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When the 5th Hokage went into a coma for weeks, Danzo popped up nominating
himself as 6th Hokage, which he in fact became..

But years before that, when the 3rd Hokage deceased the Hokage post was empty
for weeks too.. Why didn't Danzo take that chance? Was he aware that Sannins
would be given a chance first?


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Why wasn't Danzo nominated for 5th hokage?


Hokage get decided by the hokage before him. Hiruzen started looking for a
successor

> After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a
> successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to
> Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested in the power it offered.
> Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato
> Namikaze as his successor.

As Jiraiya originaly chosen by the 3th hokage. and the fourth dying before
being able to choose a new one, the village returned to Jiraiya whom once
again turned down the offer an found a replacement for him instead in this
case tsunade.

When Tsunade went in a coma there where no legendary sannin left to fill in
this blank the village dident know what to do. And this is where Danzo stood
up and offerd to be the 6th hokage which in these desperate times got
approved.

my sources [jiraiya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jiraiya)
[hiruzen](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruzen_Sarutobi)
[danzo](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Danz%C5%8D_Shimura)


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