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 arguing 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.

Now, you can like Kabuto's story or not, i don't really care. But saying he "just became generic" misses the point entirely.