Been busy, hence the lack of updates. Yes, Y.org will get a revamp for it’s 5th anniversary, hence Fall 2010. This goal gives me plenty of time to work on it.
On the anime side, Minato appeared at the end of Naruto Shippuden episode 128, ド根性忍伝～自来也忍法帖～後編 (Tales of a Gutsy Ninja ~Jiraiya Ninja Scroll~ [...]
According to recent spoilers, Kakashi acknowledges that he knows that Minato is Naruto’s father. After Naruto tells Kakashi and Yamato that he met Minato, Kakashi, thinking how he met his own father, asks Naruto what Minato said to him. Seeing Naruto’s confused reaction, Kakashi clarifies with, “A father would have much to say [...]
Chapter 450 reveals by one of the Daimyo that Minato was “younger still” than Kakashi (currently 30) when he was appointed Hokage. So we now know that Minato was in the twenties at the time of Naruto’s birth and his death.
So Minato ends up getting punched in the gut by Naruto. (Not that we expected a hug or anything, knowing how unhappy Naruto was being made a jinchuuriki.) Though Minato does offer encouraging words to Naruto, which seems to snap him out of his funk.
More details to come.
Minato appears in Chapter 439, stopping Naruto from releasing all 9 tails. He speaks to the extent that he made the seal so that upon the point at being released, he appears in Naruto’s mind. While he did not wish to see the Nine Taled Fox again, he got to see his grown [...]