Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-3523655-20171013043852/@comment-3523655-20171014054212

>Yagura part Fair enough on the Kagura pre-conceived notion. For the "we don't know enough info" part, that goes the other way too. The little we've seen of Yagura shows us he's not bloodthirsty, and as little as that may be, we know that at some point this non-bloodthirsty child-looking dude is controlled by an evil mastermind. Assuming that every bad deed that he did, he did under manipulation isn't a stretch, it's a logical assumption. A stretch would be assuming (based not on first-hand impressions of the character, but on information provided by characters who weren't even there) that despite first-impressions leading us to believe that Yagura isn't an evil dude and despite knowing Obito was controlling him to the point of being considered like the 'real Mizukage' by a member of the 7 Ninja Swordsmen, Yagura was evil, bloodthirsty, and Obito was only there for a short term.

>Mifune example The fact that no other Kage questioned it doesn't mean that no other Kage agreed with it. When Danzo was announced as leader, everybody went "wuuuuut?!" Was Danzo the only choice? Yeah. But Danzo was a cold-blooded extremist borderline evil dude. The man doesn't inspire loyalty, hell, his very Jonin disobey his orders behind his back. Choosing that man, chief of a hated league of assassins that started shit-ton of manipulations and power grabs, to lead an alliance between shinobi who already hate each other in the first place is bullshit and they all thought it, but the points Mifune made were good too, as such nobody contraddicted him, except for the Raikage. Though the details of the example kinda fuck it up, the concept is still very much valid. Say Danzo Kotoamatsukami-ed Mifune into choosing Madara (god forbid). What if Boruto met Mifune's grandson, whose entire conflict is "the same 'bad-political-choices' blood runs through my veins...! I have the same chances of making bullshit decisions...!" How believable would that be? It wouldn't be. Because as far as we know, Mifune wouldn't be responsible for his actions as he would be manipulated by Danzo. Same here. Through the little we know, the logical jump would be to assume that this apparently kind-hearted dude, who we KNOW is controlled by Obito at some point, was probably not responsible for his actions. But no, instead of assuming the studio fucked up (cuz it's neeeeeeever done THAT before!) let's instead assume that a retcon is imminent.