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One thing people forget about this fight.. Minato entered it thinking he was fighting Madara.. and never once doubted himself.

"I should never have let down my guard." *Immediately lets down his guard.*

It’s hard to describe how epic this scene is. This ability felt so broken you wondered how you would ever beat him, then you see this flash back and watch Minato absolutely wreck him in a matter seconds.. so legit!!

"That's why he's the GOAT! The GOOOAT!!!"

Jiraiya put it correctly when he said "There won't be another like him. Ever."

Minato's attack was the coldest move in the series!

Honestly, Minato is the only character in the Naruto universe that doesn't use some sorta crazy plot armor or inexplainable power. He's the definition of true talent. Not some crazy genetics like sharingan, hashirama cells, crazy chakra reserves, etc. He's just really good at being a ninja and that's it.

His presence of mind is really impressive considering he's facing madara for the first time and yes he estimated his ability and weakness at an instant

Minato: "Finally a worthy opponent-" Figures out how to Kamui works in two minutes... Minato: "Absolute Fodder... RASENGAN!"

Minato is the only anime character that doesn’t let villains just stand and talk

Minato really was on a different level. In minutes he analyzed the situation and the enemy, formed a plan and executed it flawlessly. What took Naruto and everyone else what seems like hours to figure out.

Actually imagine this scene in real time, not in slow motion... Just that epic teleportation to the kunai Minato has thrown, his reaction time, and the speed of it 🤯

Imagine how much fear Obito would be living in if minato hadn't died.... Having someone who can pop up right behind you at any frikin time

The fact that he discovered and countred his secret in such a short time makes me wonder how clever he was

1:34 Obito: “Nah, I’d win.”

my favorite part is the fact that a flying raijin mark never goes away even after death, so the fact that minato was able to use it during the war was crazy

I love how Tobi is doing the typical villain monologue and Minato just continues the attack because he is not finished. It's refreshing to see the hero not wait for the villain to stop talking.

Minato is the perfect example of hard work and talent. He had no crazy eyes or clan power just pure skills and intelligence

Obito forgot he was fighting his teacher.

14 years old obito, controlling Kuibe, fighting minato and survived .. He is the true goat

When highly skilled Shinobi such as Minato existed.

he may not be the strongest, but he is THE COOLEST SHINOBI AND HOKAGE EVER

What a phenomenal fight scene. Short and simple, but that's exactly what makes it great. We get to see how he process and breaks down the situation. That's a basic trope to explain the mechanism behind power/abilities in almost all anime. We always get to see characters thinking or talking during fights scenes. But what sets this apart is how it was written. It's straighforward and precise. Exactly how we see Minato as a character, and one of the traits on why he's almost anyone's favorite. He was in a hurry, and we felt that urgency all through out. But the way he was thinking of dealing with the situation was calm and collected contrasting to the chaos of what's around him. We get to see his thought process and from it, he excecuted a perfect attack without wasting a second. Not an overbearing flaunt of power. Just a pure display of technical prowess. 👏

When Tobi returns to hideout, Madara : What's that Tattoo on your back ?

The Flying Raijin has always been such a cool jutsu to me. Easily one of the coolest in the series

Him catching the Kunai and looking down as he’s about to hit obito with the rasengan gives me chills every time

You know you're against a wrong enemy when you see your opponent could create a perfect counter-attack against your perfect defense in just a few minutes.

That Rasengan is simply LEGENDARY One of the best animation i EVER seen

*Minato:* “If it means protecting the Village, I will throw hands with a child.”

Not only did he figure out kamui in seconds, he also broke the anime fight rule of letting your opponent talk before attacking

Still one of the best fight scenes in all of anime. Hands down.

The most underrated aspect of this fight was Obito knowing Minato's techniques while Minato prepared himself to fight who he thought was Madera.

Alternative title: Minato reminds Obito why he is hokage

New boruto ep still hasn’t released Crunchyroll: We gotchya

Nobody is going to talk about how fast Minato was able to form Rasengan? It formed near instantaneously while the clip was slowed down.

Minato is so technical. The most proficient ninja in my opinion. Doesn't waste time at all. Managed to analyze Kamui in seconds, beat Obito, stab Obito, take Kurama off of his control all within seconds. What an efficient ninja. And best of all, no special clan or nothing. Just the best!

Minato's power isn't that he can move faster than everyone else, it's that he can think faster than anyone else

1:25 The Ice Pop Inspired Nimbus Jiraiya Twin Whorl Sphere!

1:35 it's showed as triumphant moment with this music, but it's heart wrenching when you realize Minato is fighting Obito without knowing it

Can we just appreciate the fact that Minato completely understood his technique and counterd it in only one move like a boss. It took others ages to do this. Edit: DAAAAAMN. i was out of my account for a while. 8k likes???? im mind blown.

Minato has no backstory, he is just good at everything. Despite this he is humble.

Minato getting snagged by the chain and then immediately hopping out is so underrated Bro was never gonna get caught lacking

In the Narutoverse no one can make Minato doubt in battle, he doesn't necessarily need to know if the opponent is strong, he just needs to believe in his abilities and adapt them to each fight.

Obito after Minato tags him: “I shouldn’t have let down my guard” Also Obito: Talks while letting down his guard letting Minato tag him again

If Minato survived, we would’ve gotten “Naruto: Minato Next Generations” instead.

Goosebumps... bruh this is epic in so many levels it can not be elaborated in words. One of my favourite anime scenes of all time.

one word is enough to describe this fight: Legendary

One of the most iconic fights in Shippuden.

Minato and Itachi are the most op ninja. What they had in common was their ability to stay calm, analyse and plan theur next move in seconds.

That’s why he’s the GOAT!

Minato literally figured Tobi's ability and how to defeat him in like 2 mins and then went and stopped the kyuubi he really is overpowered like that's why he had to die or the Akatsuki would just straight up be annihilated.

Figured out Obito's ability and how to counter it in one engagement, and successfully pulled it off by himself in the next engagement - Minato was seriously awesome.

Still give me goosebumps after all these years😊

"I should never have let down my guard." while letting his guard down...

Besides his strength, speed and knowledge I genuinely think Minato’s greatest strength was his ability to remain calm, it allowed him to do things others couldn’t in the same situation.

The fact minato said the one who attacks faster wins knowing he's the fastest person in the series is just mind-blowing lol

One of the best scenes ever in anime .

1:30 Minato just use UNO reverse card technique

0:53 he is visualizing the Rasengan, how he's gonna hit it. Sometimes this show was purely the best.

Never forget Minato had the highest academy score, Itachi is second. Minato and Shisui are the only shinobis with a "flee-on-sight" order.

Obito: I should never have let down my guard Also Obito: *Proceeds to let down his guard again*

He is like thunder. He doesn’t look all that menacing from a distance but the sounds. Yes, the sounds it made. You can’t never know when it gonna come but it will

I’ll Never forget how Minato held his own against a young A & Killer B. This dude was on a whole nother’ level.

The most underrated fact about Minato is that he never reached his peak prime times as a shinobi. He was 24 when he died; yet his achievements and powers are iconic, legendary and simply next level. If he had stayed alive and entered his prime years, he might even surpass Hashirama in terms of Hokage prowess.

the amazing part was that he spawned a rasengan almost instantaneously at 1:25. Naruto usually takes a few seconds and a clone to create his much smaller one

Minato was skilled, for sure. But also, he was a MONSTER on the inside. Calm and collected as can be - the most intimidating ppl imo

The way he deal with 2 big problem with so much pressure of the safety of his pregnent wife and his village is splendid. Hats of to this guy

The potential obito could’ve had if he had both his sharingan would have been crazy!

If you remove the thinking part and the slow downs, It's insane to think about how fast everything goes down. Minato goes through Obito once, immediately analyzes and understands Obito's technique, then throws the Kunai and goes for the counter which also sets up the seal removal from the ninetails. In in-universe time all this happens in like 20-25 seconds or so. Truly the yellow flash of Konoha

In two minutes Minato figured out Kamui, beat Obito and separated him from Kurama. This is the ninja of the legends.

Obito learned the hard way that you never mess with your Teacher 😂

“I should never have let my guard down,” says Obito as he lets his guard down again 😂

Minato was so fast that he speed ran life in just 24 years: -Soloed an entire war by himself -Became the Hokage -Married the Hottest Woman on the Planet -Was Labelled as Run on Sight by his Enemy Nation -Was known as "The Yellow Flash of the Leaf" -Was regarded as the Fastest Man in history for many Decades -Had the Highest Academic Score in the History Lead village, not even Itachi could Surpass his Score -Mastered Sage Mode -Defeated Kage level threats as a Jonin -Defeated Anbus as a Genin -Mastered Tobirama's Jutsu even better than him -Created an OP, Iconic Jutsu -Had a Legendary Sanin as his Master -Had a Legendary world renowned student -Defended his Village in his most vulnerable time -The First Person to completely counter Kamui in his First Ever encounter with the Jutsu -Was master of Sealing Jutsu -Became the Ninetails' Jinchuriki -Had an OP and Legendary Son that Changed the World -Had OP Grandchildren -Was always regarded as Konoha's Hero and an Unparalleled Talent by his Master Minato Namikaze ⚡⚡⚡ was truely a GOAT that passed away before reaching his Prime.

That's why he's the goat the goat

😂😂😂, Minato say no to "talk no jutsu"

Something I didn't notice before is I bet Obito was really happy when he said "I win" he believed he was able to finally defeat his teacher only to have it slip pass him in the last second. He still saw him as his sensei

Man i used to think Obito was almsot unbeatable. But Minato dismantled him QUICKLY. Granted hes about 14 years old in this scene.

The epicness of this fight!! It still gives me goosebumps! The coolest hokage ever! Minato 💪🥰

Most people don't realize how hard the move Minato pulled against him was. Naruto for sure got his battle iq from Minato. Simply crazy how he thought of that move to beat Obito's technique

Kakashi/Naruto/Guy: takes several fights to figure out Kamui Minato: Figured Kamui out in one fight

One of the greatest moments ever. We knew Minato was a super ninja, this moment set that in concrete. R.I.P the 🐐

That stab in the side with the kunai...dude is a legit serial...and his eyes at that moment says volumes

Minato : his transportation jutsu surpasses mine Minato 1 second later : Flying rajin level 2

It took years of careful observation from Konan to even understand Obito's jutsu and Minato does it in a few minutes of fighting him. The way Kishi wrote Minato's ability and how he crafted this fight made the wait to see him in action worth it. All those years hyping this character up and to pay off massively. Kishi, you are a genius.

Minato's moves is not short sighted He looks in the long term Hit obito + put a raijin mark on obito + able to get close to obito again while releasing 9 tails He's a genius

This man came from a regular clan that on one knows Abt he invented he rasengan he's as fast as can be he knows legendary justu and fought his student thinking his student was Madara with no fear his battle iq is the stuff of legend The anime killed him off cuz he was too strong to be left alive Imagine he kept living and learning he could've been much much stronger

While they're fighting, Kurama is still destroying the Leaf Village.

To be fair, for a 14 year old Obito to battle his sensei Minato who is way above his league is impressive on his own... Offcourse, he would took an L against Minato but a 14 year old Obito who only had 1 eye controlling the 9 Tails and able to put up a fight against this beast of a Shinobi Minato is great

"I never should have let down my guard" *lets down his guard again as he says this

"I should never have let my guard down." Immediately lets down his guard again.

Minato really is the goat. Man wasn't scared to fight the man known as Madara.

we need a prequel to this golden age where there were such beasts: Minato, Shisui, Fugaku, Itachi, Sakumo

That’s why he’s the GOAT! THE GOAT!!!!

Since the episode of this fight scene was first aired till now, this fight is still and will continue to be one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen in this anime.

I see why the writer had to have him killed. I truly believe with him around there wouldn’t be a show. He would’ve stopped the Coup of the Uchiha(with Itachi & shisui on his side) without killing the entire clan, and it would’ve also kept Itachi from leaving. That alone would’ve deterred Orochimaru from attacking the village the way he did, the akatsuki would’ve been stopped much sooner, Sauske wouldn’t have left, Pain wouldn’t have destroyed the village especially with Minato, Itachi, shisui, Kakashi, Naruto, 3rd Hokage(he wouldn’t have died), Might Guy, & Sauske around. There’s no way. Naruto & Sauske would’ve still inherited Indra & Ashura wills, and would have Minato & Itachi there with them to still guide them 🔥. He literally has to die to make the show. Crazy

Fights like this doesn't have to be long for it to be forever Iconic!

Coldest attack since Goku's warp Kamehameha

As a ninja with no Kekkei Genkai, sennin body, tail beast, or other crazy jutsu, minato is truely an amazing one for what he has archieved

Imagine if Kurama just walked away after Minato freed him from Obito's control...