Minato Namikaze - The Guilt of a Failure (Naruto)

[@SagesRain]

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[@ToasterBathInc.]

Why does this say from 20 hours ago but the video was posted 20 minutes ago

[@joelemaine]

Could you please do the story of Kenshin the Battossai

[@SnoringSnor]

@@ToasterBathInc. I think he uploaded it privately and then made it public later. That's probably why

[@superbrian7997]

Nah... The greatest sin of Naruto: Shippuden is Naruto Uzumaki failing to find the strength and self-agency like Luke Skywalker to let go of the past and forge his own destiny. Naruto should have obliterated the Tailed Beast! That would have been a true sacrifice worthy of the so-called: Child of Prophecy. And a good role model for children as a sign of a son; rightfully stepping out of his father’s shadow. All Naruto did in the end is champion the status quo. The world 🌎 of Naruto does not need the Tailed Beast. The same as we don’t need WMD Nuclear Bombs.

[@zethphyrzinnia0713]

Hi Sage's Rain# 👋 I just love how u are able to analyze all these anime character in depth and express their emotion, hope, regrets into a beautiful words without many reference like Minato Namikaze - 4th hokage here.....Can i suggest a deep look into another anime? 😊

[@kurorintenshi]

For all his regrets about Naruto and the life he'd left him with, Minato did more for his son in a few short minutes than Rasa did for Gaara in over twelve years.

[@chaitanyanahar1]

Damnn bro 🔥🔥🔥

[@levinkeryhell3396]

Minato was hokage but he chose his family over village which resulted into uchiha massacre and orochimaru attacking village and much more , he is also somewhat responsible for obito's cause.

[@thedeathskuller8665]

@@levinkeryhell3396 but had Minato not made his sacrifice Obito would have finished the eye of the moon plan way earlier with no Naruto or Saskue to oppose him.

[@levinkeryhell3396]

@@thedeathskuller8665 minato was not even able to recognize his student in the first place . Minato could have saved everybody (including himself and his family) easily but he foolishly died.

[@thedeathskuller8665]

@@levinkeryhell3396 He was dealing with too much stress at the time to correctly asses Obito's identify. His identity was the last thing on Minato had to prioritize, defending the leaf from the nine tails, somehow save Kushina although her tailed beast had been extracted, protect Naruto, defeat the masked man. Defeating Obito here and now was the most important thing. There was no way he could have guessed it was Obito in that moment. How was he supposed to guess that at that very time Obito the most untalented kindest shinobi in the leaf, would go on and kill the person who admired him the most Kushina, and attempt to and almost succeed in destroying him and the leaf.

[@rickmasters1991]

"Minato , a man who was fast but not fast enough ". -Sage's rain "Finger snaps"

[@danierupieru5640]

Flash basically *no pun intended*

[@sudhir2445]

Minato was fast but couldn't reach in the time. While obito got teleportation but after the very moment he needed to. They both were faster and fastest but never made it in time. Kishimoto is a great writer bringing this little foreshadowing.

[@maykonbrasileiro761]

You could say that he was "the right man at the wrong place"

[@matthewcox1093]

😢 very sad for Minato

[@eligyan8782]

The morgan freeman of anime has spoke

[@Numbtoitall]

The accuracy!!!

[@alwayswinning7282]

Bruh

[@sesereddead465]

Now all he has to do is say “that’s the length of 5 football fields”

[@JuanArth378]

I can't agree more

[@justapanda7175]

Ay yo facts

[@sivanlevi3867]

For some reason, Minato and Itachi seem a lot alike. Both held the village in high regard and truly thought they did the right thing in the harrowing situations they found themselves in. Yet, when they were reanimated, they found themselves looking back on their lives and pointing out their various failures. Like Itachi, Minato would've been drowning in failures had he not met Naruto.

[@skyrogue1977]

They had to make the best call they could with basically everything against them.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Well put, man. I guess one difference is that after his harrowing experience, Itachi lived with the guilt while Minato died.

[@jadenmurray1325]

@@sivanlevi3867 one difference is hey, Danzo is he true villain and Hiruzen is the biggest failure of a kage to let him run loose. Its even worse then the senate during the saving Gaara arc in the sand village trying to replace gaara as kage.

[@jadenmurray1325]

On a side note, Itachi and Minato both realized in the end, they made their decision and had to live with it. If either of them had backed out after the events that forced them to make a decision, it probably would've been drastically changed, and almost definitely not for the better. Think about it this way: Danzo wanted the Uchiha gone either way. Obito wouldve still been around, and Kurama wouldve been easy grabs without him being in Naruto. This way, Sasuke got to live, and Minato planted the seed for a weapon to stop the masked man in the future.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Very true.

[@ICEcoldJT]

“Failing doesn’t give you a reason to give up, as long as you believe.” Naruto Uzumaki

[@mark_david]

@@keyboardevangelist God bless you man! And yes, Jesus Christ is our hero!

[@hattorihaso2579]

Says the chosen one hypocrite

[@donjosue1000]

Yo, u everywhere bro.

[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

@@hattorihaso2579 he ain’t a hypocrite you telling me if he didn’t have a dream he would be that powerful, if he gave up he wouldn’t up beaten Neji and so on

[@hattorihaso2579]

@@hlogilehlogonolo5438 nope it was always his destiny 🤣

[@bento393]

"Be strong enough to be gentle"

[@noticias6111]

Was that actually quote from (whether in the sub or dub version of) the anime ?

[@bento393]

@@noticias6111 No, it's a a quote from Larry Cullen, brother of Peter Cullen, who was the voice for Optimus. Excellent clip from TFcon. Less than 5 minutes.

[@ashockmizer914]

Boruto: Granddad Minito,I am sorry for saying the things that you had for your son,My Dad NARUTO

[@jeremiahmiller6431]

And yet, in his final moments, the Edo Tensei dispelling, Naruto openly weeping and telling him all the things he wanted Kushina to hear... I am certain Minato looked down at his Naruto, joyous and proud, for despite it all his son was everything he had hoped and dreamed, and still even more.

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

the moment when a hero and a legend are just a son saying his final goodbye to his dad

[@tyuswilliams4567]

This just made me sad all over again

[@S_Warden]

The guy just got promoted and had a kid on the way. You can’t blame the man for bad luck

[@jadenmurray1325]

For real. No respect, and not even enough time to get a congratulations.

[@syedshaheer8547]

@Anthony watch the anime again he already knew

[@sudhir2445]

The whole Naruto series is full of tragic characters born in tragic times.

[@mateusmessias360]

No, but you can blame the man for not getting his priorities straight. Ultimately being Hokage is just a job and no job is worth what he put Naruto through, his absolute priority should have been to his family.

[@sudhir2445]

@@mateusmessias360 the village and the thousands of people living in, are the bigger priorities than yours. He just did what Itachi did to sasuke.

[@madambutterfly1997]

If the jinchuuruki is considered the village's trumcard and greatest weapon, why treat them with such vitriol that if said jinchuuruki defects and kills, the village only has itself to blame.

[@YellowPenetrator]

They were stupid and had much bad experience, because the Biest that was inside naruto attacked the village right before it was sealed into naruto and they always saw the biest instead of the possibility for a great leader. But they can be hella grateful for narutos forgiving and understanding nature :) He really deserved becoming hokage

[@theosxclouds5333]

Simple answer, trauma breeds negative feelings

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@theosxclouds5333 that's some Uchiha and Sith lord bulshit. You trying to increase their power by making them hate really

[@thatothertypeofstyrofoam4176]

@@madambutterfly1997 Yeah; Basically: That's what Garra's dad did (There was a bit more circumstance to that, but still; "Basically"). I don't know about Naruto though... 🤔 Hiruzen tried, though it seemed kinda basic. -"You can't control the populace" :/

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@thatothertypeofstyrofoam4176 Hiruzen has racked up more failures

[@subcinctus]

Minato's design makes him look like the kindest most approachable people in the show, and frankly a few of my friends behave like him and they're gems

[@PappiiSensei101]

And he's also capable of blitzing and slaughtering dozens of shinobi with a kunai and a ball of chakra

[@ttf1298]

Seeing minato and naruto together always puts a smile on my face

[@alejandromolina7270]

Blame everything on that one Stone Ninja. If he hadn't dump a whole lot of rocks on Obito all of this would have never had happened.

[@ak.kh27]

The fact that a throwaway stone jounin who meant nothing and had no background was the cause of the almost destruction of the entire world and millions of deaths

[@xhale671]

@@ak.kh27 imagine Kabuto reviving him during Kakashi vs Obito They would've stopped their fight just to beat that man's ass

[@nafi_q]

Fax

[@someweirdguy]

@@ak.kh27 butterfly affect 🦋

[@liberaltears1714]

Technically Madara made them do it

[@dawsonhart1558]

Fast but not fastest enough, the life of the fourth Hokage.

[@marslowell3992]

Damn smh 😔

[@kakashilover9231]

Poor minato, beating himself up, thinking he's nothing, but overcame his problems and saved his village. Wait that's Naruto

[@Luceium01]

Chillllll 😂😂

Poor Boruto, beating himself up, thinking he’s not- Wait a minute

[@thunderkatz4219]

@ what if I told the whole boruto show is a dream and it never came true and hinata is secretly kaguya and becomes kaguya when naruto dies

[@nach_0366]

@@Cdgkggk pain....

[@NikolaiKuznetsov97]

Lmfao

[@sincerelysarada5192]

Minato was always on time for the squad meetings. Kakashi was always late for the squad meetings. Minato was never was never on time to save his students. Kakashi was always on time to save his students.

[@trxxblx-wxs-hxrx]

That’s really key now that you point that out tbh but to an extent, Kakashi couldn’t save his students all the time. Example is the first Sasuke vs Naruto fight, he took a LOT of blame for his failure to stop the clash like the one on the roof of the hospital

[@michaelmurray8134]

Pretty ironic

[@suraiyabegum1298]

Actually you are wrong minato was in another mission but madara uchiha used his puppets to kill rin and bring obito to.him

[@Vietmac1993]

I think you were being unfair to Minato. His students were fighting in a war and Minato couldn’t always be around to protect his students. War has its casualties and it was unfortunate what happened to Rin and Obito.

[@tristanherb49]

@@Vietmac1993 minato is trash he let his friends down

[@grievousclock7519]

Damn if minato feels this much guilt, I can only imagine hiruzen.

[@ihopespaceisedible330]

@Matias Sotelo hiruzen has to have alot more guilt on his conscience than any other hokage because he let danzo do whatever he wanted without punishment and he did nothing about it such as when danzo told itachi to kill kills clan, the assassination attempt, the child experiments and letting orochimaru live which resulted in the death of thousands of other men,women and children and the worst thing is danzo revealed that naruto was the 9 tails jinchuriki to the entire village which resulted in him being a outcast and being assaulted by adults in the street and hiruzen still didn't stop danzo. Hiruzen will and always will be the worst hokage, a hokage that didn't stop or prevent the death of thousands if not a hundreds of thousands of people because he didn't stop orochimaru or danzo when he could.

[@mbakau]

@@ihopespaceisedible330 Hiruzen's haters always is so dumb and have no capabilities to read. Danzo works faster than Hiruzen, and it was underground that Hiruzen *didn't even realize it until he and his ANBU found the casualities*. There was a scene of the anime where Hiruzen *regrets* that it was the way it treated like this. HIruzen tries so much to prevent the Coup d'Etat, Itachi credited him for being compassionate. It was in Kakashi's ANBU arc where Hiruzen also located the hideout of Orochimaru and tried to kill him, *but he's way too soft, maybe your toxic mind can't understand it*. Danzo leaked the information, Hiruzen made the rules that nobody could ever talk about it. Damn, watch anime or read the manga properly. You need Budjana in your life.

[@ginpau7416]

@@mbakau who need Buddha when you have family

[@PeyloBeauty]

@@ihopespaceisedible330 thank youuu the worst hokage til now. he really did SHIT. you listed everything that could speak against him as a so called good homage who was the only one there for naruto.. like naruto was STARVING and being hated on so much and got treated like trash as if he was an actual insect.

[@Exxt3R]

Well, Hiruzen is the Hokage with the longest reign. If Minato, on his short term, gain so much guilt, Hiruzen's was monstrously high. I think that Hiru is the personification of the Will of Fire, he may not be the greatest(from our perspective), but he endured a lot of shit.

[@SagesRain]

thank you for watching! final video of naruto month next week!

[@tylerschmitt8039]

No, thank you king.

[@SnoringSnor]

I can't wait to watch it!

[@silk3142]

Thank You (hope it’s Orochimaru)

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

I hope to see some on Orochimaru and Kabuto in the future

[@urmilborge7968]

Hi Sage's Rain, I suggest you watch one piece its really good anime[if you already watched it then it will be amazing to hear about it from you], I just finished it during the lockdown

[@Edu697]

For the fastest shinobi in the world you could say... He's always too late when it matters most. Anyway it doesn't matter who you are oooohhhhh that HURTS you can see Obito wanting to be recognized by his former teacher saving him from that hell but Minato couldn't see someone attacking the village to be an actual human that has some good inside of him deep in his heart man so so sad

[@PappiiSensei101]

No disrespect but this is dumb because the first thing he thought when obito tried attacking the leaf was is that madara. No one else knew how to control the Kyuubi like madara (not counting fugaku because that was his clan's secret). Not only that but obito had a deep ass voice when being attacked by minato. it wasn't like when he was a kid and his voice was young and light when he hit puberty he hit it hard asf. I see what you're trying to say but if someone broke into my village and tried slashing the neck and blowing up my newborn son and started torturing my wife to get a demon out then let it loose on my village that I'm supposed to be in charge of. I'm not going to look at them like they have a heart...

[@jadenmurray1325]

@@PappiiSensei101 agreed. For all intents and purposes, Madara having Obito take his identity was a great idea. Eveeyone acts like it should've been obvious it was Obito to Minato, but the mangekyou was OP, and Kakashi didn't flash his eye around very much. He had Madaras training, which helped hide his past. His one eyes mask was a little sus, but Obito was practically confirmed dead. Nobody saw any need to question it, just like nobody felt the need to question Itachi killing his clan. Obito wasn't the same person, and after all that, he was infinitely more capable. None of the techniques he had before were similar. He didn't have the slightest part of sloppiness unlike his past.

[@Edu697]

@@PappiiSensei101 Yo I 100% agree that's comletely understandable but still it's a mistake a mistake everyone in the fucking world would make but it goes back to the ideias of the show of humans are not tools not pure evil but yea I get the 4th on this one

[@momotheone9700]

@@PappiiSensei101 i agree,someone with sense

[@MoshiMinecraft]

"Naruto... had Kushina's charisma" (*Shows Kushina walloping some random dude*)

[@mr.wilson4018]

Word Girl?

[@galamaboane]

Clicked faster that Minato’s flying thunder god!

[@mightguy3118]

I clicked faster than sasuke looses his chakra

[@pewpewhuang4162]

@@mightguy3118 no way you're that fast

[@jadenmurray1325]

@@mightguy3118 wow. That went from 100 to 0 real quick.

[@madambutterfly1997]

I mean Obito was absolutely right about me to tell their about being late to the party when it really matters.

[@shalizey1007]

yeah like when he rin where dying

[@PappiiSensei101]

He's was the most important person in that war if he wasn't there when the VILLAGE needed him the village would've been at a huge disadvantage.

[@kimberlyhome228]

That's the reality of being a tool of war, they're soldiers and soldiers die minato gave Kakashi a kunai and appears shortly after it was thrown. If they had used it when they were overwhelmed by the shinobi that captured Ren the whole thing probably wouldn't have happened.

[@kleptomania2631]

How though? was Minato supposed to be omnipotent and instantly know when something went wrong. He had his own solo mussion and left his chunin squad with Kakashi, a genius jonin with 4 years of experience. I don't see how this is any of his fault. They were supposed to be capable chunin and were left with a genius jonin. This isn't like Kakashi who was protecting genin. Minato wasn't even their leader anymore. They were a 3 man squad with Kakashi as leader. 4 man squads are only for genin so they can train. this really has nothing to do with him. If you're talking about when Rin had the tailed beasts sealed inside of her, they were even older. It was a war and Minato had many duties and roles to fulfill. Kakashi also apparently pursued her by himself without informing other people. Is Minato supposed to a baby sitter for all of his life 24/7 and only care to these people.

[@kimberlyhome228]

@@kleptomania2631 it was a flying thunder God kunai, he gave it to Kakashi for that reason so he could get there ASAP. No I am talking about the ninja who captured her and during this mission. It was Kakashi's failure he tried to do to much

[@neodaltiair8624]

Facts, Minato was an amazing Hokage and ninja that understood the will of fire. He trusted the village He loved to raise and give Naruto what he needed to stop Obito and ruin, while it didn’t work out exactly as he planned, his son mastered the power of the tailed beast and saved the ninja world.

[@Aquamayne100]

Thumbnail showing off Minato's drip 🔥

[@kairayrocket7442]

Sage rain is like the rain a shower of blessings, peace and tranquil

[@YellowPenetrator]

@@wh00_again2 3 times?

[@kingnamor777]

I agree

[@thewanderingronin5433]

I can't help but wonder what could've been when it comes to the narutoverse

[@YellowPenetrator]

It gets close to the infinite possibilities of real life xD

[@kingnamor777]

Trust me I have a lot. But I can't tell you my Naruto what if stories. Due to copyright😅. I don't want others taking my ideas.

[@Jr-hf2lp]

Bro you should do some characters in attack on Titan I love these so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼your voice is amazing

[@ICEcoldJT]

Attack on Titan is legendary 🐐

[@thutosarruto2779]

He should do Eren,Levi, Mikasa and more

[@BLUELOCK_1999]

Agreed

[@alfonsodiaz2469]

No

[@shizzydeo6545]

@@thutosarruto2779 Manikasa*

[@kaptainkrayzee9822]

Minato is my favorite character in naruto 😂 I’m so hyped for this video

[@jaysanj152]

Minato is probably the most humane character in the series so far and his Death and his actions,Flawed or other wise is as Human as it gets as anyone would do the same thing if they were on his shoes where in a situation you have practically nano seconds to make decisions about...It's just so hard to blame Minato as in his whole life,Time goes so fast for him and out of controly even he has a hard time catching up,failing what could have been easliy done and prevented if he could be a bit more faster and thus makes him feel like he is a failure.Which is a normal humane feeling. Minato is basically a more real,mature,level headed,quick thinking version of Naruto but without the plot armor i.e Kurama's Chakra and the blessing of the Six paths from Asura. I swear,The other thing i sympathize with Minato is that he did so much for Naruto in so little time that made a long lasting impact than most of the anime shonen dads did for thier childern,Especially someone like Goku as unlike them,You can tell how Minato is so proud of his son but also guilty for not able to spend time with him for a hard decision he made...I Honestly think he is one of the Best Shonen dads

[@joshuajohnson3069]

I agree and disagree with this statement. Naruto followed just as he did his father. A flawed human being with the weight of an entire generation of hatred. Looking at the title of hokage like the sun, failures dehumization from not only adults but from his peers. Sure he woulf talk people out of doing evil or changing their minds but he did it all while still showing he was weak. Naruto wore his heart on his sleeve and that is his greatest weakness. Flawed but human Like father like son.

[@satyamkoul4342]

@@joshuajohnson3069 Wearing his heart on his sleeve is also Naruto's greatest strength imo. After all, you can't change someone's heart without showing them your own.

[@PappiiSensei101]

The whole “if he would've been just a little bit faster” argument sounds dumb. given his situation, he made all the right decisions in his actions. The only problem was kakashi wasn't nearly as strong as he thought he was and was selfish which made him unfit to be the leader (I honestly don't even know what the elders in the village were thinking making him a jounin) minato was the strongest at the time and was needed elsewhere for the leaf to succeeds. He even gave kakashi a kunai and said to use it whenever they were in trouble. Kakashi being the selfish and prideful person that he was at the time reduced to use it until it was too late and at that point, everything had already honed to shit... Regarding the kushina situation, he was heavily weakened when he fought obito. First, he was handling the seal so the nine tails wouldn't escape while giving birth then. Then not only that he had to teleport a full power-tailed beast bomb far away from the leaf. which isn't an easy task to do it takes 3 high-level shinobi (hiruzen’s guards) to just teleport 1 person. It's not that he wasn't fast enough it was just it was a bad time and situation for him to be in for both times and he could only do so much for what he had. Outside of sage of six paths, characters, and 8th gates might guy the fastest character was minato until kcm2 naruto surpassed him (then kcm minato shows again why he's the fastest).

[@rohitjames19]

yo i agree but the "i.e" was cringe

[@DM-Oz]

@@PappiiSensei101 you talked as if Kakashi holding the kunai would summon Minato, also, you are clearly a hard on fanboy for the yellow flash, lol

[@Yionbot]

I always felt that Obito wanted Minato to recognize him when he attack the village :/

[@MUS13577]

😓😓

[@LightofBlack]

He did. Look up in their fight when Obito removes his hood.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

I always kinda thought obito was just kind of waltzing around that fight faintly hoping minato would kill him. Obitos behaviour in that fight was always pretty unusual, and it makes sense that he wouldn’t be able to commit himself fully to actually killing the people he loves (hell he had the 9 tails try kill kushina over him doing it himself).

[@locy7931]

@@ASmartNameForMe that make sense too,since he see nagato is similiar situations like him too.That time he still had a doubt in himself wheater to do that or not.I'm not suprise if he didn't want to do that but had to😭He is just 14 year old,but damn madara/kaguya&black zetsu 🤬😡😡😡.

[@lloydthesage1164]

Minato not only physically fast but his crisis management and critical thinking just as fast, saving Naruto then transferring Kurama’s Biju bomb then fighting Obito while trying to figure out his Kamui then making that quick decision to seal kurama inside Naruto, come on thats way too much for any shinobi to handle, he is a one man Army

[@pipster2117]

When the reanimation jutsu got released and Naruto talked to minato, I think minato felt free of the burdens finally

[@Exxt3R]

I don't think so. I see it more like his bittersweet ending. He saved the village and saw his son save the world, but, for all his power and inteligence, he still failed.

[@kingcurry5139]

Every person who takes the name of a flash, is gifted with speed and cursed with being too late when it really matters.

[@smileyent.3055]

Finally someone speaking on how he failed Naruto and Especially Obito

[@KorangarInc]

Such an underrated channel, great video and interesting take as always. Cant wait for your next project

[@moodyjunior867]

The fastest dude ever is alway late was he’s needed

[@bentaylor176]

Minato and later Hiruzen just didn't sacrifice their life but his soul for their village . If that's not a heroic death I don't know what is. They didn't just die like most people did but they gave their soul to the shinigami for years (17 for Minato & 3-4 for Hiruzen) which is worse in my opinion

[@jadenmurray1325]

Hiruzen is a joke. Just ask Itachi. He did one great thing as hokage, and that's stopping orochimaru.

[@bentaylor176]

@@jadenmurray1325 true HIruzen during his second term really dropped the ball when it came to keeping is subordinates in check (namely Donzo). But he also did quite a bit of good. I mean he kept the peace when the village was possibly at its weakest. I still believe that if Kumo went to war with Konoha Kumo would win. Though he should have kept Donzo in line, imprisoned him or killed him for treason , and killed Orochimaru when he first betrayed Konoha.

[@jadenmurray1325]

@@bentaylor176 he did a lot of good...but I mean... he's indirectly responsible for creating Pain by letting Danzo run loose. Directly responsible for being tactless with the Uchiha and letting the elders run over him.... indirectly responsible for Narutos childhood by not putting Danzo on a leash... I mean other kage messed up. Don't get me wrong. But at least we could say they at least mostly thought it through and could make it seem logical in some sense? The more we learn about Danzo the more dumb Lord 3rd seems. Like dang, everyone was pushing him around. Minato was willing to kill his own student after realizing who he was in the 4th great ninja war. Hokage have a bigger duty, and his actions hurt the leaf for years to come.

[@bentaylor176]

@@jadenmurray1325 True I absolutely agree with most of that but I wonder who started the 2nd great ninja war was it like most believe Hiruzen or was it perhaps the feudal lord how holds the purse strings and rights to the land for Konoha that started it? The magna doesn't say . But he might not be completely at fault I mean what a lot people don't take into account is the political situation that Konoha is in. They could ill afford a civil war or public infighting. Im sure Iwa or Kumo would just love to destroy them if they smelled to much blood coming from them. and as I said before Konoha could ill afford any war at that point be civil or external. So while Hiruzen may appear weak in his second term. He may have done his best to keep them afloat and reasonably stably during that time because he doesn't have absolute power None of the Kage did. They had to answer to their keys of power and kept them satisfied or they'll lose their power. but hey that's politics for ya . For more info at what keys of power are watch this video by CGP Grey kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITXfWqknrdqndU.

[@PappiiSensei101]

@@bentaylor176 danzo is a In the counsel him imprisoning him or killing him would be like the president trying to kill one of the counsel men it's just plain fun and stupid with out proof (something that danzo also controls with his anbu moving in secret) there's absolutely nothing hiruzen could do. Not only that but danzo was hiruzen’s best friend he was like what sasuke was to naruto in this case hiruzen is naruto.

[@GrtSage]

Minato is my favorite Hokage because even after everything he did for the village he still felt like a failure. He couldn’t save Rin and Obito. He could barely stop Obito when he attacked the village. He caused his son to live a life of solitude. But his actions still payed off in the end. The village survived the Nine Tails attack, Naruto would become and hero and beat the Akatsuki, Obito was redeemed. Minato did what he thought was best for the village and though it cost him his life he wasn’t a failure. In a way he able to fill Jiriya’s prophecy, he ushered in an era of great change for the Shinobi World.

[@momotheone9700]

So a failure,but not a failure

[@GrtSage]

@@momotheone9700 ya he thinks that as a Sensei and a Father he was a failure. But he did what he had to do for the village.

[@sachamarzullo]

"You're always too late when it matters most" The biggest mistake Minato's ever commited: being late.

[@hashimahmed9409]

What’s funny is that I got into Naruto by playing the ultimate ninja storm 3 demo. In the demo you play as Minato. Minato was the main reason I started watching Naruto. Thank you Minato!!!!

[@aura6958]

When you become the hokage the whole village is your family

[@sauceboss9610]

And when everyone is your family, no one is.

[@sanjanagolla2517]

@@sauceboss9610 I read that in Syndrome's voice lol

[@randommonkey4900]

yep, they talked about that a lot in the begging of boruto showing how much not only the hokage but the hokages family sacrifice for the sake of the village like boruto after naruto became hokage he lacked a father figure of sorts as he resented naruto and although still loved him no longer looked up to him to which why when he first met sasuke he immediately started looking up to him since he wanted a father figure

[@brimzeex4993]

Minato was said to be the strongest hokage and the most feared man of his time but yet he couldn’t protect his own son, save his two students from darkness and the other from death, he was so strong that his village was protected but left without a leader, he was so fast he could defeat a tailed beast but yet the nine tails still killed him, he was so smart that he could out smart the fastest man alive but he never got to see true peace in his life.

[@leodanslayer]

Minato is my favorite Hokage and this vid made me love him even more. U make some deep content man.

[@isaiascaines3299]

I remember when this man was at 5k subs doing the Sasuke video now look at him 🤧

[@liberaltears1714]

obito really did vibe check minato hard af

[@nouhaila5226]

I always feel so emotional after your videos.. Its so satisfying.. Words are unable to describe how grateful I am that I found your channel 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jats_jemusu]

7:43 "and had kushina's charisma" *shows video of kushina beating up fellow classmate* sage's rain have a good sense of humor i see

[@aisukohi8505]

I’m waiting for the episode when it goes on about Naruto and him as a “failure” of a father.

[@kaitlynendsley5735]

To be fair Naruto didn’t really have a father, he had no example to lead by

[@aisukohi8505]

@@kaitlynendsley5735 that is true but I still feel that Naruto is actually a good father just leaves Boruto a bit neglected

[@SammytheTongue]

Boruto is an ungrateful, spiteful, overconfident little shit

[@kingnamor777]

@@aisukohi8505 Plus he didn't even thought about taking action to fix his mistakes and broken promise. Like not being there for his own daughter birthday. But doing nothing to apologize for his actions. Until the the whole momoshiki arc happens. So he can finally get a clear picture.

[@matthewc5341]

@@SammytheTongue in like the first arc maybe, describing that as his entire character is an unfair judgement. Especially since giving him this flaw as a character with bad judgement would later come to benefit in his growth as a character, something they couldnt do with naruto who had already had a will of steel. The chunin exams were the rough parts of boruto's character, but following that he developed a respect and understanding towards his father. More in the anime than the manga, since boruto has matured with more fights that are canon to the anime

[@BigDubby]

Haven't watched one of your vids in a long time, even though I get notifications still. The title drew me in though; never thought of Minato as a failure. Can't wait to hear what your thoughts are on him!

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

😭Truly the Golden Child of Konoha and The Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze. Thanks for the video.

[@manulele24]

how ironic, the yellow flash of the leaf, the fastest shinobi who mastered the flying raijin ninjutsu, was too fast to see how much he really achieved

[@epicvoyager5938]

I feel like crying the most honorable tears every time i finish one of your videos, Amazing job man!

[@Jiggonomics]

You know I used to think Minato had so much hype around him strictly because he was cool, but this video really enlightened me on how great of a character he is, and may have moved him into my top 10 Naruto characters

[@sivanlevi3867]

You know, in an extreme case, Minato is like Superman. Clark is fast like Minato, but he can fail, because no matter how fast you are, you can't save everyone.

[@boogienightsmarkwahlberg6011]

I think that is a quality of true genius combined with humility. Those intelligent enough to actually think about the consequences of their actions always look back at what they did. Those who are arrogant either dont care or think they did perfectly. Those with humility look back and wonder what they could have done better. How they could have made a "better" decision or what could have been done differently. His choices led to the best possible outcome. Kaguya and Madara were ultimately defeated, Obito redeemed, and the ninja world at peace. While Minato cannot directly take credit, his actions and foresight paved the way for them to happen. Without Naruto, there would be no victory. Without Minato, there would be no Naruto. Not just literally, but who Naruto was and is and what he was capable of, even the eventual failures Naruto would endure(releasing Kurama's seal) were foreseen and accounted for. Thats why Minato is the real OG and my favorite character, along with Night Guy and Kakashi Sensei :)

[@Xaforn]

Their hero, yes he is. The will of fire, fire is energy, energy never vanishes.

[@arizibra921]

Its enough to make a grown man cry. I love how all these years after Naruto has ended we can still comeback and learn new stuff about characters. it really feels like a whole world that existed with real people rather than fictional characters.

[@errdaykam4662]

Honestly I feel like a core aspect and theme of naruto is theme of duty and honour are ultimately the very things that lead to failure and sadness. Look at all the heroes from Konoha and beyond (Gaara/Kazekage) who’s very acts that lead them to be considered as heroes and legends are the acts they find themselves questioning and regretting. All made decisions that felt were best at the time and lauded by the village but in truth their efforts ultimately lead to personal sacrifice and consequences that none of them saw coming, for better and worse. For all the stick it gets, there’s a lot strong themes that go through naruto, o just think a lot of people focus on the whole destiny aspect due to it being the first big one that the series recognised out loud. But dig deeper and you find stories of adulthood, duty, love, forgiveness, etc. Good vid dude 👍🏾

[@2stepjoey]

Minato died protecting the village and holding onto the most valuable asset the tailed beast. He was a complete success, those were his job as ninja president.

[@connorhall9326]

Early to a Sage's Rain video? Time to get cozy. Already know this is gonna be good.

[@ryzentakai5150]

7:45 I'm sorry but this made me laugh he put a clip of kushina assaulting her classmate calling it charisma

[@SagesRain]

lmao

[@kingnamor777]

@@SagesRain 7:45 Same here. Kushina sure has a lot of charisma on dishing out punishment and kicking ass lol.

[@ryanperoan6112]

Broooo you keep bringing us content and were loving it!!! Fantastic commentary and editing!

[@iliketurtles2004]

THANK YOU FOR DOING MINATO OMG U LISTENED TO MY REQUEST😭

[@kingmfinity25]

Minato will forever hold a place in our hearts. I just wish we could have seen him more.

[@heekopersson7196]

still minato is my favorite and he is indeed best at least for me

[@PrinceSamTV]

How dare you say “it would be unfair if my son grew up without both parents” so both of us finna die right here?! like bro you are the HOKAGE !!!

[@seesee405]

7:41 "...and had Kushina's charisma." *shows a clip of Kushina whooping a bullies ass* Aaaaahhh yes, charisma~

[@Midnight-Starfish]

Me: Doesn't really care for Naruto Sage Rain: Uploads Naruto video Me: *YES! YES! YES! YES!*

[@mikeysbusy]

That's tuff

[@rmejiarosales]

It sounds like it's Obito saying that, "You're always too late when it matters most." Hahaha, okayyy. Funny

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

Is him

[@rmejiarosales]

@@andrei-cezarbleaje5519 well then. Lmfaooo, Obito always late

[@manipulatortrash]

It really is sad. Minato was practically a golden child who believed in everything he did in life. He was willing to seal the kyuubi into his son because he believed in the balance of power among the villages. He believed he managed to avert the plot of "Madara Uchiha" and that he had saved the destruction of Konoha. When he came back as an edo tensei, he thought all his sacrifice for the greater good had succeeded, he was calm and collected, seeing all his hopes coming to fruition. However, all this pride would immediately be turned over by the revelation that Obito was the one who had in fact attacked the village. He couldn't recognize his student, robbed his son of a normal life, and would indirectly be a cause of a shadow that eclipsed the conflict of all the major ninja villages. He wasn't a perfect kage, he failed and could only help once his era had already ended.

[@twangerrrrrr]

This was a great insight on the feelings of a man who couldve been broken but pulled through.

[@inuboy867]

These Naruto videos are so amazing, you are incredible with the sheer amount of emotion that your narration just projects, I really love these and can't wait to see more, I really hope you do one on Naruto himself and all his past incarnations and the power he achieves, can't wait to see more.

[@davidalily6]

Damn that was beautiful bro. Really got me in my feels❤

[@edwardcoats8776]

What would you sacrifice for the ones you love? Minato said everything.

[@phantom9062]

I love Minato so fucking much man, I really wish there was more of him, but I understand why they kept him such a mystery for the longest time, but to me that almost feels dirty to his character because he genuinely deserved more screen time. He did a lot of cool stuff and I wanna know how tf he got so good at the flying thunder god technique.

[@isaacramirez2098]

“The will of fire is upheld by all hokage, as it is the love and care for every member of their village” Tobirama: Those Damn evil Uchiha 😡😡😡

[@ds5192]

It’s ironic how the yellow flash, (said to be one of the fastest shinobi of all time) was always too late when it mattered most.. like when Rin died

[@theleftywhoknocks4051]

I mean he was fast enough for what he wanted. He was fast enough to save his son. And facing the endgame boss at the beginning of the game. Hacks. But that does kinda make him a "failure" as a hokage. But he put in place the necessary steps thatd put everything else into motion

[@rishikeshjadhav8651]

He did what he could do to get everyone out of situation! Can't blame yellow flash foranything.

[@ChasehaWing]

Minato's problem was he did not have time. He could have changed the world, but his life was over... in a flash.

[@ExtremeNYT]

Bro this video about to make me cry 😭

[@dekaritheprofessor2631]

I really love your fascinating breakdown videos of Characters and subjects I fondly love and respect! Some of them ill never see the same way again 😭💪🏾💪🏾❤

[@Salemwaaa]

No matter the speed, no matter the strength he gained Minato couldn’t outrun or outmatch the tremendous self doubt, inner voices telling him that he failed everyone around him, the words of Obito only further cementing his own inner shame and fears. He no doubt loved everyone he came across and would have made a wonderful parent but at the end of the day Minato had to put the village first, like a religious person putting their god before their family and everything else. Love is what gave Minato hope for the future and faith is what kept his firm belief in Naruto in tact during his worst times. Deep down he knew that his love for Naruto wasn’t misplaced and was proud of the man his son became.

[@YellowPenetrator]

I don’t think he saw anything too unclear though, he didn’t really unnecessarily beat himself up over nothing and then give up, instead he was so good at constructively criticizing himself, that he got faster and better all his life long, always staying humble and never resting on the achievements he already had, but rather lively striving to his highest, balanced potential. I mean, one man that made entire armies turn around, simply because everybody knew his strength and speed, without him starting to look down on anybody is pretty admirable and a straight way to live in my opinion. There was drama, but he decided how it played and it didn’t turn to a tragedy, but rather a beautiful possibility and no failure at all :)

[@bananawatermelon8552]

I ain't gonna all that but good for minato, or had for him. Idk

[@leplus1]

NGL this video made me tear up a little bit.

[@DanTheDoodler]

And if you look on your left, you'll see another masterfully crafted video by Sage's Rain

[@highlightermarca-texto3281]

You should do a video on Boruto and/or Kawakii (their characters are so intertwined it's weird to do just one). I know the series isn't close to over, but there's a lot there, and I wish people would stop hating on it.

[@YellowPenetrator]

Maybe they just don’t understand it

[@HariharanSmachi]

Man really love you're videos. Despite seeing all these episodes multiple times everytime you post a video it gives a new perspective. Thanks man

[@markuhler2664]

Love Minato & think he's the best Hokage. You could pick any of then & argue why that's the best one. My kids got me into watching Naruto though. I know the sacrifice he faced. You can't tell me anyone gave more for the village.

[@elenakuzheva6904]

This video made me tear up, everything was so well said. Your analysis is outstanding.

[@Kidkinsey]

Minato really had a rough night man losing your wife sealing having to seal a beast inside your son hoping he controls the power and make sure your village dosent get to weak P.S if u did these videos for every character I won’t be mad

[@aarondemiri486]

being born to the generation after the first shinobi war and growing up during the second and being a dominant force in the third would've given Minato a great amount of insight and perspective

[@bluecross9963]

Minato was so over the top he chose when he'd die.

[@karencoon6243]

These aren't tears in my eyes I swear! Another great video tugging at the heartstrings!

[@humanryan12]

When you realize jiraiya trained two hokage's

[@mikeysbusy]

Woahh crazy to think Demonoid

[@jakamahadika7605]

one thing that always give me goosebumps is, in the end he and kushina trust their son fully to with a very big responsibility and burden. and naruto subconsciously never give up his parent’s trust

[@rahulsawhney1279]

Yes, I also believe that minato was always late while protecting their team as compare to Kakashi who always protected their team 7.

[@kleptomania2631]

How though? was Minato supposed to be omnipotent and instantly know when something went wrong. He had his own solo mussion and left his chunin squad with Kakashi, a genius jonin with 4 years of experience. I don't see how this is any of his fault. They were supposed to be capable chunin and were left with a genius jonin. This isn't like Kakashi who was protecting genin. Minato wasn't even their leader anymore. They were a 3 man squad with Kakashi as leader. 4 man squads are only for genin so they can train. this really has nothing to do with him. If you're talking about when Rin had the tailed beasts sealed inside of her, they were even older. It was a war and Minato had many duties and roles to fulfill. Kakashi also apparently pursued her by himself without informing other people. Is Minato supposed to a baby sitter for all of his life 24/7 and only care to these people.

[@comic7657]

Thanks now I'm crying

[@lowquality3739]

Minato's so called "Failure" has lead to new peaceful era of shinobi which will one day will get ruined by boruto...

[@PappiiSensei101]

Wdy mean get ruined by boruto?

[@lowquality3739]

@@PappiiSensei101 some people believe boruto will be like sasuke a international criminal and the otsosuki blood in him is strong so he might change or get controlled and destroy konoha.

[@MrYtuarte]

I will also live by the will of fire, with a gentle soul

[@jjjjj2495]

The fastest shinobi yet the one that’s late when it matters