Minato Namikaze is one of the characters most likely to star in the next Naruto spin-off.
It is likely that Minato Namikaze will be the lead in the next manga that Masashi Kishimoto will do as a spin-off.
The story of Naruto has achieved great popularity around the world.thus becoming one of the most watched anime in history. Such is the fame of Naruto that fans have managed to make two spin off from this story: Naruto: Konoha’s Story-The Steam Ninja Scrolls Y Naruto: Sasuke Retsuden.
Both of them spin-off of Naruto have had great popularity and admiration among fans, and it has recently been revealed that it will soon be made a spinoff manga and there is a probability that it will have as its protagonist the father of Naruto, Minato Namikaze. Below we tell you the details.
Minato Namikaze could star in the next Naruto spin-off
Everything seems to indicate that Minato Namikaze will have his own spin off
In commemoration of 20 years since the Naruto anime first aired in Japan, at Jump Festa a popularity poll for fans was announced of the franchise from around the world, called “NARUTOP99”.
This survey was released on December 17, 2022, allowing fans vote once a day for one of the 488 candidate charactersin order to determine which were the most popular 99.
Naruto Character Popularity Poll: “NARUTOP99”
Once the voting is complete, on January 31, 2023 (and the results are announced in April), the creator of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto will make a short manga that features the most voted character in the survey.
Although the vote still has some time left, so far who seems to have guaranteed the position of protagonist in this next spin-off It’s Minato NamikazeNaruto’s father.
The official Twitter account of [Naruto y Boruto] shared the progress the survey had up to December 23rd by posting the results for the top 10 positions, and exactly six days after the survey started, With over a million votes, Minato Namikaze was already at number one..
Those who were on the list of the 10 most voted were the following:
- 1st place: Minato Namikaze.
- 2nd place: Itachi Uchiha.
- 3rd place: shisui uchiha.
- 4th place: Naruto Uzumaki.
- 5th place: kakashi hatake.
- 6th place: Madara Uchiha.
- 7th place: jiraiya.
- 8th place: Sasuke Uchiha.
- 9th place: Sakura Haruno.
- 10th place: obito uchiha.
The 10 characters that top the list so far
For fans it is not surprising that Itachi is among the top positions, considering that he is one of the most popular characters (and at the same time one of the most controversial). However, yes It’s a bit unusual that it’s Minato who’s leading the results so far.
Minato Namikaze was the fourth Hokage and one of the most powerful shinobi in Konoha. Unfortunately He died along with his wife during the Nine-Tails’ attack on the Konoha village.designed by Obito and Madara Uchiha, by sacrificing his life in order to seal a part of the Kyubi in his newborn son, Naruto.
By virtue of this, Minato Namikaze has very limited appearances in the Naruto story.so it is understandable that fans want to know more about this powerful shinobi.
Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage; aka the “Yellow Flash”
With regarding the plot that this next one will have spin-off there is not much informationThe little that is known is that the manga that Masashi Kishimoto will do will have as its main character the winner of the great poll mentioned above.
While the character most likely to win the lead role so far is Minato Namikaze, this survey still has quite a bit of time left, so It is not 100% sure that he will be the one who will star in the next spin-off. It could happen that there is an unexpected twist and another character manages to get more votes.
Undoubtedly the history of Naruto has incredible characters with great potential and much loved by fanswho have a high probability of winning this survey.
A clear example of a character who, in case Minato does not stay in first place, could win the poll is Itachi Uchihawho has always had great popularity and has captivated fans with his story.
While there is no doubt that a manga starring Minato would be somewhat surprising, in order to know who will be the character that takes first place and wins the lead role in the next spin-off from Naruto, it will be necessary wait a bit for the survey to end and the winner is finally revealed.