Hiruzen Sarutobi

Hiruzen Sarutobi (猿飛ヒルゼン, Sarutobi Hiruzen) was the Third Hokage (三代目火影, Sandaime Hokage, literally meaning: Third Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure. A disciple of the village's two previous Hokage, Hiruzen was a powerful ninja, hailed as a "God of Shinobi". Though he was only ever directly the teacher of the Sannin, generations of Konoha shinobi benefited from his wisdom during his lifetime.

Since he has done some terrible things, he has been hated by Naruto fans across the world

Why He Sucks

 * 1) To start, even though he is Hokage, he has done some terrible things to the Hidden Leaf Village.
 * 2) He gave Danzo permission to create Root, which caused many members to be taken from their families and clans, and caused them to be trained intensely, and caused them to become emotionless.
 * 3) Speaking of Danzo, he didn't try to stop any of his actions, and just let him off scot-free.
 * 4) He didn't even choose another person to become Hokage if he died, which he did. This made the Hidden Leaf Village look weak for a while until Tsunade was chosen.
 * 5) When he found out that Orochimaru was experimenting on humans, he just let him off scot-free, which caused many problems for the Hidden Leaf.
 * 6) He allowed the Chunin Exams, a deadly exam that allows children killing each other. This goes against the original purpose of the Hidden Leaf Village, which was so that children would no longer kill each other.
 * 7) He decided to become Hokage again after Minato died, even though he clearly said before that he was retiring. This shows that he is too lazy to choose a new Hokage.
 * 8) He didn't even try to stop the Uchiha Clan massacre, as he went against Itachi's idea, and went with Danzo.
 * 9) He mistreated Naruto a ton, even though Minato and Kushina told him to take good care of Naruto, as he gave him expired milk, barely gave him money, made him spend his entire childhood alone by himself, and didn't do anything to make the villagers believe he isn't a monster.
 * 10) He doesn't care about Asuma and Konohamaru's feelings, as he is too busy to take care of his family. While Naruto is also too busy to take care of his family in Boruto, at least he occasionally does come home and take care of them, unlike Hiruzen.
 * 11) He never kept an eye on the sand and sound ninjas during the Chunin Exams, which caused the village to become invaded, and almost destroyed.
 * 12) He never scolds his grandson, Konohamaru, even in one of the first episodes, when he literally tried to KILL HIM!
 * 13) Even though Orochimaru had some darkness inside of him, he still continued to train him, and almost chose him to become the next Hokage, which is a terrible decision.
 * 14) When Asuma returned home after a extremely dangerous mission that cost him the lives of his friends, Hiruzen never said anything to him, even though he was at the front gate and Asuma was devastated. This shows that he doesn't care about the feelings of others.
 * 15) While he thrived for peace, however when it came to the overall political stance of the shinobi world, he wasn't firm enough and never seemed to have the strength to handle it.
 * 16) Overall, he was the one responsible for some terrible events in the series.

Good Qualities

 * 1) His design is great
 * 2) He was redeemed in his epic fight against Orochimaru, as he defeated the reincarnated previous Hokage, sealed Orochimaru's arms and sacrificed himself to protect his village.
 * 3) Also during that fight, he was right to call out Orochimaru for using his students, Zaku and Kin, as sacrifices for the reincarnation.
 * 4) His death was also rather sad.
 * 5) Some fans may like him.
 * 6) His voice actors do a great job at voicing him
 * 7) While he did mistreat Naruto a lot, he did have a heartwarming moment with him in a filler episode, where he helped Naruto cook some fish, had a nice chat over the fire and they both laughed when Naruto farted.
 * 8) He was much better when he was reincarnated during the Fourth Great Shinobi War, as he acted like a true hero, and helped the Shinobi Alliance stop Madara and Obito.
 * 9) At times, he can be likable.
 * 10) The Naruto franchise wouldn't be the same without him.