Originally posted by: hiten mitsurugi
People say that the 4th was in his mid 30's.
People? What people? I always thought that the 4th was about Kakashi's age or even younger, my estimate would be about 23 or so. But we have no way of knowing this, there's no record (in real life) of his age or birthdate. I still think it's plausible for the 3rd to be at the retiring age and to be selecting a new hokage candidate.