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I premise that Nagato is not my favorite character. At all.
Anyway, I think he's been an unique opponent for Naruto and Konoha.
Let's think a bit about it: when Naruto fought Madara, he was certain. When he fought Orochimaru, he was certain. When he fought Toneri, Zabuza, Kakuzu and the others, he was certain. Even when he fought Sasuke, he was completely certain he was doing the right thing, sure that he was the only chance for the world to improve and become a better place, absolutely secure that not only he was fighting to save his friends and all the people, but even that his enemy had a hidden pure heart which needed to be shown.
But, can we say the same things about the fight between Naruto and the Six Paths of Pain? Actually not. We have to admit that Pain was the one who really shocked Naruto not only in terms of physical damage, but also in terms of morality.
The thing that undermined Naruto was the morality on the which base he acted that way, his distorted sense of justice of a deluded, ex good guy.
Not only, he utterly destroyed Naruto emotionally. Nagato killed Jiraiya, Kakashi, Fukasaku, blew up Konoha and almost murdered Hinata. At that point, Naruto was not fighting for his usual sense of kindness and justice, but just for revenge.
After he was caught in Chibaku Tensei, Naruto despaired. He couldn't anymore distinguish between right or wrong, true or false. He was accepting to surrender to the Nine Tails and completely free its mindless fury. Just in order to defeat the one who made him suffer that much.
Think about it, whoever else did throw Narut into such a confusion and despair?
Anyway, I think he's been an unique opponent for Naruto and Konoha.
Let's think a bit about it: when Naruto fought Madara, he was certain. When he fought Orochimaru, he was certain. When he fought Toneri, Zabuza, Kakuzu and the others, he was certain. Even when he fought Sasuke, he was completely certain he was doing the right thing, sure that he was the only chance for the world to improve and become a better place, absolutely secure that not only he was fighting to save his friends and all the people, but even that his enemy had a hidden pure heart which needed to be shown.
But, can we say the same things about the fight between Naruto and the Six Paths of Pain? Actually not. We have to admit that Pain was the one who really shocked Naruto not only in terms of physical damage, but also in terms of morality.
The thing that undermined Naruto was the morality on the which base he acted that way, his distorted sense of justice of a deluded, ex good guy.
Not only, he utterly destroyed Naruto emotionally. Nagato killed Jiraiya, Kakashi, Fukasaku, blew up Konoha and almost murdered Hinata. At that point, Naruto was not fighting for his usual sense of kindness and justice, but just for revenge.
After he was caught in Chibaku Tensei, Naruto despaired. He couldn't anymore distinguish between right or wrong, true or false. He was accepting to surrender to the Nine Tails and completely free its mindless fury. Just in order to defeat the one who made him suffer that much.
Think about it, whoever else did throw Narut into such a confusion and despair?
