Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-3001903-20151205022433/@comment-4080775-20151209160602

BeyondRed wrote: I'm assuming Obito's comment about "losing himself" may have been referring to what happened to Nagato multiple times in his youth where he lost control and killed his enemies unconsciously. Unless it's just an alternate way of saying "both eyes would have killed me".

Nagato was shocked that his friend was killed and did what came natural to his, he summoned the statue and killed his foes.

Nagato didn't lose himself at all, especially in the sense that Obito did. Obito went down the wrong path, and changed his goal in the process. Nagato had a clear goal in mind and died pursuing it, though he had a similar change of heart before he died.