I've been reading Kakashi Retsuden and oh boy...
So the mission happened when Kakashi was 7 years old (we know that from the manga), he lived two years with the hate of the village over his father, now he is 9 and he found his dead father, he reported the death to the Hokage, and he also took care of his father funeral. Great, that's fuking great... it gets worse, because many people came, but to say things like these:
It is BAD... once again... it gets worse, because Sakumo isn't the only target:
Kakashi couldn't win here, if he cried for his father they would get angry because they thought Sakumo wouldn't deserve it. If he doesn't cry for him he is creepy. If it hasn't started before, when Sakumo was still alive, it started here, with Sakumo's death.
Where is Minato in all of this? He makes an appearance after the end of the second day of mourning, when Kakashi is walking alone to his home:
They WEREN'T CLOSE! AND IT GETS WORSE!
Kakashi is 9 years old and it is not until a "few years later" that Minato becomes his boss, Kakashi is at least 11 when team Minato happens. Kakashi spends at least 2 years alone!! Well, I bet Gai was there somehow, but he was not part of a team with Gai, so from age 6 to 11 he probably was a rotating teammate of older people, like the people that went to Sakumo's wake!
Team Minato becomes the first time he is kind of out of his father's shadow, Minato seems cool with Sakumo, and the kids don't know shit or say nothing. He is 12 when he becomes Jounin and Kannabi Bridge happens and Obito dies, 12 or barely 13 when Rin dies, 14 when Minato dies. Kakashi gained a spark of hope and it got violently snuffed in front of his eyes, and the only thing that did was to cement the idea that he wanted to protect his people, he might fail, but he only can keep trying.
"No one will ever understand the violence it took just to be this gentle"
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