Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24810183-20140925201450/@comment-18337893-20141001122453

Sasuke is a big no because as Naruto said, the people (by jonin vote) choose the Hokage. Even if he does defeat Naruto and if he kills all of the Kage, he is going to piss off a lot of people when he does it. No one in their right mind will make him hokage. He'll have to become another Kaguya in order to do it. He is too shortsighted. Also, the fact that if he beats Naruto, I doubt that Hagoromo would even let him continue further. Hagoromo giveth the power...Hagoromo taketh away.

Naruto is naive, but he can certainly back it up. He's not the brightest bulb in the box, but then again, neither was Hashirama. I think he will become Hokage. He also has the will of the people behind him and he is in a strong political position as well as having relatively good relations with the rest of the Kages.

Kiba...no. Just no. That's just an obvious comic relief thing.

Kakashi...maybe. The fact of the matter is that while he is strong, politically savvy, and experienced enough to be Hokage, there is the fact that he is...well...lazy. Also, he lost a bit of power when losing the Sharingan. But, that may not matter. If he does become Hokage, he will not be one for long before handing over the reigns to Naruto.

Shikamaru...under NO circumstance will he ever be Hokage unless it is most dire. Or Sasuke beats Naruto. Then, it's a possibility. But, under any other circumstance, there is no way in hell. Why? Simple. Too Troublesome.