Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20190921011108/@comment-43403813-20191008181735

I like your analysis of Kakashi's pain, he definitely endured a lot of his suffering without him letting it change his motivations and Shinobi way. Although, I'm not sure if I agree with the use of the term "evil", at least in terms of Nagato's situation. I'd consider Nagato's motivation a grey area, it's neither evil nor "good" if that makes sense. Nagato just saw his plan as the necessary thing to do in order to achieve true peace, and he wasn't doing anything new per say, but just giving the larger villages a taste of their own medicine; make them feel the same pain and go through the same conditions of war so they understand pain.

To the Hidden Leaf, Pain was the "evil" formidable leader of the Akatsuki who sought to destroy their community and peace. But to the Hidden Rain, "Lord" Pain was their hero that rose their village out of its utter abysmal conditions whilst Hanzo was in charge. Their villagers and ninja idolised Pain as a God that they respected with both fear and admiration, the ninja that Jiraiya came across completely supported Pain. Whether someone is considered evil or not, it's all a matter of perspective.