Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31337598-20180202202814/@comment-734582-20180203090243

Vladosaurus wrote: Oh yes. Minato beat Kurama. By giving his life in exchange. And with a huuuge help from Kushina. You know, the one who restrained Kurama with her Uzumaki chakra chains? What a win... Minato had to give his life to split the Kyubi. He had to split the Kyubi in order to seal it in naruto. Sealing it in Kushina would mean the loss of the beast. He could seal it inside him, but he wouldn't survive that apparently and so it would also mean losing the Beast.

The only way to accomplish his goal of still having control over the Beast was with the route taken. In that route, Kushina needed to restrain Kurama because Minato needed time to enact his plan.

If the only goal had been to get rid of the Beast, Minato could've found any target and sealed Kurama inside it easily.

Besides, Obito beat Kurama easily by controlling him. If total obedience through the Sharingan doesn't count as defeat, what does? Yet Obito is clearly nowhere Kurama's level of firepower. Similarly, Minato can defeat Kurama simply by sealing him. He doesn't need to match his firepower.