Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26085973-20150904210126/@comment-26773508-20150905075930

@Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4: When us disappointed Minato fans say that Minato "failed to live up to his hype", we mean that his overall combat abilities were unimpressive, especially his fight against Juubito. Sure, he saved Naru-Sasu a couple of times, and the whole shinobi alliance twice. Those are impressive feats. But individually, Minato was not nearly as effective as Tobirama or others during the War. And Tobirama did a lot of impressive things without even using ultra-destructive OP jutsus. Plus Tobirama had a lot less hype than Minato throughout the series. But what Tobirama could accomplish against Juubito with his inferior FTG and zero OP jutsus was far greater than anything Minato did to Juubito with his KCM and superior FTG. That's why Minato failed to live up to his hype. We were bombarded throughout the entire series about the "legendary" 4th Hokage and how super-duper-ultra-powerful and awesome he was. Then comes the War and Tobirama outshines him with just his brain.

Worse, he loses his Yin Kurama to Black Zetsu with little to no resistance. We know BZ is sneaky but considering the fact that Minato witnessed first hand how BZ could sneak in from under the ground and possess Obito, one would expect Minato to be extra careful. But no, BZ just steals Yin Kurama as though he were stealing candy from a toddler. The so-called super-duper-ultra-powerful awesome Hokage turned out to be a disappointment in the end.

He became a disappointment the moment he started fighting Juubito, with Juubito kicking his ass even when he had no control over the Juubi and was barely conscious. We all know what happened once Juubito gained control of Juubi's power and became fully conscious i.e. Minato got his arm ripped off permanently. Meanwhile, Tobirama grabs Juubito's own TSB and returns it to him, without his hands being blown to bits permanently by the ninjutsu-nullifying TSB. Throughout the fight, Tobirama was the one taking control of the team (Naru-Sasu + Minato), and he and Naruto were the only ones from the team to be able to figure out Juubito's abilities and weaknesses. This contrast between Minato's and Tobirama's feats only further accentuated the fact that Minato was overhyped and overrated.