Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140730054526/@comment-1705651-20140730154539

I still don't know what to say about Obito's death. On one hand I consider it a good aesop about how no matter how far you've fallen it is never too late for you to go back and atone for your crimes. On the other hand I felt it was forced for Naruto to scream he was the coolest guy ever. While it fits in the recurring theme of forgiveness and breaking the cycle of hate Kishimoto keeps using nowadays there's a difference between forgiving the guy and Naruto putting him over a pedestal.

It is also forced on another sense since Obito had a perfectly established third option that would allow him to both save Naruto and keep fighting: Izanagi. That, combined with what Obito said earlier about wanting to be alone with Rin, brings another alternate interpretation for his final stance. After all the crap that happened to him in the last arcs he developed a desire to join the dead just to be with Rin once more. It is suddenly not just about saving Naruto and the future, there may have been second intentions behind his act.