
Originally Posted by
usjoss
So you think they respect him because he is strong! How wrong are you then in your view of the series.
First, they all knew Naruto was too strong due to him being the host of Kyuubi, and they even thought he would destroy them. This is why they hated him. However, they notice he wants to protect them. They respect him only for what he chose to do with his power - that is Naruto's will to protect the village.
You could see that people such as Neiji, Hinata, Sasuke have all good DNA, but they didn't receive the same respect Naruto receive from Konoha. Had Naruto taken the same path as Sasuke, no matter what his parent would be, Konoha 11 would have made a meeting to decide to kill him as they did for Sasuke.
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