Yeah, you&#39;re maybe right about the fact that 3rd Hokage may have <u>been</u> strongest of all the kages but you forget that Hokage means you&#39;re the strongest in the village, and that said it means 4th was stronger than 3rd when 4th was chosen. After 4th was sealed within Kyuubi in Naruto the second strongest had to take his place and that would be 3rd again.

And wasn&#39;t Sarutobi one of the badass ninjas in old Japanese stories?