Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9782468-20140711025221/@comment-24757127-20140719035502

I think the Hokages will meet up with Naruto somehow and he'll restore Minato's arms.

I really hate all these comparison posts or those like them. You can't compare the Hokage to each other really. All but the 1st and 2nd were in different eras, all have different specialties, different events like wars/coup/village attack etc.

What really hyped Minato up so much before all this was Kakashi Gaiden arc. It showed Minato use his famous FTG on a bunch of regular shinobi. He practically defeated a whole platoon by himself because the other shinobi threw his special kunai. Now this is more 1 on 1 fighting and against a lot powerful person. The fight with A and Killer B was interesting because it showed how he used his FTG in close range 1 on 1 fighting. Still after a while his attacks were predictable. Hence Killer B holding him to a stalemate. Obito as the Masked Man controlling the Kyuubi was caught off guard by Minato's quickness.

Tsunade is a medical ninja, can't compare her to anyone else. She started the mandatory 1 medical ninja to a team rule. She is the best medical ninja hands down so we can't compare the previous Hokages to her because they were all regular ninja compared to medical ninja.

Can we just stop this stupid argument and agree yes Minato was overhyped, BUT he did a lot to help in the war. He's a genius because of his tactical mind, he can observe techniques quickly and find their weakness or counter them. I agree also that the word genius is thrown around a lot, but that's because there is supposed to be one genius in every generation. Sasuke is of Naruto's generation, Neji the generation ahead of Naruto, Itachi in his, Kakashi in his, Minato in his.