Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31338621-20190501030435/@comment-39355350-20190504220454

Minato died because he used the reaper death seal if he didn't then he would not die and would probably still be hokage so 5th to 7th hokage wouldn't be hokage if Minato was still alive so instead of them having the load of work they had it would have been Minato.