Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180124105359/@comment-1458758-20180127130256

Not like Sarutobi or Tsunade had a lot of free time when they were Hokage. Sarutobi was always making official appearances or something and basically had no free time, as noted by Konohamaru in like episode 3. Tsunade probably found the most time for screwing around at her job and even then was constantly under pressure from other people to get her damn work done.

While it's easy to say "Other people should be doing this" since the world of Naruto is basically an advanced feudal system, Naruto has to administer the majority of functions for the village since Hokage is literally the closest thing this world seems to have to an elected official. Not to mention the fact that the rapid expansion of commerse and technology over the past 16 years has just made the job that much harder.