Kabuto? WHY THE H8

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

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Serious question. Why do so many people hate Kabuto's backstory so much? Along with Nagato and Chouji, he has one of the most sincere, best written and saddest backstories in the manga. I think a lot of you may have missed the point of the fight entirely, Kabuto started as nothing- a nobody with no special powers of bloodline limits, not even a name whilst Itachi (his opponent) was born talented, as the prodigy of the Uchiha- This is what DROVE Kabuto and that was what the flashback, the fight and the juxtaposition of Kabuto & Itachi was all about.

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The difference between the no name oprhan wearing the Kabuto helmet and the Dragon Sage Kabuto is huge and really, quite sad. It's superbly written.

So why do so many people hate it? Did you just not get it? Was it placed badly in the manga? Or is it just the Itachi fans who were expecting 5 chapters of Itachi love? I'm genuinely interested. Why so much hate for Kabuto's backstory. And for that matter Kabuto too.

 

[Zatack]

It just kindof seemed to jump from Leaf aligned, to hating everyone. I mean i get the revenge on the leaf, but everyone else?

 

[Punk Hazard]

It was boring.

 

[Neonian]

I didn't know people hated the back story? All I know is that they hate Kabuto in general, just cause how his character is. I didn't really pay attention to the Itachi vs Kabuto chapters. Especially his backstory, I mean I read it, but after that I didn't think too much of it after.

 

[Steaktacular]

Eh, I liked the flashback.

Some may say it was because of its length

 

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

Eh, I liked the flashback.

Some may say it was because of its length

but the Madara/Hashirama flashback was way longer and way more boring and plain and everybody still sucks that up! :')

 

[Thundergod123]

That story don't even exist.

 

[Punk Hazard]

but the Madara/Hashirama flashback was way longer and way more boring and plain and everybody still sucks that up! :')

Hashirama and Madara's flashback wasn't boring and was wayy more relevant.

 

[Optimistic]

His back story was boring but i still like him.He's one of the few real ninja's in the series.

 

[GwemBaba]

I knew, without even looking, that it was you.

I don't hate Kabuto in the slightest, in my mind it's pretty clear he'll become a good guy.

 

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

Hashirama and Madara's flashback wasn't boring and was wayy more relevant.

By showing us the bare minimum of information we already know? It added nothing new to the naruto story other than to tell Sasuke the story, a person who did not know the history of the Senju/Uchiha. Thing is, the audience DID. Relevant? Nope. Excuse to have a 10 page battle of Hashirama & Madara (that i've seen and heard before) YES.

 

[Creedo]

He is hated because he went against 2 characters who have the most annoying and the biggest fanbase in here: Sasuke and Itachi.

Personally, I dont have anything against the man.

 

[SeriousDogg]

He is one of my favorites, he started as nothing with nothing and end as one of the most Powerful shinobi.

 

[Cosman]

I honestly didn't even feel he deserved a flashback. He felt like an orochimaru wannabee to me after part 1, and his setup to being a villain felt so random. Sasuke defeats oro, he takes a piece of oro with him, disappears for a hundred and fifty chapters and comes back... And I truly didn't care.

I can see why people like him, he's just not my kind of antagonist. If his fight was longer and cooler I wouldn't have minded as much, but there were so many things that were more interesting like madara, bijuu mode, and Tobi (at the time).

 

[Steaktacular]

but the Madara/Hashirama flashback was way longer and way more boring and plain and everybody still sucks that up! :')

That´s your opinion and I´m fine with it.

Personally, I preferred Hashi´s. We all got different opinions U_U

 

[BazzBee]

I don't hate his backstory BUT i don't like it either

 

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

I honestly didn't even feel he deserved a flashback. He felt like an orochimaru wannabee to me after part 1, and his setup to being a villain felt so random. Sasuke defeats oro, he takes a piece of oro with him, disappears for a hundred and fifty chapters and comes back... And I truly didn't care.

That's fair enough but I actually liked how he became more than just an aide, he worked from behind the shadows and became stronger than Orochimaru ever was. Even when he worked in the Sound Village he never followed Oro's every order- he was a loose cannon and would do whatever he wanted. His village plots to defeat the Leaf, yet he'll heal Hinata in the chunnin exams- revealing to the enemy he has medical ninjutsu. He tells sound ninja to be careful of Naruto, yet mocks him to his face. He's unpredictable and never was just an Oro clone- that's why he came out of nowhere.

I can see why people like him, he's just not my kind of antagonist. If his fight was longer and cooler I wouldn't have minded as much, but there were so many things that were more interesting like madara, bijuu mode, and Tobi (at the time).

That is totally justified :')

 

[Vegeto30294]

A lot of people hate it because they wanted the Uchiha brothers to stomp Kabuto mid-sentence and get back to the action, or go to the Madara vs Kages or Naruto vs Tobi fights.

 

[PredictionGuru]

I liked it.
I think Kishi doesn't gives two damns about what people at NB think about anyway

 

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

I liked it.
I think Kishi doesn't gives two damns about what people at NB think about anyway

And I should hope so too, I wish Kishi would feel free to write about more characters who aren't Uchiha, Senju or ridiculously OP Goku level from birth. Makes for more interesting characters.