“It’s good, Minato was my favorite character, and creating a Naruto world where Minato doesn’t die is a very good idea. But there’s always a downside… and that’s Minato’s personality in this Fic. Of course, Minato has always been a good person, as shown in the anime itself. But watching and reading are totally different experiences; when reading, you have to pay more attention and imagine. So, when you read about a protagonist who is very altruistic and innocent, from my perspective, it makes the fic a bit disappointing. And about hiding his own power, that’s something I simply hate, especially when the MC just wants to hide because he’s afraid others will think he’s too strong and fear him. That didn’t sit well with me. But for those who like a politically correct MC or a Hero, this fic is for you. The author, in general, did a good job, but the fic is not for everyone.”
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LIKENo need, in the canon Minato did not need to hide his strength, as he was Jiraiya’s apprentice, and the Third Hokage would not have allowed Danzo to lay a hand on Minato. Perhaps that was exactly the author’s idea, but it ended up giving Minato a rather innocent vibe, which I did not like. I don’t believe Minato was so innocent in his childhood, as they were in a time of war, and children were literally raised with the mentality of graduating from the ninja academy to go to the battlefield, since everyone knew a war was going to break out. Moreover, when Minato was a child, there was a scene where they tried to kidnap Kushina, and Minato rescued her by killing her captors, and this was when he was a child. Not to mention that he was so formidable on the battlefield that an order was literally issued to retreat if they saw him. So, he was not as innocent as the author made him out to be. But I’m not saying the fic is bad; I’m even waiting for more chapters to give it another chance. But that the author was unfortunate in the first part is undeniable.
you're forgetting that the original Minatos is naive enough to become a puppet Hokage. he didn't even take hiruzen's authority over anbu. during the nine tails attack, even danzo bypassed him and gave orders to the uchiha to stay put. we all know hiruzen chose him as a successor because he has no background. he was carefully groomed by hiruzen to be full of gratitude towards him. why do you think he sacrificed himself amd entrusted his jinchuriki child to an old man? that, even more so, speaks of his innocence to the point of naiveness. just like naruto who was bullied yet still loved his village. the part in the fic when he could recover his memories may fully awaken minato to the truth of the world.
The naive can be beaten in different ways, what the author of the assessment described is naive in relation to life and the world, and what you described is political naivety and trust in your cohabitants + brainwashed by the will of fire.