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No offense, but Danzo was power hungry. The man spent 50-something years as a bitter old **** plotting to take the Hokage seat away from Hiruzen or the other good-natured people. And that's just him from the manga. He purposely held back his men and allowed Pain to destroy the village, hoping Akatsuki would kill Tsunade, so that he could take her place.

The path to hell is paved with good intentions.

But good intentions doesn't make one a saint. Danzo was, at his core, evil. He masked this evil under the guise of "protecting the village", but just look at Obito. Obito's intention is to make the world completely at peace, to bring lost loved ones back together in an infinite dream world where only love and happiness exist. On the surface, sounds like a sweet deal. He even has a pretty valid reason for wanting to do it. But we all know he's evil.

Danzo was wrong and he was a pretty big prick. The anime is doing a good job of just showing what we already know about him.