kushina: "hey you don't have to also seal yourself away, you should raise our son" minato: "nah nah nah, it'll be way better for him to have the opportunity to talk to you once for five minutes, maybe, when he's a grown teenager and only if he can both live long enough and also master communication with the nine tailed fox - "
minato: " - which he will fully have no help in doing and, frankly, will be next to impossible, especially as he is scorned and hated by everyone around him, and also almost anyone who'd know anything useful to teach him will be dead or awol"
also am i aware of the deep and powerful hypocrisy that is me ranting about Naruto's Deadbeat Dad while playing the kind of deadbeat fathers, toji fushiguro? yes
anyway the real best anime father is isshin, the mournful wife guy who got over it to raise three kids and be a supportive and loving presence in their lives
minato: "nah nah nah, it'll be way better for him to have the opportunity to talk to you once for five minutes, maybe, when he's a grown teenager and only if he can both live long enough and also master communication with the nine tailed fox - "