Naruto Shippuuden Episode 248-249

[Kraco]

3. I don't like the visual effect on Minato's teleportation move. There's no "yellow flash" about it. It looks much cooler in the video games.

I thought he was Yellow flash because of teleporting and his hair colour.

5. Minato's plan seems....stupid. I'm gonna have Naruto grow up without a dad so that he can talk to his mom's ghost for 5 minutes later.

I know he gave a bunch of excuses about the balance of power and all that...but if he was really concerned that the 9-tails shouldn't die with Kushina, why didn't he just seal it inside himself?

I got the impression from their talks that if you "kill" (destroy might be a better term) Kyuubi, it will reappear soon after. So, sealing it with the death seal might have only resulted in what they were more afraid: It would soon return and this time with nobody to control it (or even worse, in evil hands). Perhaps sealing half of its power didn't trigger such a reaction plus made it possible for Naruto to endure the demon better.

I personally think the plan was sound and seemed very much like something Minato would do, though with as little as we know of him, I guess that's a shaky judgement at best. Nevertheless, to be Hokage at such a young age, he might have been full of will to protect the village. I doubt he could predict Naruto's shitty treatment at the hands of the villagers.