Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-2245550-20160501144337/@comment-5407586-20160502065836

X29 wrote: Itachi is a perfect candidate. As for Kagami, if he were alive at the time, he'd be about Hiruzen and Danzo's age, which doesn't make him a good candidate.

Naming an Uchiha Hokage would sate the clan, shutting them up and causing them to forget the revolution. The other clans and the council might be ticked off, but in the end, Hiruzen is the Hokage; he has the final say. Besides, nobody got upset over a kid from a nobody-clan getting picked as the Fourth. Had you read my post a bit more carefully, you'd have understood that I proposed Kagami for the Hokage role when he was alive.

Itachi was stated to have the wisdom of a Hokage at a very young age, yes. That much is clear, but does it make him a "perfect" candidate? I wonder. His power isn't the issue, seeing how quickly he became an Anbu Captain. But what about fame and acknowledgement from the village? No one has the final say about who becomes the Hokage, except the jonin, whose approval must be sought from the Hokage Candidate. Knowing Danzō, he would've created rumours about Itachi being unfit for the role. About Gaara becoming Kazekage at a very young age: must I remind you that the Suna council named him so that he (or rather, the One-Tail) could be controlled more easily?

Even if Itachi had been named Hokage, I doubt every Uchiha would've just forgotten about the "discrimination". The revolt would've been suppressed for the time being, that much I agree on, but with a certain masked man around…

We don't know about Minato being from a nobody-clan. The main factor is that he was the disciple of Jiraiya, a disciple of Hiruzen, the Third Hokage. Not to mention his feats during the Third Shinobi World War.