Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33485854-20180923223009/@comment-31099706-20180924173515

The idea of Kages having shorter periods of service in the Hokage position is to show how the world has changed, instead of simply dying and self electing a new Hokage, Hokages happily retire their position and pass it on to the next generation, they sure aren't gonna take the position as long as Sarutobi did.