Minato was truly in a class of his own. Despite being one of the fastest shinobi in Naruto, he actually had the “flea on site” order meaning if you ever encountered him in battle or anything similar you were to immediately run away as fast as you can (laughs). He literally took on fully grown jonin shinobi as a minor and saved Kushina. He single-handedly stopped Obito and the 9-tails on his own. He was also Kage and knew sealing jutsu from the Uzumaki clan taught to him by Kushina. However I am more interested in his speed and space-time ninjutsu. His jutus worked in a way in where if he touched you and placed a seal on you he could either teleport you anywhere, teleport to you, or teleport something towards you iregardless of the distance. Now you can see how dangerous this is in a battle situation. Saying he was fast is an understatement. This guy could outmaneuver the Fourth Raikage when he was activated. There are only two characters who have brought me to tears and Minato and Itachi are the only ones. Minato, for what he did for Kushina and Naruto and Itachi for what he did for Konoha and also being a spy for Konoha (Akatsuki), while getting sick, saving Sasuke, and literally being a genius. I may find the villains more appealing philosophically but deep down I would be either Minato or Itachi in general if I could choose.