Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-18016240-20160208110013/@comment-18016240-20160303191304

In the end, Tobirama was kind of proved "wrong" because Kishimoto wrote Naruto (the series) as pretty far on the idealistic side of the whole "cynicism vs. idealism" scale. If the series wasn't quite so based on idealistic themes then Tobirama would probably have been seen in a more positive light in universe and by the fanbase. Personally I like Tobirama the most out of the hokages due to being the most pragmatic among them and having a more distinct personality compared to the others, who had kind of a nice guy mentality by and large.