Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36351381-20180807023617/@comment-9782468-20180809133951

Kakashi vs Obito was my favourite in Shippuden.

The thing that confuses me about Obito's real intentions in that fight is this;

Obito could've just let Kakashi stab him right when they entered the Kamui dimension. Instead he yelled for Kakashi to stop.

Obito could've let Kakashi's Raikiri pass straight through him when he got up, but instead used Genjutsu to get his point across.

And in the end, despite not caring about anyone in the world since he was to create his own perfect world, He couldn't kill Kakashi in their final mutual stabbing.

My thoughts?

Obito held back, but not quite as much as people make it out to be. I don't think it's too far fetched to say Obito had to try pretty hard against Kakashi, since he just spent that day controlling multiple Tailed Beasts, fighting two Perfect Jinjuuriki and two Kage level Shinobi, etc. Obito could have very well been very worn out, and so had to fight very hard to get what he wanted. Of course he still held back, but I don't think he had full control of that fight.

But anyways, I liked that fight even more then Naruto vs Sasuke, even if Naruto vs Sasuke was longer and better in the technical sense. I was just more invested in Kakashi's story. And their conflict was more realistic to me than Naruto vs Sasuke, because Sasuke's motivations were all over the place during the series.

I mean, Obito and Kakashi had made up. And then Obito watched Kakashi break his promise by killing Rin (even if by accident) with the very technique that Obito's eye helped complete. That's enough for me to believe there's anguish on both sides and that there's real conflict.

And Kakashi's resolve was something to behold; Obito was his hero. He lived by Obito's words til that point. He held onto that guilt. And still he went into that fight ready to end it, because he knew he had to do everything in his power to save the Shinobi world.

Kakashi was able to put the world before his own feelings; a true Shinobi. Even the likes of Hiruzen and Naruto couldn't fight to kill against their precious teammates (Orochimaru and Sasuke). He went for the kill with Obito.

Even though Obito held back, Kakashi fought to kill. Considering who he was fighting and how much he had gone through til that point, that intent to kill is one of the greatest feats I've ever seen in the series.