First off, this thread is not downplay Minato's speed at all. If you include FTG then Minato is obviously the fastest character in Naruto. However there's been some people who try to imply that Minato without FTG is as fast as characters like third Raikage, or BM Naruto and current Obito. Which is NOT true at all, and people like bringing up these scans as ''proof'' of their argument
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However these scans are not true proof of Minato's actual base speed. What Minato did there can actually done by a lot of people. It's actually a justu ''shunshin no justu''. The same thing can be done by Hanzo, where it seems like they move almost instantly, but that doesn't proof their actual base speed.
Kurenai, Genma, Kakashi, and Gai did something similar to it back in part 1
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So yeah, while Minato might be fast, he doesn't have exceptional base speed like most people try to make him out to, every single character in Naruto can use this justu, they simply gather enough chakra and move in one leap, making it seem like it's instant.
Like I said, I'm not trying to downplay Minato's speed, but his speed is not comparable to characters like BM Naruto, Raikage etc. However with FTG he can keep up with them just fine (maybe apart from current Obito), but without it they far outclass him in raw speed (apart from Edo BM Minato ofcourse)