#this is also in the context of war with child soldiers who regularly sacrifice themselves for the state

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I changed my mind just straight off killing minato wasnt right but the fact that minato killed rin instead of trying to find *any* solutions rubs me in the wrong way. I dont know, they could let her live outside of village in some shelter, if seal activates by arriving to village. And while she is in it, try to find ways to deactivate it. Even if they never find a way to do so, she could like befriend isobu, or anything. Or just live a life outside of Konoha. With kakashi and obito, bc they will never leave her. Is it that bad? Konoha isnt essential to live a somewhat good life. Yet instead minato chooses to agree with his 13 yr student sacrificing her life for village. If i was kakashi i too would be angry as hell i think

*pitch black spoilers* Yeah, I agree it’s a very bad look from Minato and it makes sense that this would make Kakashi mad! But we also saw this through Kakashi’s PoV, so it’s possible that we missed some important info. We don’t know how long Minato and Rin were talking together. We don’t know how much they talked about different options. We don’t know how strong Rin’s seal driving her back to Konoha was. Minato said it “couldn’t be broken”, so maybe it was the sort of seal where if you break it it kills the person it’s sealed on (like extracting the Isobu would). And Rin could have made friends with Isobu but I doubt Minato would have seen that as a possibility; he wouldn’t have understood that the Bijuu could be friendly if you stop treating them like demons… So yeah, of course I don't think he should have made the decision to take her life, and it’s possible that Minato didn’t take the time to think things through, but he also might have tried and we just didn’t see it on screen. (In this answer my find-it-difficult-to-have-a-strong-opinion-unless-it’s-through-a-character’s-eyes is showing. :P). 

#bp answers #pitch black #this is also in the context of war with child soldiers who regularly sacrifice themselves for the state #a system that Minato grew up in and is part of and accepts as a way to safeguard the village #which is obviously a horrific system but it means that he is used to these kind of sacrifices #so from his pov it is a terrible loss but a necessary in a context where there is so much sacrifice every day #kakashi of course has been indoctrinated to hate this system of sacrifice at the expense of your teammates now #so this thinking is the biggest trigger possible for his rage and hatred #madara played his pawns well...until they played him :P