Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26388300-20150611222229/@comment-24357950-20150701201437

Rachin123 wrote: Well Pain didn't try to fight her. Though she wouldn't be able to gef close because of Deva Path's power, she use the area as her playground to cause distractions to make a mark. She was going to face him but he flew away the first time, and she used almost all her chakra to protect the villages amd thus she was an easy kill. Now for you to say she could barely keep the villagers alive doesn't sound right as she kept many alive. There may be casualties. Not even Hiruzen could save everyone so don't try to discourage Tsunade. I agree however that Minato's fighting style makes him more sufficient for confrontation than Tsunade but doesn't make her less of a kage than he is. It is of no concern whether he tried to fight her or not. It's her duty to stop the invasion in person before it can spread any further. And if she can't do it, she's simply not capable. In the end she failed to prevent the death of two vital Jounin and spent her entire chakra to heal villagers who barely managed to help holding back the invasion. Stepping in front of Pain like Naruto did was her duty, not his. She tried after wasting precious chakra and time, but in the end had to pass her duties on to the person Konoha was protecting in the first place. It's not that she lacked the courage or tacticial skill to do so, but she simply lacked the physical requirements. Of course there would have also been many deaths with Hiruzen or any other in the lead, but the others at least were in the possession of the required tools to handle the situation personally instead of passively supporting the villagers as they protect the village in their stead. Ethically she did well. Other than that she didn't do half as much as she should have as Hokage. Not because she didn't want to, but simply because she couldn't. Naruto did what she should have been capable of as the Hokage.