Is Kakashi Really Hokage Material??? Poll!!!

[Reliic]

Ugh the poll is 23-8. I have been defeated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Victory21]

Originally Posted by Reliic

Ugh the poll is 23-8. I have been defeated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, you should have know that would happen. Maybe you should have asked a different question. Concerning the title of hokage and kakashi.

[Reliic]

I know but its fun causing a rukus on the forms, this arguement helped me get past a very boring 5hours at work

[Uchihaeyez]

Originally Posted by Fabre

Talk about beating a dead horse.....How many threads we had about this?

Of course he is Hokage material.

I think he's Kage material.

But won't he eventually become blind from his MS?

[Reliic]

^^ Shit now that is a damn good question.........Is there a topic on that???? Madara told Sasuke he would go blind but no one ever talked about Kakashi.

[waqo]

Originally Posted by Reliic

Once again you post a pic that proves nothing.........EVERY!!! Jounin should have a basic understanding of Elemental Affinty......Kakashi is known in the Narutoverse for being the strongest Lighting user........Kakazu even said that......... Why in the heck would Kakashi hit a earth ninjutsu with anything less then his highest form of lightning to counter it.

I mean he was hiding behind the tree the WHOLE time watching the fight with his sharingan........... Look at your post it never even said shika was stunned at how Kakashi didn't get hurt. Stop making things up.

The reason I gave you was not made up, go and read that chapter yourself, Shika was standing there when Chouji attacked Kakuzu, but Kakuzu was unhurt (I assume you meant Kakuzu not Kakashi), Shika came to a deduction that it has something to do with hardening of the skin (info he already had from Raidou), but he's still stood there unable to do anything and Kakashi uses the attack at the right time effectively 'killing' Kakuzu.

I posted that particular page for a reason, look at the surprise on Shika's face, he doesn't expect a physical attack on Kakuzu to work. So whether you like it or not Kakashi did react faster to the sitation. I beleive later on in that battle even Kakuzu mentions that Kakashi was right in trying to kill him fast as that was the best way to win the fight.

He used the sharingan to counter Kakazu so WTF are you talking about. If Kakashi was better than Shikamaru at thinking up strats, he would have been the leader for the team. Use common sense here.

As far as pre-time skip yes Kakashi's sharingan is better than Sasuke but now it is not. Is Kakashi smarter than Shimaru still HELL NO!!! Nice try though

Shika is a Chuunin, Kakashi is the Jounin so who was the leader of the team?

The reason Shika took such a lead in this fight was because he was the one who faced these guys before and had a much better understanding of their abilities and a lot more info, especially Hidan's. Everything Kakashi did was planned right there and then, which is why Shikamaru took on Hidan (for whom he had already well in advance prepared the trap) whereas Kakashi took the wildcard on and held him off whilst protecting Ino and Chouji. Also before you forget Kakashi tagged along with this team to ensure that they were safe, without him they would all be dead.

[Reliic]

Originally Posted by waqo

The reason I gave you was not made up, go and read that chapter yourself, Shika was standing there when Chouji attacked Kakuzu, but Kakuzu was unhurt (I assume you meant Kakuzu not Kakashi), Shika came to a deduction that it has something to do with hardening of the skin (info he already had from Raidou), but he's still stood there unable to do anything and Kakashi uses the attack at the right time effectively 'killing' Kakuzu.

I posted that particular page for a reason, look at the surprise on Shika's face, he doesn't expect a physical attack on Kakuzu to work. So whether you like it or not Kakashi did react faster to the sitation. I beleive later on in that battle even Kakuzu mentions that Kakashi was right in trying to kill him fast as that was the best way to win the fight.



Shika is a Chuunin, Kakashi is the Jounin so who was the leader of the team?

The reason Shika took such a lead in this fight was because he was the one who faced these guys before and had a much better understanding of their abilities and a lot more info, especially Hidan's. Everything Kakashi did was planned right there and then, which is why Shikamaru took on Hidan (for whom he had already well in advance prepared the trap) whereas Kakashi took the wildcard on and held him off whilst protecting Ino and Chouji. Also before you forget Kakashi tagged along with this team to ensure that they were safe, without him they would all be dead.

Your right waqo but I think the only reason Kakashi was able to do that was because of the Sharingan. If he didn't have it, I don't think he would have known Kakazu used an earth elemental jutsu.

I guess what I am saying is he had help, he didn't devise the plan alone, he used the sharingan to do it. I agree with you though on that statement.

When I think about it, he must have alot of faith in the Sharingan to show himself based on the information he received from it.

[marti810]

He's certainly hokage material, he wouldnt be the strongest theyve had but he definitely is hokage material. He has the brains and jutsu, his stamina isnt that good but oh well. And hes respected by all shinobi in konoha. And he has the MS. although you could look at that as a weakness because he could possibly be going blind. But all in all i think he would be a great hokage. How many fights has tsunade been in since shes been hokage? None i believe. Its not all about fighting ability, its also decision making and general battle experience and kakashi has plenty battle experience and is good at making decisions.

[fuoff209]

Originally Posted by Reliic

^^ Shit now that is a damn good question.........Is there a topic on that???? Madara told Sasuke he would go blind but no one ever talked about Kakashi.

Yah but he overheard kisame telling itachi about not using his eyes so much and he also noticed how fatigued itachi wuz. I don't think he knows about going blind but i'm sure he knowz itz dangerous to keep using.

[Digital Masta]

People always say, "Oh compared to the strength of the other Hokages...". Do you guys think that once you become a Hokage at that point you're at your strongest and therefore never get stronger and only stay at that level. Do you not think these guys grew even more during their time as Hokage?

Tsunade was 50 years old when she became Hokage...she's had YEARS to get to the level she's at. If she became Hokage at 30 it would be a different story.

And apparently Minato was just a god damn freak. But even he was still growing when he died...we all know had he remained alive he would've eventually fused his element with the rasengan.

Also we've never had the chance to see Kakashi just go balls out and fight someone without having to worry about other people.

[Reliic]

I think the fight with Kakazu was the closest but even then he didn't show shit. :( Like I said before he needs a large scale 1vs1 battle so we can see what he can do...I am getting aggrivated hearing about how good he is and not seeing shit.

[Kakashi6th]

No, he need's a power-up Kishi.

Yamato would make a better Hokage than Kakashi right now imo.

[Reliic]

^^ Wow now that is different. He does have a much better array of jutsu's aimed at defense. I would actually love to see him do a large battle. Damn I totally forgot all about him.

[Kataklyzm]

Kakashi is the best next candidate for Hokage, but that doesn't necessarily mean he fills the quota. Kakashi is an excellent Jounin. He's got the skills, the experience, the jutsu, and in some regards, the wisdom. But right now, he's only an excellent Jounin, he's not ready for Kage. His struggles and missteps against several ninja, like Zabuza, Itachi (special case) and Kakuzu demonstrates to me that he lacks the power needed for Kage. He's no Sannin, few are, and I wouldn't rate him as an S-class (or if I had, he'd be a low S-class), let alone Kage-level. He's an exceptional ninja, and is currently the best candidate, but he's not ready for the Kage position.

[extremenergy3]

Originally Posted by JAILTIME

kakashi was able to defend his own against kakazu and hidan combined elemental attacks and even after draining his chakra fighting those two he was able to hold his own against kakazu. Kakashi is definetly kage material atm he's just not at tsunad's lvl.

Question: What chapter did Kakashi start fighting hidan and kakazu... I want to read that again PM me!

Also, regarding the question... Isn't there more to being hokage than being able to kill super saiyan ninjas lol

I mean there's paperwork, decisions for the village, etc... I'm sure he can do all that better than the rest.

[Kataklyzm]

You should have PM that message to begin with.

[Reliic]

Originally Posted by extremenergy3

Question: What chapter did Kakashi start fighting hidan and kakazu... I want to read that again PM me!

Also, regarding the question... Isn't there more to being hokage than being able to kill super saiyan ninjas lol

I mean there's paperwork, decisions for the village, etc... I'm sure he can do all that better than the rest.

The fight is around Manga 330, you can see the fight there. I agree with you that there should be more to Hokage then killing high level nins, but Pein coming to the village raises a very good question in my head. What would Kakashi do if he was Hokage? Vs pein or even Kyuubi you know???

[XandorXerxes]

Those of you against Kakashi need to be very careful of where you tread. Do you think the third was Hokage material? Look at the fight against Orochimaru - he was weak. His chakra supply was depleting because of his age, and he was reknowned for knowing techniques. What is Kakashi renowned for? Knowing techniques. He's the copy-ninja.

To say he only outsmarted Kakuzu because the Sharingan helped him and therefore he's not kage material is to say that Neji is only strong because of his Byakugan and therefore he's not jounin material. On the off chance that Kakashi did manage to lose his Sharingan again (good luck to any who try, you're going to need it) he still knows the thousands of techniques he's already copied.

Even if we assume, contrary to the manga as Waqo pointed out, that Kakashi is not as smart as Shikamaru he is still well above average. He tricked Zabuza with his clone (no sharingan use there), and heck - he defeated Zabuza without his sharingan at all the last time. Do you really think he's going to gimp himself to prove that he can fight without his Sharingan? He's not an idiot, any high-level fight he's going to whip it out. I'd say he wasn't Hokage material if he did refuse to use his Sharingan on principle.

He has the intelligence to play politics with bordering nations. He can assess situations and respond as needed. He has the techniques to counter a multitude of different situations. Sure, he can't control Bijuus... but if that's what you're expecting of a Hokage, you must have been disappointed by the last 4.

Jailtime: Did it say that you can't use 6? I can't remember. I thought it was usually just that you had an element (or perhaps 2) that you were closely affinitied with, and the others were simply harder to master / not as effective or efficient.

[Poncho Sama]

Kakashi would have to use MS to beat any opponent he would fight as hokage. If he fails he's done for. Also if he does succeed he's knocked out for a week. Not a good situation.

[Sarah]

Before I can even think Kakashi would make a decent Hokage I would like him to handle a social situation where he doesn't come off as a anti-social idiot. I mean have we really seen Kakashi handle any sort of situation where he has to actually deal with other people. I'm not expecting him to be as great as Naruto in that aspect, but come on he needs to have at least a little bit of people skills.