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I disagree with a few points
1. The Uchiha clan's reputation isn't really that tainted. After all, most people don't really know the truth about Itachi and the Uchiha rebellion. As far as most of the villagers know, the Uchiha clan was just brutally and heinously wiped out by a criminal (Itachi) for no good reason. Therefore the only Uchiha reputations that are tainted are Itachi's (for killing the clan), Sasuke's (for being an international criminal and even this has probably been long redeemed by now), Obito (for starting akautski and the war), and Madara (for attacking the village, fighting Hashirama, dominating the war, casting the infinite tsukuyomi, etc...) Therefore Sarada doesn't have to do any redeeming for her clan.
2. It really doesn't matter what race the hokage comes from. Besides, the Aburame is for some reason also considered a noble clan of Konoha. Yet, they haven't been Hokage either. Also normal people who aren't from known clans at all can become hokage. After all, there are no known Namikaze clans or Hatake clans. As far as we know, those names are just the last names of Minato and Kakashi's families. These facts prove that Konoha does not really care about what clan a hokage comes from (as they let two normal people who aren't from elite clans become hokage, while nobody from a few of the elite clans such as the Aburame, the Akimichi and the Uchiha have become hokage). Therefore, basing a choice of kage off of clan would be taking a step backwards into racism and racial favoritism.
3. To be fair, no Uchiha besides Madara is known to have really tried to become hokage. Obito wanted to become hokage, but he got injured at Kanabi bridge and then never came back to continue his goal. Hiruzen said that Itachi would make a good hokage, but that doesn't mean that Itachi actually wanted to become it or tried to become it. Sasuke's definition of hokage was more like taking over the world, which he gave up on after being defeated by Naruto.
As for Madara, he was simply out voted (which makes perfect sense considering that Hashirama was the one who made the peace treaty between the Uchiha and Senju originally and he was the one who built the village). That is not discrimination. That is just smart voting. As for every other Uchiha, no other Uchihas in the series have been reported to have tried to become hokage.
4. Sarada is no more an underdog than Bolt is. One Uchiha parent is enough to at least give Sarada a chance at awakening the sharingan and the power of the Uchiha. Plus, being fodder is not hereditary. Just look at Minato. We've never even heard of his parents and they have no hype whatsoever (as opposed to other parents such as Kakashi's dad). Yet Minato turned out to be a great shinobi. Hagoromo said it best. Just because a parent is at a certain level of skill, doesn't mean that the child will be the same. Also to be fair, Sakura is at least Tsunade level (which is low kage level at least). Therefore Sarada is not half fodder.
5. The Uzumaki bloodline, though being descendants of Kaguya, is not really that strong or elite. All they have is strong life force and a large abundance of chakara. That alone does nothing because just having durability and chakara doesn't come with inherent techniques (unlike the sharingan). All of the known strong Uzumakis were either jinchuurikis (and Ashura's transmigrant in one case) or had Madara's rinnegan (referring to Nagato). Karin is an Uzumaki without those benefits and she is not known to be so strong. Kushina and Mito even had Kurama and they still weren't really known to be that strong. The feared sealing jutsus of the Uzumaki aren't confirmed to be hereditary either. Therefore unless Bolt inherits some bijuu chakara or rikudou chakara from his father, then he won't really get much from his father's genetics. As for the hyuuga, they are renowned for their byakugan and gentle fist style. Without that, they are just normal shinobi. Bolt did not inherit byakugan in the first place. Therefore he gets nothing from his Hyuuga side either.
Summation: Bolt didn't really get much of anything from his genetics, so Sarada is no more an underdog than he is. In actuality there is probably more pressure on Bolt since he is the son of the 7th and the grandson of the 4th. People will probably expect him to live up to his ancestors' feats.
1. The Uchiha clan's reputation isn't really that tainted. After all, most people don't really know the truth about Itachi and the Uchiha rebellion. As far as most of the villagers know, the Uchiha clan was just brutally and heinously wiped out by a criminal (Itachi) for no good reason. Therefore the only Uchiha reputations that are tainted are Itachi's (for killing the clan), Sasuke's (for being an international criminal and even this has probably been long redeemed by now), Obito (for starting akautski and the war), and Madara (for attacking the village, fighting Hashirama, dominating the war, casting the infinite tsukuyomi, etc...) Therefore Sarada doesn't have to do any redeeming for her clan.
2. It really doesn't matter what race the hokage comes from. Besides, the Aburame is for some reason also considered a noble clan of Konoha. Yet, they haven't been Hokage either. Also normal people who aren't from known clans at all can become hokage. After all, there are no known Namikaze clans or Hatake clans. As far as we know, those names are just the last names of Minato and Kakashi's families. These facts prove that Konoha does not really care about what clan a hokage comes from (as they let two normal people who aren't from elite clans become hokage, while nobody from a few of the elite clans such as the Aburame, the Akimichi and the Uchiha have become hokage). Therefore, basing a choice of kage off of clan would be taking a step backwards into racism and racial favoritism.
3. To be fair, no Uchiha besides Madara is known to have really tried to become hokage. Obito wanted to become hokage, but he got injured at Kanabi bridge and then never came back to continue his goal. Hiruzen said that Itachi would make a good hokage, but that doesn't mean that Itachi actually wanted to become it or tried to become it. Sasuke's definition of hokage was more like taking over the world, which he gave up on after being defeated by Naruto.
As for Madara, he was simply out voted (which makes perfect sense considering that Hashirama was the one who made the peace treaty between the Uchiha and Senju originally and he was the one who built the village). That is not discrimination. That is just smart voting. As for every other Uchiha, no other Uchihas in the series have been reported to have tried to become hokage.
4. Sarada is no more an underdog than Bolt is. One Uchiha parent is enough to at least give Sarada a chance at awakening the sharingan and the power of the Uchiha. Plus, being fodder is not hereditary. Just look at Minato. We've never even heard of his parents and they have no hype whatsoever (as opposed to other parents such as Kakashi's dad). Yet Minato turned out to be a great shinobi. Hagoromo said it best. Just because a parent is at a certain level of skill, doesn't mean that the child will be the same. Also to be fair, Sakura is at least Tsunade level (which is low kage level at least). Therefore Sarada is not half fodder.
5. The Uzumaki bloodline, though being descendants of Kaguya, is not really that strong or elite. All they have is strong life force and a large abundance of chakara. That alone does nothing because just having durability and chakara doesn't come with inherent techniques (unlike the sharingan). All of the known strong Uzumakis were either jinchuurikis (and Ashura's transmigrant in one case) or had Madara's rinnegan (referring to Nagato). Karin is an Uzumaki without those benefits and she is not known to be so strong. Kushina and Mito even had Kurama and they still weren't really known to be that strong. The feared sealing jutsus of the Uzumaki aren't confirmed to be hereditary either. Therefore unless Bolt inherits some bijuu chakara or rikudou chakara from his father, then he won't really get much from his father's genetics. As for the hyuuga, they are renowned for their byakugan and gentle fist style. Without that, they are just normal shinobi. Bolt did not inherit byakugan in the first place. Therefore he gets nothing from his Hyuuga side either.
Summation: Bolt didn't really get much of anything from his genetics, so Sarada is no more an underdog than he is. In actuality there is probably more pressure on Bolt since he is the son of the 7th and the grandson of the 4th. People will probably expect him to live up to his ancestors' feats.