That would be awesome to read.
You have to hand it to Kishimoto: For a series that relies as much on the unfolding of events in the past as much as the present, it holds together remarkably well. Has he ever been asked how much of the story he had planned at the beginning?
Agreed that it would be an awesome read.
I think that he'd talked about it in a much earlier interview. I remember that some details have changed, like the Akatsuki were all gonna be more monstrous, like Zetsu & Kisame at first, but that changed. I think that they did a LOT of planning before anything for Shippuden was actually set in motion though. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd gotten a lot of the basics planned since Kakashi Gaiden.
I really liked that this chapter really shows the difference between a war-torn idealist-turned-realist, and an unbreakable idealist. They both want peace, and Obito really TRULY believes that this is the only way that it's ever going to happen, whereas Naruto believes that the harder path is the answer - not the shortcut of an illusion.
"Two paths aren't the same, even if they both lead to the same goal."
This finally gave the realistic version of Obito that explains what's going on with him. We see the additional connections with Rin, and understand that every time he believes that it's actually going to work, everything gets ripped away from him. THAT'S why he wanted to break Naruto before ending it. He wanted to prove to himself that giving up on the idealist hopes that he once had was still the right choice.
Also, when Naruto proves that it was his memories that held him together when the Juubi was tearing him apart was fucking awesome, and I like that we've finally gotten to the core of what went down with Kakashi Gaiden.
I have this sneaking suspicion that the Uchiha's ability to enter someone's inner world, like we saw with Sasuke entering Naruto's world way back when might come into play at some point, since Madara hasn't made his move yet.
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