Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30804826-20170627073808/@comment-32410072-20170627184155

Danzo is an interesting villain imo. The whole ying yang thing between him and Hiruzen was pretty good. He did all the shady stuff so that Hiruzen wouldn't have to, but at the same time, everything he did was to try and be "better" than Hiruzen. Sure his definition of "better" was way off, but it kept with the whole "rivalry" theme throughout the series.

At the same time, its like @Lilyxflower said. All the shady stuff he did keeps him from being an antihero. He did enough damage that it keeps him well beyond ever redeeming himself. Its a nice change of pace from all of the other villains in the series who always seem to find redemption and regret their actions. I like that Danzo is one of the few villains that started out shady and evil and kept that trait to the death