Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20150825192623/@comment-734582-20150830133910

Curse of Hatred wrote: I kinda have to agree with OP. I just lost interest in Kabuto after Oro 'died'. Yes, there wouldn't have been a war without him but that added nothing to his character IMO. I said this before, but everyone's just busy over how powerful he was. Kabuto "breaking down" was the entire point of the story. Without Orochimaru to give him an identity, he's a nobody. He was born without a past and trained to fit any character like a glove. That's why he became a generic villain, because he never had defining characteristics. It's also a clever contrast to most Naruto villains, where we see a ton of backstory to understand why they did what they did, what made them so. Without it, they're just fodder.