and Naruto. The fact that you said that the elemental affinities are overrated shows that your bias is clouding your judgement. You also said there isn't any good Jutsu from them which is pure and utter bullshit. What about the Raikage lightning armor, Or Onoki earth Jutsu that Increases and decreases weight which enables him to fly. Or kakuzu earth grudge fear Jutsu. Or Deidara clay explosion Jutsu, which is from earth. Even kekkei genkai are gotten from the combination of elemental affinities, apart from ocular ones like the Sharingan or Byakugan. None of the Kages apart from Hashirama and Hiruzen were named God of Shinobi. That should already tell you how strong Hiruzen was. Not to mention that his era was filled with most of the strongest kages in the other villages. If you actually research Hiruzen ability sheet, you would understand just how powerful he was.
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I ain't gonna lie, the lore is peak.
*"even their fangs"
I remember that Tobirama's version of the flying raijin was inefficient, hence why he never used it as often like Minato. So it's certain that he was the only one capable of escaping, hence why he used himself as a decoy.
His leadership was subpar, yes, but it's inaccurate to say the 2nd strongest Hokage (Not counting Naruto) has SOME strength 😂
Hanzo, who was arguably stronger than most kages, was called the "Demigod of Shinobi" because he couldn't surpass Hiruzen.