Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24826628-20140823045842/@comment-5407586-20140823194923

I don't like how this topic is turning into a rant about who's better between Obito and Sasuke <_<

Naruto gets called "Ninja Jesus" because he's not the kind to hold a grudge? Do I have to remind anyone that this is a shonen manga, not a seinen, albeit with dark themes? The good guys always win, and the evil ones either die or come to the good side. I agree with those who said that Obito's change from good boy to main villain was a bit too sudden (well, Rin gets killed by Kakashi and this guy says "the world is hell", poor guy). But as Jiraiya stated, "for a shinobi what matters is how he/she dies, not how he/she lives", although I think Naruto's words to Nagato have way more sense ("If the main character (of Jiraiya's novel) changes, it would become a different story. Since Ero-sennin can no longer write what's next, it's up to how I live my life. No matter the pain, I will endure on this road. That's how Naruto lives!").

Obito lived as a villain and died as a hero; no one can change that. Sasuke has yet to die, and until then anything can happen, wheter the reader likes it or not. The only thing I know is that Kishimoto is trying to convey a message to the readers, not just to entertain them. IMHO, this message is: "You can't change the past, but you can do something now to change the future, no matter what you did".

Nagato revived the Konoha-nin because "that was the least I could do". Obito tried to do the same for those who died in the war (though he couldn't because of Black Zetsu) "because I can't accept something so easy as living to atone for my sins", and died to protect his comrades following the beliefs he had in his youth (sounds poetic, doesn't it? It would've been perfect if Naruto didn't say "Obito wanted to become Hokage, and because of that, he was the coolest!", though I interpret it as "the Obito who wanted to become Hokage and protect his comrades was the coolest!").

And that's my take on it.