One thing I also noticed was how in particular Obito died. When Asuma asks Shikamaru who the “king” is on the shogi board, Shikamaru responds with saying that the king is the Hokage. Asuma then teaches him that the “king” is the next generation. The ones that will come after him and inherit. Shogi is the Japanese variant of chess and just like in chess, the “King” is the most protected piece on the board. It has other pieces standing in front of it. This neatly falls in line with Naruto’s evolved path to becoming the Hokage. The Hokage is the one that walks in front, but why is he walking in front?? He is walking in front to protect those that will come after, the next generation. In this regard, Obito’s death was a symbolic representation of this. He died acting as a shield to Naruto, the representation of the next generation. If only for a moment, he walked the front. He died as a Hokage should. Protecting the most important piece on the shogi board.

Fear leads to anger Anger leads to hate Hate leads to Suffering.

Obito was the best character. So interesting compared to others. I love him, I love all his roles, as the nicest kid in the village, to mentally destroyed teenager, a completely broken cold hearted villain and a villain who regrets it all as he is forced to remember who he was, and sees the hope he thought couldn’t exist in Naruto

I get why a lot of people's knee-jerk reaction (including mine) to the 'coolest guy' line was utter disdain but I do also get that it wasn't Kishimoto saying "yeah Obito's sins are all forgiven." It was Naruto choosing to value the good in a person who mirrored himself in many ways and despite a lifetime of terrible choices chose to spend his last moments helping save the world. Given Naruto has seen inside Obito's heart this isn't a statement of blind naivety but informed optimism. Your Naruto content continues to be fantastic, I cannot wait for when you do the big bad Uchiha himself next.

The people who complained about this forgot what this manga is about. It's not about the mindless punishment that our current society can only think about, it's about doing more than that, its about understanding others because everything has an origin. Because it's when people feel truly understood, that you can get them to come back to the light again. Or at least you increase the chances of bringing them back.

Obito is my favorite character. I think the ending for his character could not be better. This is one of the best written characters in the anime. Thanks for the videos please keep making more

I honestly think Obito suffered from the sunk cost fallacy. I feel like at some point in his life he only pursued Madara’s dream because he was already heavily invested in seeing it through. I felt like in the back of his head he knew he choose the wrong path but he knew it was too late to turn back.

I have nothing but appreciation for the videos you put out. Naruto is a series whose legacy feels like it is constantly being trampled on and covered in mud by an entourage of a very vocal minority that completely disregards what this series has to offer below the surface. It feels almost poetic that a show that emphasizes the importance of looking beyond one's hatred and finding resolution through understanding more often than not is treated with contempt and misunderstanding by so many people. Nowadays, trying to create a conversation about this series to a wider group of people seems meaningless in and of itself - especially because you will get shrugged off with the standard "let people hate things" retort or get mocked with opinions that are in bad faith with no room for understanding, so I always feel very happy when I get to watch your videos where I feel like the series I grew up with won't be remembered as a pile of trash.

Both Sasuke and Naruto cried the death of the guy who kills his parents.

Obito is awesome and the coolest guy I know. I'd buy him a beer.

HotboySpicy, you are the coolest guy. Your videos never fail to send chills down my spine, and you somehow manage to encapsulate everything that I love about this series in a way I could only dream of. I feel like the "Neji was always right" argument that critics of this series make was never truly grounded in proper analysis of the series. Your videos really inspired me to take the step to make a video on it, and although it's not perfect I'm really proud of it :)

Obito the best character in naruto imo

Dude, I just want you to know, and I genuinely mean this so let this sink in. From the bottom of my heart... You are actually just straight up the best Naruto KZfaqr. Your editing, script, production quality are all elite. Even your equipment is clearly top notch. I can only hope to aspire to your level of quality one day. I need you to know this, because this level of effort and talent deserves to not only be appreciated, but publicly praised! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

It's also important to take note that in the scope of the series and character itself Obito is not only Obito, he's Madara Uchiha, No one and Obito Uchiha himself. His masks is symbolic of his many natures during this journey. So when Naruto appreciated Obito he specifically mentioned the one who wants to become hokage aka Obito Uchiha. Naruto being a mainstream shonen and something that can resonate with any ordinary person unfortunately isn't privileged to share these themes within the story and is often viewed with a lens of "realism" which is where people wrong themself. It does provide many lessons one can take home but understanding it's characters with respect to the series should also be acknowledged.

One of the most misunderstood lines in fiction ever!

Great video once again! Obito was developed in a period of the story were many people started to give up on Naruto, so he was bounded to be misunderstood. It's great to see the 4th ninja war be well analized

I was hoping you would one day do a video on Obito. I don’t know what it is/was about him but I always gravitated towards him as a character

Obito gets too much shade. Yeah, everyone in Naruto's gone through grief. But when Obito went through it, he was offered a way out. He was a kid going through the grief of loss and betrayal, and was offered a way out of that grief. For that reason, Obito never had to confront his grief. He never had to accept it. He spent his life running away from that grief. The pain he went through was like a wound. Sure, a wound will heal without proper treatment. But it'll become infected. Even though the initial wound is healed, it's lack of proper care still keeps hurting you. And even if it did heal right, by the time he was an adult, he'd already killed his master anyway. He was in too deep to go back. Honestly, anyone would have done the same in his position. It's so much easier to run from grief than it is to face it. The only reason we face our grief in life is because we have to. And even then, people still find ways to run from it.

Thanks for another excellent Naruto video. One aspect of the Fandom that I find irritating is the astronomical amount of people who think the memes and jokes are actually what's happening. No character has suffered through that more than Obito in my opinion, an I'm glad u touched on that aspect in this video👍🏾👍🏾.

I really wish the anime or manga would have added a small part that showed him hesitate a tiny bit when seeing Kushina or when he was about to stab baby Naruto. Just a slight moment like that would have been pretty powerful in my opinion

This guy? This guy gets it!

What a cool guy? He had a grudge agaisnt the world because his imaginery girlfriend who wanted kakashi died. So he killed his teachers' wife, tried to kill a newborn baby, tried to kill his teacher, attacked his hometown with a monster, he executed the mumbers of his clan, he decleared a war with no purpose to the world and then decided he was wrong, when he almost suffer the same fate he was planning for the rest of the world. What a cool guy, with an iq 65.

I wouldn't call Obito the greatest character in Naruto, but I will say that he along with Itachi are some of the most tragic and burdened characters in anime history.

Bro you are actually like top 1% of KZfaqrs I swear. I find myself rewinding the video and pausing it at least 10-20 times per video, bare minimum, just because I need to stop and think about the idea you are communicating. I watch all your videos at 1x speed. For reference, you, and music, are essentially the only things I do that for. I literally watched Black Clover and college lectures at 8x speed XD It took me a good half hour to finish this content because there is so much perfection and in-depth analysis on the things that actually matter that it increases my quality of life on a spiritual level. Naruto is more than just an anime. It is a life experience :D

Sir you have definitely mastered talk no jutsu. You have fully made me recognise Naruto as the masterpiece it is and I thank you for that

Tobi/Madara - Darth Vader Obito - Anakin Skywalker. In the case of Star Wars, Darth Vader kills Anakin Skywalker and still leaves a little Anakin Skywalker until Luke opens it again and while in Naruto Tobi still leaves Obito Uchiha in it until Naruto opens Obito Uchiha again.CMIW

3:30 - my most favourite moment where Madara smiling offers a helping hand while Infinite Tsukuyomi reflects on the moon and roots of the divine tree are coming out of earth

I almost cry every time I watch your videos. You're doing great job, never stop. Your voice analyzing scenarios of Naruto sends me back to the memory lane and tears just start to fell off. Thanks for your job dude. Be happy 😊

Fantastic analysis man. Obito is one of my favorite villains in the series and Naruto's line was indicative of Jiraiya's philosophy that "it doesn't matter how shinobi lives, what truly matters is how a Shinobi dies." (Paraphrased). Awesome and thought provoking as always spiceboy! Keep going! If you get the time, I would love to see one of these analyses on Kabuto.

Beautiful analysis as always. MangaStream was my go to also. I believe it was Wednesday evenings when the chapters would drop. I remember seeing like the last of the war arc, and the start of the final battle in one binge when I got back from my first deployment. I read the last chapter while getting ready for a late halloweeen party 😭

I get goosebumps everytime i watch your videos. You bring it so beautifully

Good video dude....it's clear this manga/anime is not suitable for superficialist people who only watch series for fights. Naruto is more than that simple. A manga full of symbolisms and several character perspective point of view about life is something not every manga can show. It takes appreciation to those whose read the manga and understand what the play tries to transmite. Many characters are highly misunderstood by people because they failed to get what really happened as the story progressed.

Ik im late but what itachi says abt “you don’t know who u are until ur abt to die” rlly plays out doing the war arc

You really helped shed light on this part of the Manga’s story. Back then, it was a time where everyone was either confused or downright rejected the idea of Obito being a “cool guy”. I sort of agreed with most of them back then. And that was really because I didn’t give it enough time to simmer in my mind and look at it from another angle. You helped expedite that process for me. Great video essay man

You deserve SOOO many more subscribers, and I'm sure you'll get them one day because your content is top tier Also, what are your thoughts on Kaguya? That would make a good video

I'd say obi is definitely one of the most relatable

OMG your Naruto content puts so much into context that I missed. Thank you. Great content.

Such a powerful message and themes. This one resonates and may just be your best work today, which always seems to be how I feel when I watch your videos. I feel that catharsis from the death of Obito that only a great writer can generate. It is bittersweet. Excellent job. Keep adding the spice to this world my spicy boy!

I relate a lot to Obito with my own life & your video made me tear up. You made me see angles of his characters I already knew but also that I didn't noticed before. Thanks for reaffirming my love to this character who's my favorite of all time.

Obito is my favorite character in Naruto at first the fact he killed people mercilessly pissed me off but i remembered that he is literally a war child and also to him he's liberating people of their suffering to an extent.

Love obito

Hard AGREE. I swear that you don't have bad takes because you are genuinely a fan of the series. Not one of the many fake fans, or even straight up haters lol. People are weird. It's like they have never actually lived life lol

What an amazing interpretation... I too realized he was the most interesting character in the anime as i grew up.

Watching videos like these helps clarify the story’s intention and messages that most people I think didn’t get full picture because of the shows delivery

Bro it’s honestly scary how synced up we are on how we view Naruto. I’ve rewatched Naruto over and over again and while the fights are awesome moments like the obito one are what I have come to think as the heart of Naruto. That scene, Naruto’s Neji speech (also against the Neji was right narrative), Naruto vs gaara moment where he ramps up to protect his comrades, the zabuza grave speech and the gaara war speech are like the peaks of feeling the core themes in Naruto. They are rewatched by me wayyy more than any of the coolest fights (that are great and I do love) but the energy is different in those scenes

Instant subscribe!! You’re an analytical genius

amazing video brother i really loved it im happy you finally got the coolest guy hatred swatted as ever since it was first released ive been called a schizo for defending it and praising its deeper meaning and context.I really appreciate your content,mannerism and voice and i wish you the best in the future. Also based and kino ending part of the video really loved it i always had this thought and feel that naruto as a story is one that you get to understand and love and learn from it as you grow with it while it was releasing and grow old after it ending,i feel very lucky to have experienced this show ever since i was a child till it ended and can only wish other younger generations in the future could experience something like this maybe or be able to relive it.Cheers and God bless and take care and keep being the COOLEST dude ❤❤❤

I love that scene too, i love the idea that its never to last to try to change

I love your naruto analysis u actually understand the characters and the story Keep up the great work 🔥

Man this video hit in a few ways that just reminded me why obito is in my top 3 favortie characters, I love it

Great watch and listen, good stuff bro!

Another awesome video by a youtuber who is nothing but awesome to me! It always bothered me that what made Obito start a whole war was that the girl he had feelings for died, at least that's what I believed for a long time. But watching your video I came to a realization of my own, that his love was never requited to begin with. Whether Rin lived or died wouldn't matter from that perspective because she would never be with him as a romantic interest. And he is shown again and again to be aware of that fact, which is why the "but Rin likes Kakashi" thing is important. So than his reason for losing hope would of course be different, that being that he lost his only source of light and hope.

I literally bawled by the end of the video. Thank you.

Most people I know say obito just started a war because a girl he loved died and that's what his character amounts to. id never been able to work together what I liked about him but this helped a lot. ill send this video whenever people downplay obitos character.

Everytime I think of Naruto Shippuden I think of Obito. Idk, i just love him very much

Great analysis, I always loved Obito's death scene too, and its great OST.

obito is my fav character

this channel really is naruto, the character we needed.

dope, can't wait for more analysis content whether it be Naruto, One Piece, or anything else.

This was fantastic

Always look forward to your video analysis 🙏🙏

But joking aside great video as always!

Wow...just wow I knew naruto has too much for us to break down but this much... youre awesome

Thank you for the content on my favorite character from naruto

dayum this is easily your best video holy shit

Keep it up! Love your content!

This video is exellent! This is a masterpiece!

loved the part you said he looked past his hatred to see the individual

I come back to this video every few months; this is my fourth time watching it.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! YOURE SO INTELLIGENT AND AMAZING MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU BRO!!! UR EXTRAORDINARY!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Please bro do an insight video like this about Madera, he’s by far the most misunderstood character in all of Naruto

yooooo my boi with the casual KOL roast!

I hate obito slander. He's so dope.

Man, i loved Obito since his first unmasked shown! I always thinked he was a great character, and could see his arc since it started. I even thinked he should survive and become hokage instead of Kakashi, even tough i've perceived recently that this would be a flawed decision (This video also helped with maturing the two views)

Adding to his nihilism is the fact that he probably knew he was being forced to comply with eye of the Moon or else whatever seal or curse Madara and zetsu implanted would take effect. I'm sure that was in the back of his mind. Just another fail safe in the layer of protection to keep him from keep him from being redeemed prematurely.

Obito is getting his ass beat by Kushina in the afterlife

great vid !!

I love this video

This video is BEYOND GOLD .......... Obito is my man ..... he is truly something a dark hokage A hero who lost his way and became a villain due to nothing left He lost everything .... it's broken heart to be him and at the end he see someone he didn't expect to see She says I've been watching you all along He starts to break into tears uncontrollable So much PAIN ......he truly died granting Naruto as the 7th Hokage Fuck man .....wish Obito Rin Kakashi could be in the room with naruto sasuke and sakura Cmon we need a spin off naruto and obito fight side by side in another parallel world And nagato and yahiko and konan remain happy never became the red cloud akatsuki and kicked with their master Jiraiya But yeah still fucking hate Danzo

Great analysis

Thanks for this analysis. That line has gotten way too much hate and a lot of fans missed the point of it.

Listen my mans. I can agree that tou may not necessarily think about most if the big scenes in Naruto. But Rock Lee vs Gaara will always be remembered. Especially when paired with Headstrong.

THE COOLEST!

Finally someone sees what I saw all those long years ago

Holy shit his good almost brought me to tears

I kind of hoped that one day you could do a video on Obito & Kakashi and their "Masks"... Although I guess it's still possible. Obito the coolest Guy. ==== I really like this breakdown especially on the community the tombstone: "Neji was always right." Individuality that kind of helps me with my view... Claims to be no one. Wishes to be no one. Lost Light... Would it be different if anything were to change that's what I believe... That it wouldn't have the situations put into place wouldn't have mattered had no one been left or just another one. The whole point was to show the darkness that existed and try to shroud them within in it... Although they never truly would fall down into that darkness and maybe that's because even the man behind them thought that the darkness was the light and to a degree it means their views truly were always looking for the light in their own way. Maybe no ones too far off the light but simply have different paths of looking for it and whether we can put them back on the path of light depends on the "light" we are chasing. ===== I also really like this "Shortcut route" as it reminds of Naruto saying that there is no Shortcut to being Hokage and when it comes down to it the War arc does feel like it's about everyone fighting to become "Hokage". The dimension he went to or the dimension he was connected to. = This part of Obito vs Naruto and the hope that still exists. Stability and their will the thing that could be broken because they may have always doubted their path. ==== "Staying True." Such an interesting concept in the Naruto world. Madara & Obito the inability to escape the past. Something I can't escape either. Looking at the individual. Not the hate. Not at the person who killed his parents. Not at the person who killed so many. Not seeing them as a title. Not seeing them as a tool. Trying to look at "THEM". ==== I really like Obito protecting Naruto the one who nearly killed him at the start saved him at the end. ====== You have also shown that similar situations that happened to me have also affected you and many others with this community. Believing something the community started although mine wasn't related to lines like this or beliefs I guess except for Naruto not being an underdog, Rock Lee should be the main character, Hinata > Sakura in strength and most regards without analyzing the series, and a few more really I guess it related to certain views and the power scale was out of control as characters like Kabuto and people like that even Itachi, Minato, and many others were underrated and if you had a character that looked like fodder or didn't appear much or existed in a movie or filler they were also just seen as fodder without knowing the less you appeared and the less cool you looked the weaker you were or perceived as. Characters like Kid Lee would probably be some of the strongest Characters along with 1 Tail Naruto and CMS2 Sasuke. I think I played many fan games that depicted those being the big 3 but with what I know now about Scaling even that Lee with all 5 Gates might not even be in the same tier as 1 Tail Naruto. Also Kakashi might have sometimes been depicted above them because Jonin and Sharingan the power scale back then was so weird I guess because it focused more on opinion and people being held back by their beliefs that such power couldn't exist or if it wasn't shown to them in a form that looked cool then it didn't exist. Emotion swayed opinions and these opinions would be taken by others as either their own opinion or fact and these would spread as well creating their own effect maybe just a drop at the start, maybe rain later, maybe a wave? Maybe it became a Tsunami and drowned out the truth for many people. ===== I guess what I'm trying to say is that all of us stumble and might look at the world in ways that we don't wish to but as long as we can find ourselves then we can eventually stand up. Even if we need help to do it. And for me... It's nice to know that I might not have been alone in doubting my past but being able to get past it. = Sorry I'm quite wordy but maybe most of my words fall on deaf ears or just are not words that can "reach" anyone but maybe that's not the point of the words. Overall: A Great video.

I’m not crying I’m just finally perspiring

Preach man

First. I’m excited ❤️

Obito is God level guys he isbthe best character in Naruto and coolest too

I still don’t love the “coolest guy” comment but I do think Obito is *objectively* very cool. Subjectively he committed many unforgivable sins, albeit as a result of madara’s masterminding and manipulation. It’s not that I disagree with the comment, but that I disagree that anyone should be saying it after all the crimes committed by Obito. The kamui fighting style, the way he utilized the rinnegan with the 6 jinchuriki, and the hashirama cells making him an absolute tank (survived rakiri to the heart, rinne-rebirth, and the extraction of the ten tails in succession, yet this is circumstantial as black zetsu kept him alive) make him a unique and interesting character. Also, we all love kakashi, and the plot twist that tobi-fake madara-“no one” was actually Obito was a little telegraphed but still very enjoyable in my opinion.

While it's great video as usual, I wouldn't go as far to say that saving the world was an afterthought to him. Or that his refutation line towards Kakashi is inaccurate. Like you yourself said, the persona of Madara the saviour consumed him. His beliefs were not disingenious and self-centred. Him extending his hand towards Kakashi in his dimension as well as Shinobi Alliance after using the God Tree, were signs of real compassion that he didn't need to show. My point is, Infinite Tsukuyomi are not pretenses he consciously uses to hide his selfish desire. It's a honest ideology that managed to successfully suppress the root of his suffering. Rin obviously was the trigger but it didn't stop him from fully adopting Madara's thinking along the way. Somewhat offtopic but I think the true biggest difference between him (as well as Nagato or Sasuke) and Madara is that Madara doesn't try to reject his selfish side. Of course it's easy to him, his wants boil down to fighting, which is easy to compromise with his selfless goals (although they still get in the way of each other). This is why Madara could NEVER be talk no jutsu'd. Even if Naruto watched his entire life unfold, it could never happen. Madara, unlike the other big 3 utilitarian antagonists, never rejected the part of him that wants to enjoy living. He never fell trap to basing his entire being on an ideology that distracts him from his trauma and loneliness. Nagato, Obito and Sasuke could be cracked with words for that very reason. Where as Madara, despite living by an ideology that he believes in, knew all along that doing only what you have to and not what you want to isn't a way to live for a human. That's why he embraced and basically personified human duality.

Thank you.

You truly understand Naruto 🔥🔥🔥

I’d love to know the music you used in this video. It’s so beautiful.

Ima cry

The “Neji was right” group, or Pre War Purists as I call them don’t understand the series. Hopefully the War arc will become more appreciated as time goes by. Kind of like the Buu arc in Dbz.

Goatbito

Despair and Hope are two halves of the same coin. Without one, there is no other. If naruto didn’t go through with his pain he would have never become Hokage

You better become Hokage...