(FW) How long Minato was Hokage

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We can factor in three time consuming factors such as

1) The time it took to create the Hokage Monument.
-Tsunade's was completed after the two year timeskip, so whether it was less than two years, we dont know.

2) Kushina's pregnancy, 9-10 months
--Kush finna get prego after Minato became Hokage.

3) The time it took for him to create Rasengan, 3 years. He never used it during the war, but anime fillers show him using it against Bee.
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Bee's flashback of Minato had him with the Hokage cloak on, meaning he was hokage when using it against them.
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My analysis:
If Obito is 13 in Kakashi Gaiden, and Minato becomes Hokage after the war, 9 months pass from Kush's pregnancy, that makes Obito still 13. If The war ended with Team Minato destroying the Kanabi Bridge, which Rin was still alive to do. So Rin dying was after the war, so Minato was Hokage. Three years pass and he learns rasengan

Obito's recovery in Madara's den was an unknown time, but from the physical and aging progress he reflects, it should be almost a year. It was 1984 in that bish because Obito had a mullet.
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Second look: Rin dies when Minato isn't Hokage
So that means that Obito is 14 now, Minato becomes Hokage, 9-10 months pass, Obito is 14. So Minato couldn't have learned Rasengan.

Nor could he have perfected Senjutsu to the level of Naruto. Until we learn of how he was capable of it, we have to assume he learned it as Hokage.

My theory is that he traded Senjutsu for Rasengan with Jiraiya. He never used it during the war, so three years is enough time as Hokage to learn and perfect it.
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He had Rasengan before the war. Remember when Kakashi said he made Chidori to try and be like the Rasengan?

I'd say he was Hokage for 9-10 months at the most.

Lol at Obito having a mullet in 1984 lmao
 

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He had Rasengan before the war. Remember when Kakashi said he made Chidori to try and be like the Rasengan?
Kakashi copied the Rasengan with his Sharingan, thats how he knew its properties
 

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At least 2 years or a year an a half at most..​
 

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Kakashi copied the Rasengan with his Sharingan, thats how he knew its properties

I don't know about that. Kakashi had Chidori before he had his Sharingan.
 

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Does it matter...? I mean he's still the worst Hokage, who's the least to help the village during his reign.
 

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I don't know about that. Kakashi had Chidori before he had his Sharingan.


Kakashi created Chidori and later copied Rasengan after he obtained the Sharingan. Because he was unable to combine his element with Rasengan, he went back to Chidori and further perfected the jutsu creating Raikiri.

Fact #1. Manga explicitly states that Kakashi "copied" Rasengan. There is no translation error.

Fact #2. Chidori and Raikiri are essentially the same jutsu, yet they have separate Databook entries and acquisition levels. Chidori is an A ranked jutsu, while Raikiri is S ranked. Furthermore even Sasuke corrected Deidara when he mistakenly kept referring to Sasuke's Chidori as Raikiri.

Fact #3. Kakashi stated he "developed" Chidori. The word develop has several different, yet similar meanings. In this case, it most likely carries the meaing of creation over time, in other words the development of Chidori was a process that occured over an extended timeframe.

Long story short, Kakashi's Chidori is to Raikiri, what Naruto's Fuuton: Rasengan is to Fuuton: Rasenshuriken. Essentially the same jutsu, yet the more difficult one is the refinement of the previous. Thus this would be the accurate timeline:

#1. Kakashi's creates Chidori inspired by his sensei's nickname.

#2. He then receives Sharingan making Chidori combat ready.

#3. Later he copies Rasengan from Minato or Jiraiya with the Sharingan, and then realizes he can't combine his element with Rasengan or use it in combat.

#4. Kakashi goes back to Chidori and further improves it with the knowledge he gained from trying to combine his element with Rasengan. Chidori becomes Raikiri.
 

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Kakashi copied the Rasengan with his Sharingan, thats how he knew its properties

Kakashi developed chidori before he got the sharingan; he used the sharingan to perfect the technique, since using it narrowed his field of vision.
 

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He had Rasengan before the war. Remember when Kakashi said he made Chidori to try and be like the Rasengan?

Naruto : "This sounds like it's going to be a piece of cake!"
Kakashi : "Heh...If that were the case then I wouldn't have needed to develop Chidori."

After learning that he had already aquired elemental recomposition, and that he knew spatial recomposition, Naruto is convinced that creating Fuuton:Rasengan will be a "piece of cake". Kakashi says that if that were the case, he wouldn't have needed to DEVELOP Chidori.

Definition for "Develop":

Quote:
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
2. to cause to grow or expand: to develop one's muscles.
3. to elaborate or expand in detail: to develop a theory.
4. to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve.

Kakashi didn't say that he needed to "create", or "come up with" Chidori, because he had already created it. He said he needed to develop Chidori further because he failed to create Raiton:Rasengan.
 
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well if we go by the filler we can say it was around a year after obito kills the mist ninja and the war ends we see minato proclaimed to be hokage and he names kakashi an anbu. we can say atleast 2 months should have passed since by the time minato asks kakashi to guard kushina its up there it might take about two months to built the face for ninjas with earth style. kushina is confirmed to have been pregnat for ten months so he'll have been hokage for maybe a year or more
 

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well if we go by the filler we can say it was around a year after obito kills the mist ninja and the war ends we see minato proclaimed to be hokage and he names kakashi an anbu. we can say atleast 2 months should have passed since by the time minato asks kakashi to guard kushina its up there it might take about two months to built the face for ninjas with earth style. kushina is confirmed to have been pregnat for ten months so he'll have been hokage for maybe a year or more
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Does it matter...? I mean he's still the worst Hokage, who's the least to help the village during his reign.

he stopped the kyuubi when no one else could what did tobirama do to protect the village? besides saving hiruzen in the first ninja war nothing
 

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No more than two years. Maybe a little over a year.
 

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he stopped the kyuubi when no one else could what did tobirama do to protect the village? besides saving hiruzen in the first ninja war nothing

Tobirama developed the village into what it is today, establishing the very foundation of everything. Tsunade even prevented casualties during Pein's invasion, she basically literally had the whole village's life in her hands.
 

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Kakashi copied the Rasengan with his Sharingan, thats how he knew its properties

No he said Minato showed him but he quit trying after he couldn't add his lightning chakra to it and thus he created Chidori
 

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No he said Minato showed him but he quit trying after he couldn't add his lightning chakra to it and thus he created Chidori

Naruto : "This sounds like it's going to be a piece of cake!"
Kakashi : "Heh...If that were the case then I wouldn't have needed to develop Chidori."

After learning that he had already aquired elemental recomposition, and that he knew spatial recomposition, Naruto is convinced that creating Fuuton:Rasengan will be a "piece of cake". Kakashi says that if that were the case, he wouldn't have needed to DEVELOP Chidori.

Definition for "Develop":

Quote:
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
2. to cause to grow or expand: to develop one's muscles.
3. to elaborate or expand in detail: to develop a theory.
4. to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve.

Kakashi didn't say that he needed to "create", or "come up with" Chidori, because he had already created it. He said he needed to develop Chidori further because he failed to create Raiton:Rasengan.
 

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I think it's well over a year, if not 2. Just by going by Obito's hair anyway. I'm a guy, and it my hair wouldn't be close to as long as that if I didn't cut it for a year.

I'd bargain Obito spent around 2, maybe a bit more years in that cave with Madara. It probably doesn't fit in the timeline but idk
 

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I think it's well over a year, if not 2. Just by going by Obito's hair anyway. I'm a guy, and it my hair wouldn't be close to as long as that if I didn't cut it for a year.

I'd bargain Obito spent around 2, maybe a bit more years in that cave with Madara. It probably doesn't fit in the timeline but idk
I agree, my hair grows really fast, but i wouldnt have locks like that for a few years at most
 
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