Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-5024640-20150711153439/@comment-734582-20150711165754

Amigo Toyota wrote: Well to be honest flashbacks can add to the battle a lot, only look at the Kakashi vs Obito battle to know my words are true, the fight was awesome but it was the flashbacks that added to it a lot. They show why we should really care if the character dies. Of Course when they are unnecessary then yeah I agree, but they can be useful. That battle is probably one of the best choreographed fights in the entirety of Naruto, and one that the Anime made even better.

However, a big part of Naruto is about understanding why your villains fight rather than just fighting. E.g. i've started One Piece and most of the time the villains are just that: guys who do evil for evil's sake. Might makes Right. naruto is quite unique (IMHO) to make the villains bad guys, but you can see why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Well except for Kaguya. Even Madara had a clear story to why he wanted to recreate the world.