Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27615170-20170519084657/@comment-27089028-20170615180544

Thekillman wrote: What did Minato really pay him attention for? What we saw in the Manga, he barely batted an eye. Kakashi was openly hostile to Obito.

What interaction he had with his class was awkward. We don't see him hangout with anyone else, we only know he spent a disproportionate amount of time helping old people. He was also perpetually late so that doesn't suggest he was terribly happy with his team. The whole wanting to be Hokage flashback before Minato cut down Obito to prevent him reviving Madara via Rinne Tensei begs to differ but ok.

That's really nice and all but being the odd kid out really doesn't excuse leading an organisation like the akatsuki, initiating the bloodline purges of the Hidden Mist, basically making Naruto and Sasuke orphans, leading a group that killed all but 2 Jinchuriki, reviving the Juubi and initiating a war. And his motivation was what exactly...oh yeah that teenage crush.

Ok I know, I'm being a bit unfair to Obito and he does try and justify his motives by saying he didn't just do it for Rin but he is fighting the shinobi system itself and under the guise of Madara everything he saw confirmed his beliefs but the problem with that is...we never saw that time he spent as Madara which cemented his ideology. This is a vital transition from Kid Obito to Tobi and it needs to be illustrated even if it's just snippets of a flashback. I like Obito as a character but not as a villain because there was no real transition between his kid self and his adult self. I'm just glad Zetsu swiftly forced him to revive Madara the real villain of the series...until that waste of space Kaguya got shoved in.