Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-23788748-20140815034107/@comment-1018594-20140816025937

Sasuke: Still a genin, S-rank missing-nin, former associate of Akatsuki, still an international criminal for attempting to capture Killer B, attacking at the Kage Summit and killing Danzo. Naruto: Also still a genin, and even though he defeated Pain, most likely to die at age 19 from eating nothing but f*cking ramen his entire life.

It doesn't matter if these two save the world or not; they're not gonna be made Hokage solely based off their performance in battle.

Kakashi has this one in the bag. He was literally seconds away from becoming Hokage before, and now he actually *wants* the post now that Obito's entrusted the future to him.