Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30172350-20170617091148/@comment-734582-20170618181602

Ririblob wrote: you said that he was a good hokage beacause of lenght of time but how is that good He didn't die. He was popular enough not to be assassinated. Because of Danzo's ambitions he definitely managed to stay off any backstabbing from him. He was capable enough and good enough that he didn't need suicidal techniques, avoided any situation where he specifically got out. It requires insight, planning. He got his village through three Shinobi World Wars.

If you're going to be hokage for that long, you must be good. Otherwise you wouldn't have lived that long.