

I feel like Minato died because he tried to solo the Nine Tails, which worked,
but at the cost of his life.

Hiruzen, the leaf shinobi, as well as the Anbu Black Ops, were all fighting
the Nine Tails (and succeeding) until Minato came and teleported the Nine
Tails like 10 miles away (in fact, they specifically said ”the Nine Tails is
out of the village”) and tried fighting it by himself right after he fought
Obito.

To me, this sounds like a "try hard" shinobi. Did Minato want to do everything
on his own?


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Does Minato Namikaze want to do everything on his own?


[Minato](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze) did not _want_ to do
everything on his own – he was _forced_ to do everything on his own. During
the Konoha attack, Minato was performing his duties as:

  1. A husband/father, who was protecting his family
  2. The Hokage, who was protecting the village

Shortly after Minato teleported the Nine Tails away from the village, he
wanted to contact Hiruzen to inform him what had happened, but he was
interrupted by Obito before he had the chance. From that moment on, Minato had
his hands full with protecting Kushina, fighting Obito, and defending the
village.

As shown later in the series, Minato's [Flying Thunder God
Technique](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_Technique) has
the capability to teleport others with him… as long as he provides them his
chakra to do so. Had he had the opportunity, Minato probably would have taken
a few shinobi with him to aid him.

With that said, since the village was no longer in immediate danger from the
Nine Tails, Hiruzen and a group of shinobi pursued Minato in an attempt to aid
him. Unfortunately, they finally arrived at Minato's location after everything
had taken place.

> **He attempted to reach the Third Hokage** so that he could inform him of
> what happened, but was **interrupted by… Tobi**.
>
> […]
>
> No longer being controlled, the Nine-Tails began retreating from the
> village, though it continued to attack the **Konoha ninja that pursued it**.
>
> […]
>
> **Seeing the Third Hokage nearby** , Minato communicated to him a final
> request…
>
> (Source: Narutopedia article on [Minato
> Namikaze](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze). Emphasis my own.)


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Well, as the 4th Hokage that's his job. It doesn't matter if there were
millions of people with a great amount of power; it’s hard to fight Kurama.
Yes there were people there like the 3rd Hokage and the Anbu, but he did what
he had to do to save the people that he loved, such as Naruto, Kushina, and
also the village. Without him there would be no Hidden Leaf Village.


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