Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27090764-20151018095532/@comment-28861328-20151019010255

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: @Gerisama: Thanks for reminding us about the glaring timeline issues Kishi introduced when he revealed that the masked man was Obito. I think making Obito the villain was one of the biggest mistakes Kishi made in the series (along with Kaguya the Rabbit Bitch, who was a boring-ass villain). It introduced all sorts of timeline issues, along with the fact that a 13 year-old going batshit crazy for "romantic love" sounds lame as fuck. 13 year-olds boys only have crushes and masturbate to porn; they don't go around plotting the end of the world and killing their own senseis, especially if the 13 year-old in question had a very kind heart before his "crush" died.

Wow, what a horribly worded and extremely one-sided opinion that is in no way truth at all. Love has caused many wars, deaths, tragedies, etc. over the course of history. Like, seriously, pick up a history book. People will do some horrible things in the name of lost love and, you'll find, most of the people who perpetrate these crimes out of lost love tend to be younger rather than older.

Secondly, really? Are you inferring that Obito is unrealistic because teenage boys don't have the capacity for anything but blind lust? Have you met a teenage boy (or been one?). I'd have a hard time believing either based on your statement alone.

Love is a powerful emotion and thirteen year old anybodys (boys or otherwise) are extremely impressible and easily influenced emotionally. Now, not all of them are 'shinobi' capable of destroying the world with their crazy eye powers, but there are a reason that people go crazy and do things like commit mass murder (pick your poison on how they do this), or do something as tragic as take their own lives.

Forgive the harshness of this next statement, but I hate when people who have no idea what they're talking about try to be literary critics.