Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140830021423/@comment-7292165-20140908153201

Mrlmm0605 wrote: Yes. Everything you said about Jiraiya being a hero, a great trainer of men, and a savior to the village is correct. Doesn't change the fact that a godfather's job is to fill in for parental responsibilities in leiu of the presence of actual parents.

And yes, it is Minato's fault that Naruto is an orphan, because he died. He isn't culpable for the events that caused his death, but since parents dying is the one of the only ways for a kid to be orphaned (and because they definitely weren't gonna disown Naruto), it is Minato's fault. The villagers being cruel is their own fault, and the presence of Jiraiya wouldn't fix their hatred, but it might have helped Naruto to cope a bit better. Don't defend him. He didn't have to put it inside him. Kushina ultimately didn't want it inside of him. Minato was the cause of Naruto's shitty life and the effect was how people treated him. So he may be a hero but who told Minato to make Jiraiya his godfather knowing how busy and how Jiraiya was. So Minato is to blame too. Minato ain't of the hook.