Was Hiruzen a good choice?

[Joker]

Did Tobirama make the correct right choice in, entrusting the title of Hokage to Hiruzen? Hiruzen had a long reign as Hokage (the longest), but did he have the most mess-ups? Under his watch, Orochimaru abducted 60 children, murdered 59 of them for test reasons, not only children but various Chuunin, and Jounnin. But when he confronted him, he couldn't finish him? Orochimaru gave him a chance to take him out, he literally sat there with his back turned and looked at Hiruzen. Danzo was allowed to walk free and do everything he did. Did Hiruzen has too much leniency? How was he as an overall Hokage? Who should it have went too?

 

[omarsen]

of course

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[Joker]

of course

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Without being biased.

 

[Zorø]

Nope They should of gave it to Uchiha Kagami.

 

[Forbidden Tale]

The only one candidate for Hokage alongside Hiruzen, was Danzo, Danzo even tolerated Orochimaru's experiments.
Hiruzen is hokage for many years that's why he have so much mistakes, Hashirama and Tobirama also had some mistakes, but they didn't have much more than Hiruzen because they weren't hokages long like Hiruzen.

 

[Vega]

I think Tobirama thought he was the most logical choice given the circumstance he was in. It was between Danzo and Hiruzen and the latter's instant choice to be the decoy led him to securing his hokage seat while Danzo's inner cowardice costed him. But he definitely had screw-ups as a hokage.

 

[Yanks]

2nd worst hokage
OT- Tobirama was such a hypocrite. I mean, when Hashirama wanted Madara to be the next Hokage, Tobirama got butthurt and complained that he [Hashi] should consult other people into choosing the next kage. But all of a sudden, he has no problem choosing Hiruzen out of the blue. Well, It certainly shouldn't have gone to Danzo for obvious reasons. Probably that konoha elder guy, idk.

 

[TobiramaWaterStyle]

He was a good choice since he clearly was a better Kage than the guy in my sig.:NO:

 

[Tobi98]

He was the most beloved Hokage by the villagers so I guess he was a good one

 

[Joker]

The only one candidate for Hokage alongside Hiruzen, was Danzo, Danzo even tolerated Orochimaru's experiments.
Hiruzen is hokage for many years that's why he have so much mistakes, Hashirama and Tobirama also had some mistakes, but they didn't have much more than Hiruzen because they weren't hokages long like Hiruzen.

Apparently Kagami was good hearted and loyal to the leaf, Danzo wasn't the only canidate. Hiruzen basically temporarily put his student over the whole Leaf village that his previous sensei fought hard to protect.

 

[omarsen]

Without being biased.

Under Tobirama's era the shinobi war broke, and so it did under Minato's.

There will always be something bad happning dispte what Hokage is selected. Beside that Hiruzen thought of the village as his own family and will gladly give his life up for the sake of the village. what else do you want lol

 

[Mattek2008]

I'd say he was Correct. Hiruzen inherited the Will of Fire from Hashirama, and raised his pupils with this filosophy. Which intern spawned the whole Konoha Ninja Mindset, That several people showed during the Pain invasion. Loyalty to their village, and fellow Shinobi.
Also he trained Jiraiya and picked Minato to be the Hokage. Can't go wrong with that

And yes he F***ed up bad with Danzo. He was waaay to passive about Danzo. But at the same time, he kept the village somewhat safe for the longest of any Hokage. He had his shortcomings, as did all of them. But yeah, i belive he was the best choice out of the developed characters that we've seen.

 

[Sugiyama]

i wonder if uchiha kagami would have been a better choice, maybe the uchiha coup wouldn't have happened?:eww:

 

[BlacLord™]

2nd worst hokage
OT- Tobirama was such a hypocrite. I mean, when Hashirama wanted Madara to be the next Hokage, Tobirama got butthurt and complained that he [Hashi] should consult other people into choosing the next kage. But all of a sudden, he has no problem choosing Hiruzen out of the blue. Well, It certainly shouldn't have gone to Danzo for obvious reasons. Probably that konoha elder guy, idk.

What? He wasn't talking about picking the Second Hokage at that point, they were talking about who to appoint as the First.

OT: Danzo was a coward at that point and then as an older man, was cool with Orochimaru doing experiments on unborn children, just so he could obtain more power for himself. Hiruzen was far from perfect but he didn't hesitate to when the village was in danger.

 

[UltraPain]

Hiruzen deserves a lot of credit for using peaceful methods over aggressive ones but to be honest Danzo and Oro weren't really normal and didn't deserve a peaceful approach. Hiruzen should have realized this and should have either eliminated them when he had the chance or imprisoned them. After finding Oro in his lab, Hiruzen could have killed him and not a single person in Konoha would have objected. Danzo on the other hand would have been harder to remove because he always had protection from the elder advisers. Hiruzen should have investigated Root and tried to expose what Danzo was doing. Then after that Hiruzen should have imprisoned him or executed him.

Other than these two situations Hiruzen also had great qualities. He was compassionate and tried to teach love to people who grew up in an age of war. He cared very much about Konoha and wanted it to be as peaceful as it could be.

Overall he was brought into the Hokage seat with an already messed up situation leftover by Tobirama and the Uchiha.

 

[Rize]

Under Tobirama's era the shinobi war broke, and so it did under Minato's.

There will always be something bad happning dispte what Hokage is selected. Beside that Hiruzen thought of the village as his own family and will gladly give his life up for the sake of the village. what else do you want lol

Interesting considering Kishi said hashi died in the first ninja war

 

[Umari Senju]

Well let's break down the reign of the Hokage:

Hashirama - Hashirama had to deal with Madara who has kill more than any other th Kage related deaths combined.

Tobirama - Tobirama was probably the only Hokage with the least amount of mess ups of all the Hokage so far.

Hiruzen -59 children and other said ninja were abducted by Orochimaru, The Uchiha Massecre, and the Hyuga Affair

Minato - The village was attacked by the Kyuubi and many died including the Hokage himself and jinchuriki.

Tsunade - The entire village was obliterated under Tsunade's reign.

with what I posted above, you tell me how Hiruzen faired? XD

 

[Yanks]

What? He wasn't talking about picking the Second Hokage at that point, they were talking about who to appoint as the First.

OT: Danzo was a coward at that point and then as an older man, was cool with Orochimaru doing experiments on unborn children, just so he could obtain more power for himself. Hiruzen was far from perfect but he didn't hesitate to when the village was in danger.

same difference

 

[Joker]

Under Tobirama's era the shinobi war broke, and so it did under Minato's.

There will always be something bad happning dispte what Hokage is selected. Beside that Hiruzen thought of the village as his own family and will gladly give his life up for the sake of the village. what else do you want lol

He let the Uchiha get MASSACRED, Danzo was basically Hokage, since Hiruzen let him walk all over the meaning.

 

[The7thHokage]

He went with the best he had Lol

He raised ****ing idiots, so he went with the more tranquil solution and chose Hiruzen because he knew how Danzo would have acted.

Its obvious he isnt the best Hokage, but Tobirama had him and a racist maniac, so he was forced to choose Hiruzen.