Quote Originally Posted by Uchiha Barles
This has the side effect of making the fourth look less legendary. I mean, the first took out madara, who apparently was using the nine tails during their fight, and had a number of demons under his control, and the fourth dies in battle against it? Whatever. A can of crap has been opened and it's going to take a lot of toilet paper to fix this.
I agree, this is crap. But to be fair, it cost the 4th his life to seal the kyuubi. Perhaps so that Madara wouldn't be able to use it again? Or something?