#the constant inconsistenty of naruto and its characters has been bugging me for like 12 years at this point

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I was recently watching a video on misinterpreted characters in Naruto and while there were some I definitely agreed with less so with others. Take Obito for example. It's not that I think his arc is misinterpreted its just that I think it was poorly handled. I personally really dislike the trope of bringing a dead character back to life for the sake of moving the plot forward. I've very rarely seen a case in which it was done well and with intention. Usually it's because the writer is kinda lazy and sees that a character is really popular with the fan base and wants to generate buzz. Personally I think the mystery surrounding Tobi and the man behind the mask was a driving force in the story that made it really interesting. Sort of like a horror movie villian in the background. Someone in the shadows manipulating all of the events in the story. And I think having that reveal be Madara all along would have been a much better approach. Sort of a supped up version of Pain that would question Narutos ideology even further. Force him to come to terms with what happened to the Uchiha and the fact that his village perpetuated and should be held responsible for much of the pain and suffering in the story. Let Obito be this child soldier who died far too young and sort of a martyr like character that, much like Hashiramas brother, was killed perpetuating a cycle of violence that seemed never-ending. That what the villages are, and what they stand for isn't actually helping or making anything better. Maybe even bring Kakashi into the conversation and challenge the fact that he is using the power and ability of his dead friend to serve the village that got him killed in the first place. As much as I love Itachi as a character I think maybe they should have just gone the route of him being as ruthless in Shippuden as he was in the original series. But sort of put more emphasis on how young he was and how being a double double agent, and the suicide of his closest friend kind of broke his mind. And how being manipulated by the council and the third hokage led him to believe it was the only option. But he still no matter what couldn't bring himself to kill his brother. We're constantly told throughout the series how powerful he is and how he might be on par with Madara or even surpass him. I don't think it's a stretch to assume he could have carried out the massacre by himself. And then maybe have Madara being this character that decided the only way to bring about real change and stop the cycle of violence be the infinite tsukuyomi. Because the powers that be are simply not interested in change. They benefit too much from the current system.