Their stories are completely different , Kabuto never had a chance , he was manipulated in younger age , Obito wasn't until later . What I'm saying is the Kabuto was a follower & Obito had his plan ,his characters has to die , I don't know why you want him alive , it only hurts the character IMO.
If Kabuto returns & still chooses to be a villain , only to be defeated like Obito , I would prefer for him to die instead of living .
kabuto was already defeated. if not he would still be evil. Their ways into the dark side were different but the end result is still the same, both were killing people.
So according to your earlier "logic" kabuto should die or else it's "utter shit".
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