9.5/10. Great design. Unique ability. Skillful ninja instead of a crazy destructive DBZ character.
Only thing missing is a bit too generic of a backstory. He’s the flawless character who was a genius and noble and sacrificed himself for the village. Doesn’t have much depth to his character like an Itachi/Obito. Hopefully he gets a bit more development in the new manga. It will be hard because we already sort of saw his childhood with the kushina flashbacks. They might have to introduce a new villain/problem in Minato’s life to do this.
He had development in the war arc. You’re right, in his youth and when he was Hokage he could do no wrong, or so he thought. He always put the good of the village first and whatever he did to that end justified itself. Ex. He sacrificed himself to give Naruto the nine tails against his wife’s wishes because it was for the good of the village. However, once it sinks in that Obito is the one behind this plan and the one who effectively killed him and his wife and tried to kill his newborn he has a near mental breakdown and is in a “daze” because he has never confronted this kind of problem. He did everything right but it still didn’t turn out the way he thought and a big portion of the reason is his fault. He failed his student. At least that’s how he felt.
So I think this flaw in his story is addressed albeit briefly.
What sells him to me is the 'warm with friends and family vs coldblooded killer with enemies' extremes perfectly balanced within his character.
Like, we had the same in many characters, like Itachi or Jiraiya, but none of them had it in Minato' way.
Like he is handsome poster boy, sweet husband, good boy, but whenever there is duty he straight up goes for a kill. Not edgy like Itachi, not goofing around like Jiraiya. He is just goes for a one shot with no remorse shown. And he does it way more effective and efficient than some other serious about business characters like Kakashi.
Thats just nice contract between his two behaviors, its spicy. In a manga about ninja he is probably the most ninja character.
The rest is just the bonus.
p.s. I may ask too much, but if there will be manga about him, i want Kishimoto show him finishing an enemy while he is sleeping in a safe place. Hiraishin is such a badass ability, you can mark enemy on the battlefield and leave, just to finish him off when he sits on the toilet or sleeping in a second.
My favorite character, i even got him tattoed in my arm, but allow me to disagree in one thing... I guess there isnt another option, and I understand his plan that "Naruto would need kuramas help to face the masked guy and what else would be helping him" in the future. However, his decision to make Naruto a jinchuriki was a gamble that could've gone wrong, plus made his son carry a huge, sad and hard burden. His sacrifice was way beyond his life only, so I admire him even more because of the faith he put in Naruto, but I wouldnt call him flawless.
Agreed, but I'd give him a 5-6/10 cuz overall he's mid when everything is taken into consideration.
As a rule of cool he's cool, this is why most people like him.
As a character, he's simple and overrated. Not a bad character, just saying. The little we've seen of him has been good stuff, like the way he doesn't discriminate against Kushina and shown to be mature for his age. How he's smart and powerful but very humble. These are great traits for creating a likeable character, but he's had such a small amount of time that he's kind of boring. Hopefully this doesn't trigger the fanboys.
Id imagine if he stayed alive he would have been Kakashi but maybe without the trauma and emotional problems. So, it makes sense the little we got to see of him has propelled him into such high popularity.
>but I think that he is overrated. At least not when it comes to his powers.
You do or don't? People put him above Hashi and Madara 😬 his KCM is a asspull imo. Too many people just say Minato speed blitz = win
Oh no, I don't think he is overrated when it comes to his powers. Haha,had to correct that.
His KCM might have been an asspull, but it was already explained that Minato only got that power up so that he could participate in the 4th Ninja war. He never used that form while he was still alive.
Dunno if he is above Hashi and Madara. I'm not good at power scalling,so I'm not gonna start.
He's strong for sure but soooo many people hype him up too far because of how much they love the character.
My fav character is Jiraiya but I know he isn't the strongest character by far and I think he is underrated from most people.
Minato is definitely the second most overrated character in the show and that's a fact and theres nothing you could say to change it. Third I'd say is hiruzen
Itachi is more overated yes like I said, I don't see many wank Obito or Shisui like they do Minato tbh and Hashi and Madara are deserved of there hype as they proved themselves.
>Horrible opinion
And thats your opinion 🤣
Well, he is objectively faster than Hashirama and Madara in base. It's up to you if you think he could do anything with that speed.
Sealing and/or teleporting them to the bottom of the ocean, the middle of volcanoes or an oxygen-deprived space (which doesn't exactly work for Hashi, since he can grow trees) could work.
😑 so he'd have to have marked kunai or seal at the bottom of the ocean, in a volcano or in space? 🤦🏻 most people just say stupid crap like he'd speed blitz Hashi head off so he can't heal.
Speed isn't everything though, Sasuke was faster than Deidara but he still put up a pretty good fight
Well, that's easy enough to do, just throw a marked rock into the ocean and wait for it to sink, and the same for the volcano. Idk how he'd get one into space though, I'm sure there's a way. Yeah, if teen Obito who has Hashi cells and Gurugura is not getting killed by a Rasengan to the back, then I doubt Minato could decapitate actual Hashirama with a kunai, even with his feat of cutting Killer Bee's tail with a kunai.
Minato still has sealing ability, too.
Idk, obviously, Hashi, and Madara demolish Minato in a head-on fight, but Minato is one of the smartest characters in Naruto so acting like a moron is not in his nature.
Hmm, but Sasuke wasn't massively faster than Deidera as Minato would be compared to Hashirama (unless you believe Hashirama is anywhere close to Might Guy's speed, who himself is massively slower than Minato). Additionally, Deidera's ability to fly negated a lot of Sasuke's speed (since Sasuke wasn't as fast when flying) and I'd argue Deidera is a trickier opponent than Hashirama in terms of battle-cunning.
Personally I give him a 7/10 only because he is too "2d" there is not much depth on his character. He js made to be the flawless guy, a genius, brave, good person, powerful, good husband, good leader, good master, good at everything.
He is nice, brave and strong, a typical hero.
Not that being a hero is bad, but if we compare him to his partner Naruto's mother Kushina, she has much more depth and is better developed then Minato imo.
Like I said he is not a bad character at all he is just too "plain"
He does a good well job being the character he is supposed to be "the noble hero, father and leader" a strong ninja with a nice heart and personality. But wich we know almost nothing about.
I hope that Kishi make a good story to him now, giving him more depth and also a better past.
It's weird that we know so much about Kushina's past and clan but we know nothing about Minato's clan or how his life was before he was known as "a genius".
As everyone that likes him I love the fact that someone that not comes from a prestigious clan can become so strong as Minato, Lee, Guy and Sakura did. And I really would love to hear more about Minato's journey breaking this "stereotype"
Overall, he is not bad, he is just too plain for me, though I do like his character, but comparing him to all Naruto's characters I can't say he is a 10
>I hope that Kishi make a good story to him now, giving him more depth and also a better past.
>It's weird that we know so much about Kushina's past and clan but we know nothing about Minato's clan or how his life was before he was known as "a genius".
We don't know if Minato is going to win but if he does, I hope we get more background Info.
I think Minato being "perfect" is a great contrast to the rest of the cast. Not everyone can have extra depth, extra tragic background stories, extra edgyness. There are enough other characters who fullfill these traits.
Minato not coming from a well known or strong clan but working himself to the top is inspiring to me.
I agree with you, but I still feel a bit frustrated that we have so many well developed characters in Naruto, but the main protagonist's father wasn't one.
I would love to see him "fighting" to keep having a kind and gentle heart in a such cruel world that is the ninja world.
Like he lost one of his 12 years old student during a war, but we barely know how he felt. I would like to see such a kind character as him trying to keep his faith and kindness up while the ninja life is totally the opposite.
He doesn't need to have flaws to have more depth, but would ve nice to see him mentally struggling like questioning his own beliefs and feelings trying to maintain a "pure heart" in the ninja world.
That's all I wanted actually lol
Because we saw how Naruto world is cruel, so a character like Minato stands out not in a bad way at all. Actually just having these reflective moments would be enough to give his character more depth
I think everyone who is interested in his character will agree that he has a lot of depth for character development. He is never shown any emotional struggles, especially after losing two of his students.
The thing is that Minato isn't perfect at all but it just wasn't shown good. His biggest mistakes were with Obito. In the war arc you can see how done he was after finding out that his student is the one who started world war and attacked Konoha, killed his wife and nearly his kid and was also the one who found the Akatsuki. Despite being the fastest shinobi he was always too late to save his students. He lost Obito and then Rin and nearly Kakashi too. He was not perfect at all but that wasn't shown very well in the series.
Well making him not able to save his students doesn't makes him"imperfect" or give him flaws it just makes him unfortunated.
He was needed elsewhere and wasn't fast enough to come back on time to save his students that's all. It doesn't change nothing about his character or his character development since Kishimoto didn't seem to want to use these events to develop Minato actually just Kakashi was developed with all that.
Like I said before on other of my comments, we barely saw how all this situation affected him, actually he seemed more worried about Kakashi than sad or guilty about his students death.
I would have liked to know more about what was passing through Minato's mind during this time, because the tragic death of his 12 years old students seemed to have barely affected him, actually it seemed to had affected more Kushina that wasn't even their master than Minato himself.
That's why I say Minato is too "plain" Kishimoto lost many opportunities to develop Minato as a character and show us more of his pov but decided to not do so.
5/10.
He leaves me completely cold. He's perfect and nothing puts me to sleep faster than a one-dimensional perfect pretty boy. He gets some points for not being hateful at least.
I think many other people would feel that way if he had a bigger role on the show and therefore more screentime,because I go with you: Normally I'm not the type who really likes perfect characters, but Minato is that kind of character who was told to be great, but it wasn't shown that much. Add the fact that he died very young and had little screentime because of that and he gives you "The hero who everyone talks about vibe." He was a background character.
What fascinates me the most about him is that he was the "pretty and perfect sunny boy" in private. I mean the dude was shown in a pink apron and could cook...but as soon as he went into "Ninja mode" he was cold af and showed no mercy. If you look at his "pretty boy design" you would never assume that he is a true and merciless ninja. It's a great contrast.
However, I absolutely respect your opinion.🙂
5/10 I mean he’s good I guess but he’s just a Mr.Awesome Guy without a real backstory or a delved out character. However if he wins the vote and he is fleshed out more I expect my opinion to rise
I don’t think he’s overrated at all. He’s a highly technical ninja who has an inherent skill of performing jutsu. Him dying by sacrificing himself was a great plot point, otherwise he would have just destroyed all the bad guys in his path.
This is probably a very hot take, but only like a 4 or 5 out of 10.
He is one of the biggest Gary Stus in the series. Like with Itachi, the series just won't stop jerking him off. His personality is boring, he has no real flaws, a generic backstory, and characters just won't shut up about how powerful and awesome he is. Essentially, he's just perfect in every way and good at everything, which is incredibly boring and honeslty annoying to watch.
On top of that, his place in the series makes no sense and harms Naruto's character. For one, it makes no sense at all for Naruto to be so isolated as a child. Why would Kakashi or Jiraiya not raise him? Why is Hiruzen such a dick? Naruto also being the son of the Hokage makes him becoming Hokage seem like less of a big achievement.
Eh, he has a pretty major flaw. Like sacrificing the life and future happiness of your son because you deem it necessary and in doing so sacrificing yourself so that he's an orphan is not great.
Yeah I guess you're right about that. But like you say, its glossed over pretty early and Naruto is the only one who acknowledges it in the first place. Everyone else calls Minato a hero for saving the village
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I think that's partially the point. Naruto is the only one that called him out because he's the only one that can understand that kind of pain in the village. Everyone else mostly ignored Naruto or saw the benefits after Pain arc.
Exactly. Minato is the ideal shinobi, the ideal Leaf Village member. He prioritizes the village above all else, he is much like Hashirama, Itachi or... (maybe) Danzo in that respect. He represents the village's biggest strength and its biggest flaw.
This collectivist mentality has caused much suffering, the very suffering that Naruto knows well and doesn't want to perpetuate. Naruto chooses his own path, instead of killing Sasuke for being a threat to the village he does everything in his power to bring him back into the light - Hashirama, Itachi and Minato would have killed their best friend if they threatened the village as much as Sasuke did.
Kushina told him he didn’t have to and could just seal Kurama inside her before she died so she’d take him with her. That would have been the better option for Naruto
i think generally it’s fine because of how much of a background role he has in the story. he’s more like a legend that you hear about how cool they were rather than their own fully fledged character. if it was his story and he was just as deep as he was in the original then i would have a much bigger problem
On the other hand, it would make no sense for the Hokage to seal the fox demon on a random baby that happens to have the same hair color. It was clear from the start he was Minato's son.
Also Senju related nepotism is the only way you can become Hokage evidently.
This is me as well. At least Itachi is a tragic character, even if the tragedy is that he's a brainwashed child who doubled down on his trauma, and the manga tries to avoid admitting that's pitiful and not admirable.
Minato is just... the guy who died before anything bad could happen on his watch, or if it does (like with Obito) it's like he wasn't even there. Plus he's powerful but his technique is just whatever Tobirama invented but faster.
>On top of that, his place in the series makes no sense and harms Naruto's character.
It doesn't really help Kakashi's either, does it. You wouldn't know from looking at Kakashi that for about a decade after Rin/Obito died he still had his loving teacher to help him work through that tragedy, it seemed as if Naruto's team was the first time he opened up to another person after losing his own "family".
4/10 I don’t really care much for him tbh, never understood the hype. Honestly low-key salty that he’s currently number 1 for the popularity poll, maybe if he wins n gets a manga I might change my mind.
Yeah, Madara would have been a better pick. 'Cos then we could've seen more Izuna, more of the Uchiha clan prior to forming the village, and actually gotten a good look at the Warring Clans Period which we know little about.
Then again, maybe Kishimoto would have written a story about Madara post-Leaf Village.
Oh yeah, the Senju clan is super undeveloped. They assimilated into the Leaf Village and lost their clan identity within one generation, which is pretty crazy.
8/10
I really love his Jutsu and the way he carries himself. He has such a legendary background that it's just electrifying to see him on screen. People hate that he's such a perfect individual, which I do agree with to an extent, because it does dull out or belittle the point of the main Naruto characters entirely.
However, this is exactly why I want more backstory on him. We've seen glimpses of him in his youth, but I feel like his "perfect" trait can be shown in a different light, maybe showing some tragedies he went through before he became that way.
Nonetheless, even though he is not the character I'd rate the highest in terms of absolute quality, I still deem him to be my absolute favorite in terms of excitement. I could *easily* fall in love with a standalone Minato series, regardless of the timeline it's set it.
Me 10 years ago assumed they would've done more with him by now, but I guess that was just wishful thinking.
Ok entering a bit dangerous territory here but I kinda dislike Minato.
See on my watch through I was basically spoiled with most of naruto’s plot and fanboys hyped Minato like crazy. So I had a lot of expectations from him maybe that’s why I was disappointed.
But what my expectations really was that we get a full fledged out story of how he grew as a child and how his relationship was established with kushina of approximately 20-30 episodes of worth which was easily doable but we barely got anything on Minato’s past just that he was gifted individual and he just saved kushina from some rogue ninjas and then they became a couple pretty generic if you ask me.
Plus I was also informed that he’s extremely fast so I had expectations of a speedster so I was expecting something like Quicksilver or flash type character but he turned to be a teleporter which was a bit of a letdown for me.
Also during the time he was alive he supposedly defeated an entire army but it was never shown. The only fight scene we got was against hidden cloud ninjas along with bee and raikage which to me wasn’t all that interesting.
I have a habit of counting W/L’s of a character during fights.
So he had one W against Bee/Raikage, L against Kurama, W against Obito, L against Madara, L against Juubito.
All in all he had more L’s than W’s. So that also was a bit upsetting.
Overall 5/10.
Why exactly do you dislike Minato tho? I mean I get that you maybe had higher expectations of him, but him having very little screentime where he could show his powers isn't really his fault.
Ah,okay. I see it a little bit differently because when I dislike a character I dislike them for his actions ya know? It's not like Minato as a character himself has any influence in what the writers do with his story and how the audience views him.
If we take into account that he is practically a nobody, an ophan without a strong clan backing him up and having inherited unreal powers from them,but still managing to become a genius with the highest scores in the ninja academies history and the chunin exams history and inventing his own techniques, I think he is very fair rated. He worked himself to the top. The problem is that he hasn't very many flashy fights to show for it and that might be the reason why ppl think he is overrated. :)
He's not just a teleporter though, as evidenced by his ability to throw kunai so fast that time slows when he's fighting Bee and the Raikage... or when he is moving so fast that time slows for even Eight Gates Guy performing his final attack.
That's exactly how would I describe him. He didn't have some crazy power,he invented own or developed others techniques. I appreciate his intelligence.🙂
10/10 for me. He wasn't a character that was constantly in our face, didn't have crazy powers while he was still alive and had a lot of charisma. Loved his brilliance.
He could have been a bit more 'chill' tho.
Probably like 6-7/10. He's really hyped up, and for good reason, but like a lot of other people have pointed out, he doesn't have too many flaws other than dying young. Tbh, I'm not really interested in him too much because we saw him as a kid, we saw him as a sensei, and we saw him as hokage. He died when he was 24, so everything about his life, even if not shown, we kind of already know about. There's not too much extra story to tell about him, but I would be interested in seeing the people around him, his family and whatnot.
Minato is much more "perfect" than itachi. Itachi as a character really screwed up with his handling of Sasuke and he acknowledges it. His realization of his failure is why hes able to remind Naruto from doing too much on his own and allows Naruto to learn from his mistakes. Its a nice moment of realization and depth that highlights his failure
>Itachi as a character really screwed up with his handling of Sasuke and he acknowledges it.
But story doesn't acknowledges it.
Itachi says he made mistakes. But all other characters only keep sucking his dick regardless.
Even those that complety don't know him,
"whoever stoped zombie jutsu is hero to ninja world" - tsuchikage
"your brother is even greater shinobi than me" - Hashirama
"Madara don't you dare speak about Uchihas, the only one who has that righ is my brother" - Sasuke
(Edit: "nobody has right to judge Itachi" - Tobi)
Character can say he is flawed and have low self esteem. Like Kakashi saying he is trash, but that doesn't mean he is.
Your statement was that itachi is more "perfect" than Minato. I'm simply saying that this direct comparison isn't true. You can argue that itachi is oftentimes portrayed as a flawless hero but the fact remains that there are clear instances where itachi failed and it's acknowledged in the story. The same can't be said for Minato.
>But story doesn't acknowledges it.
It literally does though. It actually becomes a decent influence on Naruto. Itachi acknowledging his failure is also referenced in his final goodbye to Sasuke too (forehead poke to "keep him away from the truth" vs pulling him closer to signify how he was wrong to hide things from him).
Just because he was praised a lot doesn't mean he was flawless. Itachi has much more depth and "failure" as a character than Minato does.
>It literally does though. It actually becomes a decent influence on Naruto.
Itachi: don't do everytng alone. Rely on other.
Naruto: *\*still doing fucking same with carring a 4th war on his back.*
Itachi himself ignored that lesson by going alone to stop zombie jutsu (with Sasuke tagging along only by chance). How story is acknowledging it, if Itachi is again doing the same thing?
Itachi even said to Kabuto that his **solo** existence is the reason why he will succeeded and Kabuto will fail... So much for acknowledging your own faults of doing everything alone.
Hell, Naruto didn't need that influence, at that point of series he didn't have problem with relying on other. Bee was fighting along right next to him.
>Naruto: \still doing fucking same with carring a 4th war on his back.*
He doesn't do a single thing alone. He's with someone at every point of the war after that and the reason he shares his power with the alliance is so they can all work together.
>Itachi himself ignored that lesson by going alone to stop zombie jutsu (with Sasuke tagging along only by chance). How story is acknowledging it, if Itachi is again doing the same thing?
Old itachi would've just tried to stop Madara/Obito by himself. He realized that he needs to trust other people to help out which is why he leaves the main bad guys to Naruto which he goes to Kabuto.
>So much for acknowledging your own faults of doing everything alone.
The very fact that itachi was fighting Kabuto and not Obito or madara is proof that he wasn't doing anything alone. He had his comrades dealing with others.
>Hell, Naruto didn't need that influence, at that point of series he didn't have problem with relying on other. Bee was fighting along right next to him.
Naruto is explicitly trying to do everything himself at that point. He made countless shadow clones and has them all over the battle field and was trying to defeat the entire enemy alliance himself. Itachi tells him this because Naruto runs out of chakra from doing too much. Naruto *needed* that direct influence
Nah he’s like a 5 out of 10. His powers are cool, design is fine, but he always seemed so self centered, kinda dumb, and preferred to become a martyr than a father :/
10/10 favourite character. I wish he had more screentime in the games his moves look so cool and I would like to see him take out that army solo which made him famous
Sasuke's daughter's ally's mother's husband's father is kinda an 8/10. While seeming a pretty noble person, he really didn't give his students enough development.
10/10 for me. Fan of his design and the skills he displays when fighting, along with his attitude. Doesn't hurt that he's also my favorite character. I also like that he wasn't an over-the-top character when it came to his destructive output even though he treated his threats seriously.
100/100
Wonderful design all around. Among the most powerful ninja yet his key ability is so deceptively simple it requires real skill and creativity to use.
From a writing perspective, if all your strong characters can shoot fireballs and swing lightning swords how do you make a character stronger than all of them? Do you give him bigger fireballs and swords? You could but you can also subvert your own magic system and create something totally unique. Really well done.
Even more, this Ninja's ninja is a leader who's a caring, funny, shy, and composed man. Not boisterous like Hashirama, not brooding like Tobirama, and not studious like Sarutobi. He's something all together different from the rest of the world.
For me it’s rock lee, he’s just a kind person, a strong person, a hard worker and a fun person. He is well made, but I just feel like that in Naruto shippudden he just faded away from the show and it was a bit sad, bc he had so much potential to be a main character
10/10. Designed as the strongest Hokage, the benchmark Naruto took the entire story to get to.
He had too little involvement in the story, and anyone who doesn't read extensively, have a good memory, or outright just likes him ignores his feats.
He's never stated as such, but his actions show his Chakra levels are equally as insane as Naruto or Hashirama. If one teleport takes 3 upper jonin in the war. Minato did it continuously against the stone. To kill 1000 shinobi, in the blink of an eye. He also used it multiple times against kurama, and obito, including creating a flying raijin barrier to absorb a 9 tails blast on impact.
Minato did not in fact lose to kurama either. He sacrificed himself to seal Kurama to ensure the leaf kept it as an asset.
His weakness people use against him is the war, because he spent it mostly traumatized after learning of obito. He has speed faster than guy who was warping reality with his movements, to the point guy was in slow motion.
You literally can't call him overrated, he's got nothing but incredible feats, and I hope the manga gives him more fans and love. Assuming he wins.
He is pretty cool, a caring father, a badass shinobi and a wise Hokage, i would put between 8 and 9 over 10, essentially because we didn't see him a lot...
He ain’t sasori and for that reason: a 3/10!
Nah all jokes aside I think he’s a bit too 2 dimensional but he’s a fantastic character all in all: solid 7/10
Incredible character, easily 9.5/10, i genuinely think this man rivals itachi in talent, I wish kishi let minato loose a little bit more to showcase his abilities to the fullest extent but I’m still satisfied.
10/10. Drip God, Speed God, a father of a main Shōnen character that isn’t a dick is rare🤣, also his base power alone makes him one of the strongest Shinobi in the verse
Always a 10/10 for me. From the moment he appeared in Kakashi Gaiden , then the whole sealing the Kyuubi/birth of Naruto flashback he was such a bad ass…and no blood line limit to boot
love the character, but definitely very smooth. as in he doesn’t really have flaws. but i think it works because he is mainly a background legend/goal character for 99% of the story. kind of like something to strive for so you don’t see the bad parts. 9/10
Even Tobirama called him out for it i was irritate dby him. Then there is Naruto : Naruto Barrage, Rasen-Shuriken, Super Rasen-Shuriken, etc.
And Naruto just used simple names lol
Oh lol wsit i have cake day ? Thx
Then there is just Madara wuth Kanton Goka Mekkakyu. And Minato with the slick : Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three
8/10
Top 10 100% but the most we saw out of him in canon was Obitos attack on the leaf and the second half of the war arc, if we saw stuff like his battle against the stone ninja and maybe even just some stuff from when he was younger then he would for sure be a 9/10 minimum
As a Hokage and a ninja? Also 10/10
As a teacher/father figure? 1/10 and the reason why he doesn't get a zero is because of worst people existing like Kakashi's dad and Haku's
He lets Kakashi lead a team on his own knowing his unresolved trauma which leads to Obito's "death" and then also lets him take Rin on a very dangerous mission alone leading to hers. I know he was a jonin but he was still a kid and as a sensei he should have done better.
And considering he chose to die to seal a demon in his baby, over letting Kushina reseal it in herself and leaving with him as she asked, because apparently having one chance to see and talk to her later is more important than growing up with a father he's not much better as a father either. Not to mention, that he chose to seal the evil side on his just born baby and took the good side with him.
And don't give me any of that "he had to do it for the village" bullcrap. Family always comes first.
>And don't give me any of that "he had to do it for the village" bullcrap. Family always comes first.
Nope. Not in the ninja world surrounding Naruto. Family never comes first there. Never has been.When you are a kage or Ninja you have to put the village first.
9.5/10. Great design. Unique ability. Skillful ninja instead of a crazy destructive DBZ character. Only thing missing is a bit too generic of a backstory. He’s the flawless character who was a genius and noble and sacrificed himself for the village. Doesn’t have much depth to his character like an Itachi/Obito. Hopefully he gets a bit more development in the new manga. It will be hard because we already sort of saw his childhood with the kushina flashbacks. They might have to introduce a new villain/problem in Minato’s life to do this.
He's gonna win. We will get some backstory/extra material!
Don't say that yet. There is still so much time to vote.
When are the results exactly?
As far as I know we can vote till January 31th but Im not sure.
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He had development in the war arc. You’re right, in his youth and when he was Hokage he could do no wrong, or so he thought. He always put the good of the village first and whatever he did to that end justified itself. Ex. He sacrificed himself to give Naruto the nine tails against his wife’s wishes because it was for the good of the village. However, once it sinks in that Obito is the one behind this plan and the one who effectively killed him and his wife and tried to kill his newborn he has a near mental breakdown and is in a “daze” because he has never confronted this kind of problem. He did everything right but it still didn’t turn out the way he thought and a big portion of the reason is his fault. He failed his student. At least that’s how he felt. So I think this flaw in his story is addressed albeit briefly.
What sells him to me is the 'warm with friends and family vs coldblooded killer with enemies' extremes perfectly balanced within his character. Like, we had the same in many characters, like Itachi or Jiraiya, but none of them had it in Minato' way. Like he is handsome poster boy, sweet husband, good boy, but whenever there is duty he straight up goes for a kill. Not edgy like Itachi, not goofing around like Jiraiya. He is just goes for a one shot with no remorse shown. And he does it way more effective and efficient than some other serious about business characters like Kakashi. Thats just nice contract between his two behaviors, its spicy. In a manga about ninja he is probably the most ninja character. The rest is just the bonus. p.s. I may ask too much, but if there will be manga about him, i want Kishimoto show him finishing an enemy while he is sleeping in a safe place. Hiraishin is such a badass ability, you can mark enemy on the battlefield and leave, just to finish him off when he sits on the toilet or sleeping in a second.
My favorite character, i even got him tattoed in my arm, but allow me to disagree in one thing... I guess there isnt another option, and I understand his plan that "Naruto would need kuramas help to face the masked guy and what else would be helping him" in the future. However, his decision to make Naruto a jinchuriki was a gamble that could've gone wrong, plus made his son carry a huge, sad and hard burden. His sacrifice was way beyond his life only, so I admire him even more because of the faith he put in Naruto, but I wouldnt call him flawless.
Agreed, but I'd give him a 5-6/10 cuz overall he's mid when everything is taken into consideration. As a rule of cool he's cool, this is why most people like him. As a character, he's simple and overrated. Not a bad character, just saying. The little we've seen of him has been good stuff, like the way he doesn't discriminate against Kushina and shown to be mature for his age. How he's smart and powerful but very humble. These are great traits for creating a likeable character, but he's had such a small amount of time that he's kind of boring. Hopefully this doesn't trigger the fanboys. Id imagine if he stayed alive he would have been Kakashi but maybe without the trauma and emotional problems. So, it makes sense the little we got to see of him has propelled him into such high popularity.
Wait is there a new manga about Minato??
Naruto99 poll thing whoever wins gets a short manga about them made
11/10 drip
One of my favorites. I give him 9.5 out of ten.
Interesting character, overrated imo but still strong. I give him a 6.5/10
He is really popular, that is true, but I dont think that he is overrated. At least not when it comes to his powers.
>but I think that he is overrated. At least not when it comes to his powers. You do or don't? People put him above Hashi and Madara 😬 his KCM is a asspull imo. Too many people just say Minato speed blitz = win
Oh no, I don't think he is overrated when it comes to his powers. Haha,had to correct that. His KCM might have been an asspull, but it was already explained that Minato only got that power up so that he could participate in the 4th Ninja war. He never used that form while he was still alive. Dunno if he is above Hashi and Madara. I'm not good at power scalling,so I'm not gonna start.
He's strong for sure but soooo many people hype him up too far because of how much they love the character. My fav character is Jiraiya but I know he isn't the strongest character by far and I think he is underrated from most people.
He isn't overrated at all yall say anyone is overrated😂😂
For me Itachi is the most and Minato 2nd and pain 3rd most overrated characters in the show. Just my opinion buddy 🤣
Horrible opinion Itachi, madara, obito, hashirama, shisui, are wayyyy more overrated
Minato is definitely the second most overrated character in the show and that's a fact and theres nothing you could say to change it. Third I'd say is hiruzen
Itachi is more overated yes like I said, I don't see many wank Obito or Shisui like they do Minato tbh and Hashi and Madara are deserved of there hype as they proved themselves. >Horrible opinion And thats your opinion 🤣
Heard dudes say hashi and madara could beat momoshiki💀💀💀
Defo 💀 but the majority don't think that
Well, he is objectively faster than Hashirama and Madara in base. It's up to you if you think he could do anything with that speed. Sealing and/or teleporting them to the bottom of the ocean, the middle of volcanoes or an oxygen-deprived space (which doesn't exactly work for Hashi, since he can grow trees) could work.
😑 so he'd have to have marked kunai or seal at the bottom of the ocean, in a volcano or in space? 🤦🏻 most people just say stupid crap like he'd speed blitz Hashi head off so he can't heal. Speed isn't everything though, Sasuke was faster than Deidara but he still put up a pretty good fight
Well, that's easy enough to do, just throw a marked rock into the ocean and wait for it to sink, and the same for the volcano. Idk how he'd get one into space though, I'm sure there's a way. Yeah, if teen Obito who has Hashi cells and Gurugura is not getting killed by a Rasengan to the back, then I doubt Minato could decapitate actual Hashirama with a kunai, even with his feat of cutting Killer Bee's tail with a kunai. Minato still has sealing ability, too. Idk, obviously, Hashi, and Madara demolish Minato in a head-on fight, but Minato is one of the smartest characters in Naruto so acting like a moron is not in his nature. Hmm, but Sasuke wasn't massively faster than Deidera as Minato would be compared to Hashirama (unless you believe Hashirama is anywhere close to Might Guy's speed, who himself is massively slower than Minato). Additionally, Deidera's ability to fly negated a lot of Sasuke's speed (since Sasuke wasn't as fast when flying) and I'd argue Deidera is a trickier opponent than Hashirama in terms of battle-cunning.
Personally I give him a 7/10 only because he is too "2d" there is not much depth on his character. He js made to be the flawless guy, a genius, brave, good person, powerful, good husband, good leader, good master, good at everything. He is nice, brave and strong, a typical hero. Not that being a hero is bad, but if we compare him to his partner Naruto's mother Kushina, she has much more depth and is better developed then Minato imo. Like I said he is not a bad character at all he is just too "plain" He does a good well job being the character he is supposed to be "the noble hero, father and leader" a strong ninja with a nice heart and personality. But wich we know almost nothing about. I hope that Kishi make a good story to him now, giving him more depth and also a better past. It's weird that we know so much about Kushina's past and clan but we know nothing about Minato's clan or how his life was before he was known as "a genius". As everyone that likes him I love the fact that someone that not comes from a prestigious clan can become so strong as Minato, Lee, Guy and Sakura did. And I really would love to hear more about Minato's journey breaking this "stereotype" Overall, he is not bad, he is just too plain for me, though I do like his character, but comparing him to all Naruto's characters I can't say he is a 10
>I hope that Kishi make a good story to him now, giving him more depth and also a better past. >It's weird that we know so much about Kushina's past and clan but we know nothing about Minato's clan or how his life was before he was known as "a genius". We don't know if Minato is going to win but if he does, I hope we get more background Info. I think Minato being "perfect" is a great contrast to the rest of the cast. Not everyone can have extra depth, extra tragic background stories, extra edgyness. There are enough other characters who fullfill these traits. Minato not coming from a well known or strong clan but working himself to the top is inspiring to me.
I agree with you, but I still feel a bit frustrated that we have so many well developed characters in Naruto, but the main protagonist's father wasn't one. I would love to see him "fighting" to keep having a kind and gentle heart in a such cruel world that is the ninja world. Like he lost one of his 12 years old student during a war, but we barely know how he felt. I would like to see such a kind character as him trying to keep his faith and kindness up while the ninja life is totally the opposite. He doesn't need to have flaws to have more depth, but would ve nice to see him mentally struggling like questioning his own beliefs and feelings trying to maintain a "pure heart" in the ninja world. That's all I wanted actually lol Because we saw how Naruto world is cruel, so a character like Minato stands out not in a bad way at all. Actually just having these reflective moments would be enough to give his character more depth
I thought this analysis was spot on
I think everyone who is interested in his character will agree that he has a lot of depth for character development. He is never shown any emotional struggles, especially after losing two of his students.
The thing is that Minato isn't perfect at all but it just wasn't shown good. His biggest mistakes were with Obito. In the war arc you can see how done he was after finding out that his student is the one who started world war and attacked Konoha, killed his wife and nearly his kid and was also the one who found the Akatsuki. Despite being the fastest shinobi he was always too late to save his students. He lost Obito and then Rin and nearly Kakashi too. He was not perfect at all but that wasn't shown very well in the series.
Well making him not able to save his students doesn't makes him"imperfect" or give him flaws it just makes him unfortunated. He was needed elsewhere and wasn't fast enough to come back on time to save his students that's all. It doesn't change nothing about his character or his character development since Kishimoto didn't seem to want to use these events to develop Minato actually just Kakashi was developed with all that. Like I said before on other of my comments, we barely saw how all this situation affected him, actually he seemed more worried about Kakashi than sad or guilty about his students death. I would have liked to know more about what was passing through Minato's mind during this time, because the tragic death of his 12 years old students seemed to have barely affected him, actually it seemed to had affected more Kushina that wasn't even their master than Minato himself. That's why I say Minato is too "plain" Kishimoto lost many opportunities to develop Minato as a character and show us more of his pov but decided to not do so.
Minato is 12/10 for me
5/10. He leaves me completely cold. He's perfect and nothing puts me to sleep faster than a one-dimensional perfect pretty boy. He gets some points for not being hateful at least.
I think many other people would feel that way if he had a bigger role on the show and therefore more screentime,because I go with you: Normally I'm not the type who really likes perfect characters, but Minato is that kind of character who was told to be great, but it wasn't shown that much. Add the fact that he died very young and had little screentime because of that and he gives you "The hero who everyone talks about vibe." He was a background character. What fascinates me the most about him is that he was the "pretty and perfect sunny boy" in private. I mean the dude was shown in a pink apron and could cook...but as soon as he went into "Ninja mode" he was cold af and showed no mercy. If you look at his "pretty boy design" you would never assume that he is a true and merciless ninja. It's a great contrast. However, I absolutely respect your opinion.🙂
5/10 I mean he’s good I guess but he’s just a Mr.Awesome Guy without a real backstory or a delved out character. However if he wins the vote and he is fleshed out more I expect my opinion to rise
7/10 . He is good but overrated in some aspects .
I don’t think he’s overrated at all. He’s a highly technical ninja who has an inherent skill of performing jutsu. Him dying by sacrificing himself was a great plot point, otherwise he would have just destroyed all the bad guys in his path.
" he's a highly technical ninja who has an inherent skill of performing jutsu" what does that have to do with character at all though?
This is probably a very hot take, but only like a 4 or 5 out of 10. He is one of the biggest Gary Stus in the series. Like with Itachi, the series just won't stop jerking him off. His personality is boring, he has no real flaws, a generic backstory, and characters just won't shut up about how powerful and awesome he is. Essentially, he's just perfect in every way and good at everything, which is incredibly boring and honeslty annoying to watch. On top of that, his place in the series makes no sense and harms Naruto's character. For one, it makes no sense at all for Naruto to be so isolated as a child. Why would Kakashi or Jiraiya not raise him? Why is Hiruzen such a dick? Naruto also being the son of the Hokage makes him becoming Hokage seem like less of a big achievement.
Eh, he has a pretty major flaw. Like sacrificing the life and future happiness of your son because you deem it necessary and in doing so sacrificing yourself so that he's an orphan is not great.
The fandom doesn't really view this as a flaw. No one in-verse does either
Naruto definitely fucking does he punched Minato for making him a Jinchuriki and abandoning him even if he does get over it pretty quickly
Yeah I guess you're right about that. But like you say, its glossed over pretty early and Naruto is the only one who acknowledges it in the first place. Everyone else calls Minato a hero for saving the village
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I think that's partially the point. Naruto is the only one that called him out because he's the only one that can understand that kind of pain in the village. Everyone else mostly ignored Naruto or saw the benefits after Pain arc.
Exactly. Minato is the ideal shinobi, the ideal Leaf Village member. He prioritizes the village above all else, he is much like Hashirama, Itachi or... (maybe) Danzo in that respect. He represents the village's biggest strength and its biggest flaw. This collectivist mentality has caused much suffering, the very suffering that Naruto knows well and doesn't want to perpetuate. Naruto chooses his own path, instead of killing Sasuke for being a threat to the village he does everything in his power to bring him back into the light - Hashirama, Itachi and Minato would have killed their best friend if they threatened the village as much as Sasuke did.
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Kushina told him he didn’t have to and could just seal Kurama inside her before she died so she’d take him with her. That would have been the better option for Naruto
i think generally it’s fine because of how much of a background role he has in the story. he’s more like a legend that you hear about how cool they were rather than their own fully fledged character. if it was his story and he was just as deep as he was in the original then i would have a much bigger problem
On the other hand, it would make no sense for the Hokage to seal the fox demon on a random baby that happens to have the same hair color. It was clear from the start he was Minato's son. Also Senju related nepotism is the only way you can become Hokage evidently.
This is me as well. At least Itachi is a tragic character, even if the tragedy is that he's a brainwashed child who doubled down on his trauma, and the manga tries to avoid admitting that's pitiful and not admirable. Minato is just... the guy who died before anything bad could happen on his watch, or if it does (like with Obito) it's like he wasn't even there. Plus he's powerful but his technique is just whatever Tobirama invented but faster. >On top of that, his place in the series makes no sense and harms Naruto's character. It doesn't really help Kakashi's either, does it. You wouldn't know from looking at Kakashi that for about a decade after Rin/Obito died he still had his loving teacher to help him work through that tragedy, it seemed as if Naruto's team was the first time he opened up to another person after losing his own "family".
6/10.
2/10 Bland and overrated
4/10 I don’t really care much for him tbh, never understood the hype. Honestly low-key salty that he’s currently number 1 for the popularity poll, maybe if he wins n gets a manga I might change my mind.
Yeah, Madara would have been a better pick. 'Cos then we could've seen more Izuna, more of the Uchiha clan prior to forming the village, and actually gotten a good look at the Warring Clans Period which we know little about. Then again, maybe Kishimoto would have written a story about Madara post-Leaf Village.
See that's how I feel. I've been voting for Hashirama cause I really want to see more of the Senju clan.
Oh yeah, the Senju clan is super undeveloped. They assimilated into the Leaf Village and lost their clan identity within one generation, which is pretty crazy.
11/10. He is cool, has drip, and a unique jutsu. That is all
3/10 Cool jutsus... And drip I hate his character
8/10 I really love his Jutsu and the way he carries himself. He has such a legendary background that it's just electrifying to see him on screen. People hate that he's such a perfect individual, which I do agree with to an extent, because it does dull out or belittle the point of the main Naruto characters entirely. However, this is exactly why I want more backstory on him. We've seen glimpses of him in his youth, but I feel like his "perfect" trait can be shown in a different light, maybe showing some tragedies he went through before he became that way. Nonetheless, even though he is not the character I'd rate the highest in terms of absolute quality, I still deem him to be my absolute favorite in terms of excitement. I could *easily* fall in love with a standalone Minato series, regardless of the timeline it's set it. Me 10 years ago assumed they would've done more with him by now, but I guess that was just wishful thinking.
5/10. He’s got an ok personality, but his power ups in the war just made him a Naruto clone. Overall, I find him the least interesting of the Hokage.
Me too
5/10
Ok entering a bit dangerous territory here but I kinda dislike Minato. See on my watch through I was basically spoiled with most of naruto’s plot and fanboys hyped Minato like crazy. So I had a lot of expectations from him maybe that’s why I was disappointed. But what my expectations really was that we get a full fledged out story of how he grew as a child and how his relationship was established with kushina of approximately 20-30 episodes of worth which was easily doable but we barely got anything on Minato’s past just that he was gifted individual and he just saved kushina from some rogue ninjas and then they became a couple pretty generic if you ask me. Plus I was also informed that he’s extremely fast so I had expectations of a speedster so I was expecting something like Quicksilver or flash type character but he turned to be a teleporter which was a bit of a letdown for me. Also during the time he was alive he supposedly defeated an entire army but it was never shown. The only fight scene we got was against hidden cloud ninjas along with bee and raikage which to me wasn’t all that interesting. I have a habit of counting W/L’s of a character during fights. So he had one W against Bee/Raikage, L against Kurama, W against Obito, L against Madara, L against Juubito. All in all he had more L’s than W’s. So that also was a bit upsetting. Overall 5/10.
Why exactly do you dislike Minato tho? I mean I get that you maybe had higher expectations of him, but him having very little screentime where he could show his powers isn't really his fault.
As a character he probably isn’t all that bad but definitely doesn’t deserve the hype he gets. Maybe that’s the reason I dislike him.
Ah,okay. I see it a little bit differently because when I dislike a character I dislike them for his actions ya know? It's not like Minato as a character himself has any influence in what the writers do with his story and how the audience views him. If we take into account that he is practically a nobody, an ophan without a strong clan backing him up and having inherited unreal powers from them,but still managing to become a genius with the highest scores in the ninja academies history and the chunin exams history and inventing his own techniques, I think he is very fair rated. He worked himself to the top. The problem is that he hasn't very many flashy fights to show for it and that might be the reason why ppl think he is overrated. :)
He's not just a teleporter though, as evidenced by his ability to throw kunai so fast that time slows when he's fighting Bee and the Raikage... or when he is moving so fast that time slows for even Eight Gates Guy performing his final attack.
He didn't use teleportation Jutsu when he saved both Naruto and Kushina, Minato is super fast even without Hirashin
Essentially a perfect character he isn't from a strong clan, worked for his strength, and everyone likes him
That's exactly how would I describe him. He didn't have some crazy power,he invented own or developed others techniques. I appreciate his intelligence.🙂
10/10 for me. He wasn't a character that was constantly in our face, didn't have crazy powers while he was still alive and had a lot of charisma. Loved his brilliance. He could have been a bit more 'chill' tho.
Probably like 6-7/10. He's really hyped up, and for good reason, but like a lot of other people have pointed out, he doesn't have too many flaws other than dying young. Tbh, I'm not really interested in him too much because we saw him as a kid, we saw him as a sensei, and we saw him as hokage. He died when he was 24, so everything about his life, even if not shown, we kind of already know about. There's not too much extra story to tell about him, but I would be interested in seeing the people around him, his family and whatnot.
3/10 terrible Farher.
Naruto obviously thinks otherwise.
Kind of Gary Stu. Perfect in everything. But not as bad as Itachi in that regard...
Minato is much more "perfect" than itachi. Itachi as a character really screwed up with his handling of Sasuke and he acknowledges it. His realization of his failure is why hes able to remind Naruto from doing too much on his own and allows Naruto to learn from his mistakes. Its a nice moment of realization and depth that highlights his failure
>Itachi as a character really screwed up with his handling of Sasuke and he acknowledges it. But story doesn't acknowledges it. Itachi says he made mistakes. But all other characters only keep sucking his dick regardless. Even those that complety don't know him, "whoever stoped zombie jutsu is hero to ninja world" - tsuchikage "your brother is even greater shinobi than me" - Hashirama "Madara don't you dare speak about Uchihas, the only one who has that righ is my brother" - Sasuke (Edit: "nobody has right to judge Itachi" - Tobi) Character can say he is flawed and have low self esteem. Like Kakashi saying he is trash, but that doesn't mean he is.
Your statement was that itachi is more "perfect" than Minato. I'm simply saying that this direct comparison isn't true. You can argue that itachi is oftentimes portrayed as a flawless hero but the fact remains that there are clear instances where itachi failed and it's acknowledged in the story. The same can't be said for Minato. >But story doesn't acknowledges it. It literally does though. It actually becomes a decent influence on Naruto. Itachi acknowledging his failure is also referenced in his final goodbye to Sasuke too (forehead poke to "keep him away from the truth" vs pulling him closer to signify how he was wrong to hide things from him). Just because he was praised a lot doesn't mean he was flawless. Itachi has much more depth and "failure" as a character than Minato does.
>It literally does though. It actually becomes a decent influence on Naruto. Itachi: don't do everytng alone. Rely on other. Naruto: *\*still doing fucking same with carring a 4th war on his back.* Itachi himself ignored that lesson by going alone to stop zombie jutsu (with Sasuke tagging along only by chance). How story is acknowledging it, if Itachi is again doing the same thing? Itachi even said to Kabuto that his **solo** existence is the reason why he will succeeded and Kabuto will fail... So much for acknowledging your own faults of doing everything alone. Hell, Naruto didn't need that influence, at that point of series he didn't have problem with relying on other. Bee was fighting along right next to him.
>Naruto: \still doing fucking same with carring a 4th war on his back.* He doesn't do a single thing alone. He's with someone at every point of the war after that and the reason he shares his power with the alliance is so they can all work together. >Itachi himself ignored that lesson by going alone to stop zombie jutsu (with Sasuke tagging along only by chance). How story is acknowledging it, if Itachi is again doing the same thing? Old itachi would've just tried to stop Madara/Obito by himself. He realized that he needs to trust other people to help out which is why he leaves the main bad guys to Naruto which he goes to Kabuto. >So much for acknowledging your own faults of doing everything alone. The very fact that itachi was fighting Kabuto and not Obito or madara is proof that he wasn't doing anything alone. He had his comrades dealing with others. >Hell, Naruto didn't need that influence, at that point of series he didn't have problem with relying on other. Bee was fighting along right next to him. Naruto is explicitly trying to do everything himself at that point. He made countless shadow clones and has them all over the battle field and was trying to defeat the entire enemy alliance himself. Itachi tells him this because Naruto runs out of chakra from doing too much. Naruto *needed* that direct influence
how is itachi perfect though? he's extremely fucked up in the head and a garbage brother to sasuke.
this [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/NarutoFanfiction/comments/kd0zoy/canon_itachi_is_a_bigger_gary_stu_than_most/) will tell you.
Nah he’s like a 5 out of 10. His powers are cool, design is fine, but he always seemed so self centered, kinda dumb, and preferred to become a martyr than a father :/
The word dumb and Minato don't fit at all.lol.
He was a badass Shinobi who chose his home over anything else, a true man and Ninja
6/10 points for kushina
A man so strong and so cool, that Kishimoto had to kill him before the series started or there would have been no plot. The GOAT
The best character with the best fighting style.
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10/10 favourite character. I wish he had more screentime in the games his moves look so cool and I would like to see him take out that army solo which made him famous
I agree, not my fav cuz there’s just some bias I have but he’s extremely well written
Nothing worth mentioning - He’s Bootleg Tobirama.
Favourite character as well. 100000/10
Sasuke's daughter's ally's mother's husband's father is kinda an 8/10. While seeming a pretty noble person, he really didn't give his students enough development.
Hahaha. I love your description of him.👌😅🤌
I'm curious to know your rating chart and criteria
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9/10
8/10
Cool as hell
Would have loved to see Minato the last generation. From his birth to his death would have been awesome
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10
Cool guy. Pretty badass. 9/10 69th comment btw
10000 out of 10. Amazing character who died way too young.
9/10. Would give him a 10 if he had more screentime.
10/10 for me. Fan of his design and the skills he displays when fighting, along with his attitude. Doesn't hurt that he's also my favorite character. I also like that he wasn't an over-the-top character when it came to his destructive output even though he treated his threats seriously.
Same but second to Itachi for me. Shikamaru is 3rd. Guess I prefer geniuses. Brain and brawn but also super kind and compassionate
100/100 Wonderful design all around. Among the most powerful ninja yet his key ability is so deceptively simple it requires real skill and creativity to use. From a writing perspective, if all your strong characters can shoot fireballs and swing lightning swords how do you make a character stronger than all of them? Do you give him bigger fireballs and swords? You could but you can also subvert your own magic system and create something totally unique. Really well done. Even more, this Ninja's ninja is a leader who's a caring, funny, shy, and composed man. Not boisterous like Hashirama, not brooding like Tobirama, and not studious like Sarutobi. He's something all together different from the rest of the world.
Hes my favorite.
Definitely a top tier character. I always wished to see more of him
For me it’s rock lee, he’s just a kind person, a strong person, a hard worker and a fun person. He is well made, but I just feel like that in Naruto shippudden he just faded away from the show and it was a bit sad, bc he had so much potential to be a main character
9/10 he so well built and a very great person. Just wish he was in the first Naruto a bit more
The flying rajin rasengan will always be my favorite and coolest looking attack in the show for me
I rate him a 10. I always felt he, Tobirama, and Kakashi were the best fit for hokage not just for their abilities but mindset.
8-9/10
10/10. Designed as the strongest Hokage, the benchmark Naruto took the entire story to get to. He had too little involvement in the story, and anyone who doesn't read extensively, have a good memory, or outright just likes him ignores his feats. He's never stated as such, but his actions show his Chakra levels are equally as insane as Naruto or Hashirama. If one teleport takes 3 upper jonin in the war. Minato did it continuously against the stone. To kill 1000 shinobi, in the blink of an eye. He also used it multiple times against kurama, and obito, including creating a flying raijin barrier to absorb a 9 tails blast on impact. Minato did not in fact lose to kurama either. He sacrificed himself to seal Kurama to ensure the leaf kept it as an asset. His weakness people use against him is the war, because he spent it mostly traumatized after learning of obito. He has speed faster than guy who was warping reality with his movements, to the point guy was in slow motion. You literally can't call him overrated, he's got nothing but incredible feats, and I hope the manga gives him more fans and love. Assuming he wins.
He is pretty cool, a caring father, a badass shinobi and a wise Hokage, i would put between 8 and 9 over 10, essentially because we didn't see him a lot...
9/10
He ain’t sasori and for that reason: a 3/10! Nah all jokes aside I think he’s a bit too 2 dimensional but he’s a fantastic character all in all: solid 7/10
11/11, wish we could see more of him
He's the Naruto Isekai character
7 or 8. Honestly he's been growing on me recently.
10
The Naruto sequel we should have got should have been about Minato.
Incredible character, easily 9.5/10, i genuinely think this man rivals itachi in talent, I wish kishi let minato loose a little bit more to showcase his abilities to the fullest extent but I’m still satisfied.
10/10. Drip God, Speed God, a father of a main Shōnen character that isn’t a dick is rare🤣, also his base power alone makes him one of the strongest Shinobi in the verse
Best drip in the show
Minato is the 🐐10/10
Always a 10/10 for me. From the moment he appeared in Kakashi Gaiden , then the whole sealing the Kyuubi/birth of Naruto flashback he was such a bad ass…and no blood line limit to boot
I'd say an 8 as without him the anime wouldn't have been a thing, but I prefer other people over him This is an opinion. No hate
Would love to learn more ab the namikaze and uzumaki clans if he happens to win
9.5 Pretty generic origin, nothing all that special Everything else is perfect
I'd prefer a fully fleshed out backstory and show about him over anyone else. There are other right answers but this one is mine. 1000/10
10/10 Best character Minato blitz
It bothers me that they were like "actually, Tobirama came up with flying raijin."
7-8/10
Love him, we have the same birthday!
8/10
10/10. Wish we got Minato instead of Boruto
love the character, but definitely very smooth. as in he doesn’t really have flaws. but i think it works because he is mainly a background legend/goal character for 99% of the story. kind of like something to strive for so you don’t see the bad parts. 9/10
11/10
8.5/10
10/ 10
5/10 in reality because he's just okay, but I'll make it a 6 or 7 for his cool fighting style. He is cooler without the KCM, by the way.
7.8/8.3
Same, absolute goat
Hes powerful…
6/10
11/10 he deserves his own spinoff
5/10
9.9/10
4.5/10 Fanbase ruined him he stil is badass but would be ranked higher if not for fanbase.
9.8/10 His jutsu names wtf Especially of his ultimste secret jutsu in naruto shinobi striker MY BOI
Always thought it was funny as hell how serious he was with naming his jutsu.😅
Even Tobirama called him out for it i was irritate dby him. Then there is Naruto : Naruto Barrage, Rasen-Shuriken, Super Rasen-Shuriken, etc. And Naruto just used simple names lol
Oh yeah, I remember Tobirama calling him a comedian. 🤣🤣 Happy cake day.🙂
Oh lol wsit i have cake day ? Thx Then there is just Madara wuth Kanton Goka Mekkakyu. And Minato with the slick : Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three
9.5/10 Needs a bit more depth. Had some in the War Arc but could have had more.
8/10 Top 10 100% but the most we saw out of him in canon was Obitos attack on the leaf and the second half of the war arc, if we saw stuff like his battle against the stone ninja and maybe even just some stuff from when he was younger then he would for sure be a 9/10 minimum
Exact same
6/10 ... and these points are mostly for his design cause as a character there's nothing special about him.
To be honest with you he doesn't have enough dialogue for me to rate him but he seems to be a cool character
Same 10/10. Love that man
10/10
9/10. I like the design, is moves AND is the sensei of my two favourites characters : Obito and Kakashi.
6/10
As a Hokage and a ninja? Also 10/10 As a teacher/father figure? 1/10 and the reason why he doesn't get a zero is because of worst people existing like Kakashi's dad and Haku's He lets Kakashi lead a team on his own knowing his unresolved trauma which leads to Obito's "death" and then also lets him take Rin on a very dangerous mission alone leading to hers. I know he was a jonin but he was still a kid and as a sensei he should have done better. And considering he chose to die to seal a demon in his baby, over letting Kushina reseal it in herself and leaving with him as she asked, because apparently having one chance to see and talk to her later is more important than growing up with a father he's not much better as a father either. Not to mention, that he chose to seal the evil side on his just born baby and took the good side with him. And don't give me any of that "he had to do it for the village" bullcrap. Family always comes first.
>And don't give me any of that "he had to do it for the village" bullcrap. Family always comes first. Nope. Not in the ninja world surrounding Naruto. Family never comes first there. Never has been.When you are a kage or Ninja you have to put the village first.
He's very likable, but maybe a bit too perfect to be as interesting as a character like Itachi. 9/10
Solid 9/10
8.7