Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34277398-20190309153341/@comment-34277398-20190315152631

JamesSenpai wrote: Quadraticequation wrote: I can agree to disagree. Although there is no concrete proof. There weee events that took place heavily implying that initially Hiruzen raised Naruto: Hiruzen, relatively, is a man with integrity, and Hiruzen promised Kushina he’d look after her. In the first episode it’s shown he was always watching what happened to Naruto. When Naruto became Hokage he said he ended becoming/sounding like Hiruzen, not Minato or Tsunade or even Jiraiya.

Except there's a huge hole in your theory. As shown in Boruto and as shown with Tsunade, a Hokage literally has little to no time outside a Hokage's duties. It's literally the theme of Boruto, that Naruto never has time for him. Naruto barely even goes home and he has dozens of Shadow Clones working with him where as Hiruzen did not so it was even worst for him. We seen Hiruzen hand out missions to Genin, we see him visiting the Academy, we see that Hokages have to deal with massive never ending loads of paper work, assign missions to the Shinobi, secure funding for various things, deal with important situations, etc; when would've Hiruzen had time for Naruto? That's a good point. However, we can keep this in mind. Not all the hokage have been super busy. Tsunade was the 5th hokage, yet she still had enough time to train and groom not only Sakura but also Ino. Minato had more than enough time to hang out with a pregnant Kushina. I feel like Naruto being shown busy is also kind of plot. It also makes most sense that Naruto was taken care of by Hiruzen, to some extent: Hirzuen's promise to Kushina, Hiruzen keeping tabs on Naruto after he became a little older, and Naruto calling him grandpa.