Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20140411233703/@comment-28861328-20140531170125

Of course Naruto will be Hokage.

That's all the kid talked about in Part I and is still a driving force for him in Part II. While I agree with Elve that, as far as real-life shinobi logic goes, Sasuke is actually the better choice, plot wise, that'd be possibly the dumbest move imaginable.

The villagers recognize Naruto as a hero, Sasuke as an international criminal. The world recognizes Naruto as the one that is basically leading the war effort against Obito/Madara/Shinju and so far, everyone has gotten behind him to fight back. Sasuke, on the other hand, is barely trusted by his own comrades (save Naruto), and last time a policy meeting was held, the world still wanted Sasuke dead.

He won't be Hokage, no matter how smart he is nor what his qualifications are.

He won't be Hokage, no matter how powerful he is.

Sasuke screwed himself over by deciding he would be a big badass avenger, and then going and joining a terrorist organization after he got his revenge. Hokage isn't in his future. He'll be lucky if he's even welcome back in his home village after this is all said and done.

Edit: Also, Elve, everyone in the series is idealistic. Obito Uchiha is the one who thought realistically. "The world is hell. War is hell. Not everyone gets their dreams in life. Bad things happen to good people. There isn't always a such thing as hope." That was his mindset. Of course, he took it to the extreme and tried to destroy the world because of that. Every single other character, Sasuke included, looked at the world too idealistically.

Or do you really intend to tell me that Sasuke's vision that killing every man, woman, and child in Konoha would really "cleanse" his clan was at all realistic? Of course not. It was a psychotic delusion and one of the many reasons I hope he is casualty in this series.