Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34277398-20190309153341/@comment-34277398-20190316040445

JamesSenpai wrote: Quadraticequation wrote: That's a good point. However, we can keep this in mind. Not all the hokage have been super busy. Tsunade was the 5th hokage, yet she still had enough time to train and groom not only Sakura but also Ino. Minato had more than enough time to hang out with a pregnant Kushina. I feel like Naruto being shown busy is also kind of plot. It also makes most sense that Naruto was taken care of by Hiruzen, to some extent: Hirzuen's promise to Kushina, Hiruzen keeping tabs on Naruto after he became a little older, and Naruto calling him grandpa.

Tsunade had Shizune. Nor did she have loads of free time. She made time. It's literally said on the Hokage page that "Hokage are responsible for most of the village's day-to-day affairs, such as assigning the village's ninja to missions", that alone would keep anyone busy 24/7 when a village has over ten thousand shinobi. Then it was shown Tsunade having loads of paper work she had to do that seemed endless, which alone looks never ending and could take all their time. Naruto is able to make time for certain things cause he has Shikamaru. But fully taking care of an infant? That requires loads of hours. You have to feed them, burp them, hold them, play with them, change them, etc etc. The only peace you get is when they sleep. So basically that costs you about 8-14 hours of your day. Then you got Hokage duties and need sleep. An old man like Hiruzen would probably need at least 6 (it would actually be more but he's a Shinobi so I gave it the benefit of the doubt) hours of sleep to be healthy. So if you really trying to convince me Hiruzen was only doing Hokage duties for about 4 hours a day at times, ain't going to happen. Hiruzen probably kept Naruto within arms reach but rarely got close. Things would of been different for Naruto if Hiruzen raised him, Naruto would have never been completely alone like he has stated so many times throughout the series. If anyone was taking care of the infant, it was probably selected Anbu. See there is the silver lining. Tsunade only had Shizune, but Hiruzen had Danzo, who actually did all the dirty work for Hiruzen, the elder dudes, and his advisers. Hiruzen did not take care of Naruto to the point that Naruto wasn't alone. However, he certainly did look after him enough to make sure he was okay and was potentially the first bond Naruto had made with a person. That is also in sync with the whole Naruto saying he's becoming more like Hiruzen "thing"(He said this the day of his inauguration). I agree, he wasn't a full-fledged parent to Naruto. He was more like an interactive grandparent who continuously kept tabs on you. I mean he even calls Hiruzen "Grandpa".