With this episode, one could think that Obito's time is ending. The arc finished. Following last episode, Naruto is trying to bring back Obito, make him surrender, forget about the Tsukuyomi, return to be a ninja from Konoha and pay for his crimes. He offers his hand, but Obito instead starts to choke him, saying he won't join them, and that he doesn't regret what he did. Naruto fights back and hits him, getting away. He says that he saw his thoughts, and tells to stop imagine himself as Hokage. He reminds him that Rin wouldn't like to see him like he is now, she would like to see the real Obito Uchiha. This triggers a memory, right after Rin healed him saying she was watching him, that he didn't have to pretend. They returned with Minato and Kakashi, who were waiting. The memory becomes surreal, as suddenly the three look like a jinchuriki and tell that he doesn't need others, he must join. A scary Rin says she won't ignore him. But at the same time, the young Obito intends to take the current Obito's hand, saying who is the one Rin wants to see. Yet it was Naruto's hand, taking him, telling not to understimate the power of everyone. With all the effort, the Bijuus are extracted from Obito. He falls to the ground, wondering if he lost. He thinks back Kakashi's words about how to fill the hole in his heart, and looks at his left hand, the same hand Rin took several years ago. Then, the Bijuus thank Naruto for releasing them, Son, for fulfilling his promise. Suddenly, Sasuke runs towards Obito with intentions to kill him, despite Naruto's protests. Other shinobis, including Shee, are surprised to see the enemy is still alive, and get angry. Obito thinks it's over, and then, Kakashi appears in front of him with a kunai, before the young Uchiha reaches him. He tells him that por being his old friend and teammate, he'll take care of this. Naruto tries to tell that Obito now is..., but Kakashi uses the kunai anyway, so Minato, who was watching the scene, stops him. The other shinobi claim is time to finish him, but Tsunade orders them to wait, as the 4th and Kakashi deal with this. Minato tells Obito that while he was pulling, he saw what happened inside him, and Naruto's lecture. He says that he inherited that from his mother. But he turns to Kakashi, that should have been his role, because as his old friend, is the one who understands him better, the one to say something. He looks at his son, who looks at Sasuke given the words, and orders him and the others to help Hashirama, who is dealing with Madara. They have to seal him. Naruto agrees, and leaves. Seemingly, Sasuke follows him. Minato tells that they were younger than them (Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke), and reminds of how many missions they did together, with Rin as medic ninja healing them, and they protecting her of everything. He says no one could imagine the current situation, but says it's his responsibility. He thinks that he being there is no coincidence, that maybe Rin allowed him to be there. He is sorry because he couldn't protect her. And so Obito starts to tell his side: Rin was the only light of his life. After losing her, his world changed, and became a black hell. He lost all hope, walked the world as Madara, increasing his convictions. Even with the Sharingan, he couldn't see anything. And so, Kakashi tells his part. He didn't understand either. He tells that then Obito's new way may not be so bad after all. He also thought that the world was hell. He thought he lost him, and not long after he lost Rin, and then Minato sensei. He doesn't know how, but he forced his eyes to see, with the Sharingan his old friend left him. Obito then asks about Naruto, how he can be sure that he won't fail. Kakashi says he can fail, and when Obito asks which is the difference between them, he says that Naruto has less chances to fail because he'll help him. Because he will never give up his dreams or subdue to reality. He includes his teammates, friends, and if he stumbles, they will help him to reach his goal. That's the difference. Obito wonders how that can exist is this black hell. Kakashi ends up saying that if he could see it with the Sharingan, then Obito should have too because he has the same eyes. If he had friends next to him, maybe he would have seen it.
There were some flaws on all this. At the end, the turn out is acceptable because Obito is defeated, and Madara still remains. But the way it happened is questionable. First, the Bijuus were extracted thanks to the cut Naruto and Sasuke made with Susanoo sword, and the will of the Tailed beasts to go after Naruto, B, and Gaara. Even if all the others pulled, and looked like they helped, that didn't feel like a crucial effort. This was not like Goku's Genkidama vs Kid Buu, where each human's effort was needed to defeat the evil enemy. There's no possible comparison. Sorry for Shikamaru, who encouraged the surviving shinobis to help. Kishimoto failed to make an epic community feat. Then, Obito seemingly surrendered, stopped fighting basically because Naruto told him that Rin wouldn't want to see him like this. That he had to be the old Obito. Yet the worst part is that this seemed to work, and Minato then criticized Kakashi for not doing what Naruto could do. I see many flaws. Obito shouldn't have surrendered to Naruto's words. Like Minato would say, his son wasn't the one to talk to Obito. The one who could try to understand him was Kakashi. And in the other dimension, Kakashi did try to reason with Obito more than once. He refused to kill him since the moment he learned his old friend was alive. He saw the hole in his heart, he was broken. He told him that with the genjutsu he'd never fill the hole, he needed other persons to fill it. Yet Obito had good reasons to think the way he did. That's why Kakashi decided that nothing would change his mind. And this leads to what he said during his heart to heart talk. But I wish he said that nobody knows what he has been through. Nobody woke up disabled, caught in a prison with no way to escape, next to a mad old man and crazy white Zetsus. He probably could have chosen to leave and return to Konoha after Rin's death, but with the future revelation, turns out that there was no way. Obito's story is really sad, and nobody knows or had a glimpse of what he lived. Nobody lived a day in the conditions he did. Trapped inside a crushed body without being able to walk, just drag. For all this, I think that not even Kakashi could understand him. He could talk and share the pain about Rin's death, the world's misery, but not much more. And for these reasons, I think that Naruto talk no jutsu was pointless. It was made a fairytale to strength him as a messiah. Someone who can change anyone's heart. Bull. How can anyone think that Obito never wondered in decades if Rin would approve what he did. If he ever cared, he wouldn't have caused the Kyuubi incident and threatened to kill an innocent baby. Why he'd care now? Even if Naruto reminded him of his old self, he didn't know Rin. Minato also had a bad response here, not only for berating Kakashi, also for thinking that Rin allowed this. At least he took the responsibility for being the team leader. Kakashi did the same given Sasuke's fate. Anyway, the end is decent, with the enemy lying defeated on the ground. Was good that Sasuke and the others left Minato and Kakashi deal with Obito. Seems that they knew it was over. And how lucky Naruto, because if the shinobis would have realized that he intended Obito to live, they would have tried to kill him as well. What Kakashi said, that Naruto won't subdue to reality is not a virtue, is a flaw.
There were some flaws on all this. At the end, the turn out is acceptable because Obito is defeated, and Madara still remains. But the way it happened is questionable. First, the Bijuus were extracted thanks to the cut Naruto and Sasuke made with Susanoo sword, and the will of the Tailed beasts to go after Naruto, B, and Gaara. Even if all the others pulled, and looked like they helped, that didn't feel like a crucial effort. This was not like Goku's Genkidama vs Kid Buu, where each human's effort was needed to defeat the evil enemy. There's no possible comparison. Sorry for Shikamaru, who encouraged the surviving shinobis to help. Kishimoto failed to make an epic community feat. Then, Obito seemingly surrendered, stopped fighting basically because Naruto told him that Rin wouldn't want to see him like this. That he had to be the old Obito. Yet the worst part is that this seemed to work, and Minato then criticized Kakashi for not doing what Naruto could do. I see many flaws. Obito shouldn't have surrendered to Naruto's words. Like Minato would say, his son wasn't the one to talk to Obito. The one who could try to understand him was Kakashi. And in the other dimension, Kakashi did try to reason with Obito more than once. He refused to kill him since the moment he learned his old friend was alive. He saw the hole in his heart, he was broken. He told him that with the genjutsu he'd never fill the hole, he needed other persons to fill it. Yet Obito had good reasons to think the way he did. That's why Kakashi decided that nothing would change his mind. And this leads to what he said during his heart to heart talk. But I wish he said that nobody knows what he has been through. Nobody woke up disabled, caught in a prison with no way to escape, next to a mad old man and crazy white Zetsus. He probably could have chosen to leave and return to Konoha after Rin's death, but with the future revelation, turns out that there was no way. Obito's story is really sad, and nobody knows or had a glimpse of what he lived. Nobody lived a day in the conditions he did. Trapped inside a crushed body without being able to walk, just drag. For all this, I think that not even Kakashi could understand him. He could talk and share the pain about Rin's death, the world's misery, but not much more. And for these reasons, I think that Naruto talk no jutsu was pointless. It was made a fairytale to strength him as a messiah. Someone who can change anyone's heart. Bull. How can anyone think that Obito never wondered in decades if Rin would approve what he did. If he ever cared, he wouldn't have caused the Kyuubi incident and threatened to kill an innocent baby. Why he'd care now? Even if Naruto reminded him of his old self, he didn't know Rin. Minato also had a bad response here, not only for berating Kakashi, also for thinking that Rin allowed this. At least he took the responsibility for being the team leader. Kakashi did the same given Sasuke's fate. Anyway, the end is decent, with the enemy lying defeated on the ground. Was good that Sasuke and the others left Minato and Kakashi deal with Obito. Seems that they knew it was over. And how lucky Naruto, because if the shinobis would have realized that he intended Obito to live, they would have tried to kill him as well. What Kakashi said, that Naruto won't subdue to reality is not a virtue, is a flaw.
