Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20141124214040/@comment-8284722-20150121172948

Well, if it weren't for his comrades, Naruto wouldn't have been able to defeat Madara at all. He needed B, Kakashi, and Guy to fight Obito. He needed Neji to take those spikes. He needed Hinata and Kurama to boost his morale. He needed Lee to sever Madara from the Ten-Tails. He needed Sakura to heal him in time to fight the Ten-Tails. He needed Minato to redirect the Tailed Beast Ball. He needed Sasuke and Sakura as they fought the Ten-Tails. He needed Tobirama to give him the ability to harm Obito. He needed Sasuke, Jugo, and the Konoha 11 to redeem Obito. He needed Gaara, B, and all the forces to free the Tailed Beasts. He needed Sai to seal away Madara. He needed Gaara to bring him to medics. He needed Sakura to heal him and prevent him from succumbing to his injuries. He needed Hagoromo to have the power to stop all things. He needed Obito to revive him. He needed Team 7 against Madara and Kaguya. And he needed Obito to take the All-Killing Ash Bones. Otherwise, he'd be dead in all these circumstances. He had to work hard, though, to get any of these people to do this in the first place, and they came to believe in him as the Child of Prophecy.

As for Neji's death, the death itself was great, but yeah, the aftermath kinda sucked a bit. I'm not all that sorrowed that Obito tried to take advantage of Naruto for this. I do think, however, that Hinata and Kurama's speech was way too about themselves rather than about Naruto. Neji did get credit for his death enough, though. If there is any character I wanted to get credit for his death (like, at all), it's hands-down Obito. So I gave him more credit in that script I wrote.