Quote (Charity @ 5 Feb 2013 22:51)
i dunno about fighting but some sort of reunion between madara and the 1st at least should happen
Aside from catering to fans' desires, I'm not sure that a reunion between Madara and Hashirama has any merit to the story. It would be awesome, don't get me wrong, but I thought about it and I don't think it would really fit. It seems like it would take Orochimaru way out of his way to bring Hashirama to the battlefield, and he has no interest in the war anyway. Besides, what would a meeting between those 2 actually do for the story anyway? Madara and Hashirama had their final encounter at the Valley of the End, resulting in Madara's defeat. The show has a clear theme of passing down power, legacy, and burdens to the younger generation, and Madara is now Naruto's burden. I'd imagine Hashirama would even say that, too. So as cool as their reunion would be, I don't know that it will happen. This is all assuming of course that the Hokages really aren't going to play much of a role beyond this rendezvous. It would be interesting if they did.
HOWEVER, what they should really show us is the battle between Madara/Hashirama. Wishful thinking here but maybe that battle is actually significant to what Hashirama is about to tell Sasuke and we get flashbacks of it.
Oh, and did anyone besides me remember that other little detail about the edo tensei? Can the second hokage free himself of its control?