Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-27089028-20160829171109

Elveonora wrote: Obito was actually in my opinion quite talented, not a loser. From my point of view, there were 3 reasons why he was weak at first: Obito's jump from moron to badass isn't why I don't like him as a villain his motivation for me is horribly underdeveloped and didn't do the masked man Tobi hype any sort of justice in the end. You can say Rin wasn't his motivation but it clearly was and yes I know he said it was the system and travelling around as Madara confirmed his belief but we don't see that mentality develop.
 * Obito was a late bloomer, but with very high potential, I would even call him a genius
 * His personality, goofy and easily distracted, he also had too soft and gentle heart, coming late to meetings because he was helping old people... the reason why he lost to Might Guy wasn't lack of abilities, power of skill... but because he just wasn't paying much attention, underestimated Might Guy and got taken out by surprise...
 * he was clumsy

It would have been a better move to make Obito an Amnesiac when Madara found him making him susceptible to being brainwashed and his redemption more fluid as well as perhaps giving the character more of an interesting chemistry. Obito's introduction as a villain was poor and exit even poorer with his death being more of an attempt to clean up a mess and not a proper resolution to a character who I feel deserved more.