Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-34146305-20180305013134/@comment-31099706-20180305155615

Tintor3 wrote: In the The Last guidebook, Kishimoto stated he thought about making Sasuke a guy who doesn't like knowing his identity so he often covers his face (most notably the Rinnegan) with his hair. On Naruto, Kishimoto did not say a reason for his shorter hair but he said he wanted Naruto and Sasuke to have contrasting appearances. Yeah, but him out of nowhere having short hair seems to symbolise his respect towards Obito and for his sacrifice?

I mean, he also takes the time and effort to deploy Shadow clones to help the old people in the village, just like Obito. While it just was a hunch, I think out of all the other role models he had(namely Minato, Jiraya, Kakashi, etc), he chose a whole different hair style from his old one, that matched the one with Obito's. So it seemed to me that he did it in respect for Obito's long lost dream to become the Hokage, which he is right now. The short hair, really doesn't seem out of nowhere well. This is just my own honest opinion, though.