Pain still is the best villain this manga has known...

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Pain was straight up badass... His number one on my favourite villain list. It's just the whole Jiraiya book thing that killed it for me.

Nagato believed his way was the right way for several years, then Naruto comes with the book and all of a sudden Nagato sees the error of his ways. But nevertheless, God Realm was BOSS...
 
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I liked it when Edo Madara was first revealed the best. I also really liked Tobi(when he was mysterious) and Pain as well.
 

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The reason Pain was such a compelling villain imo is we had no idea WHAT he was, how he fought, and why there were six of him. How many manga villains are there with traits like this?

He rose up to lead the Rain Village, lead the Akatsuki, and was the only person in history to truly CRUSH the leaf. The only reason the village survived his attack was he decided to show mercy
 

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Pain (Nagato Uzumaki) > Madara, Obito, current Orochimaru...

Actually the entire Akastuki storyline was waaaaay more interesting then the emo shit we now get from the Uchiha villains. I think most will agree with me about this.
I still remember how the entire Naruto-world was shocked when Pain blowed up Konoha just like that... That was DA shit. Even more impressive then the current Juubi that we are seeing...!

I hated Pain for murdering Jiraiya, i believe that's what made him a good villain. I also hated Sasuke when he went crazy. Never hated Obito nor Madara, or any other with an exception of Orochimaru (can't decide abt him). Sasuke for me was on a way to become the coolest villain i thought. But now they all fight together and Sasuke wants to be good? I don't buy it. Why would that happen? Uchiha disappointed me once again. I guess after all they aren't this bad guys... Still like them =D
 

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The Uchihas make horrid villains.
 

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I'm with you in that; Nagato(the PAIN) was the Best Villian till now; Probably because of Jiraya.

Jiraiya's death. Still makes me sad! But it was epic.

The Uchihas make horrid villains.

True. Madara for example has so many cool powers, but he doesn't use them because he only has interest in Hashirama.
 

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I have to agree with this.
The Pain arc is my favourite.
Pain and Konan were an amazing duo (the paper idea was genius ;). The best bad character for me. This whole emo Uchiha thing is getting boring. First Sasuke, after that Obito and Madara... a clan of emo's.
 

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Th entire build up to his reveal and the mystery around him was very well done, dare I say even perfect. It wouldn't have been a bad idea to just do a time skip soon after that. Kishi could have saved Sasuke taking on the 8 tails for a intro for the third part and transitioned into this war arc. Pain was a very tough act to follow imo. I personally loved the Obito reveal, but the reader response isn't the same. Still a bad ass villian, but Pain is up there with Naraku and Aizen.
 

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I agree, he is way better and more interesting than obito and madara. I also thought he was a little bit better than orochimaru.
 

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Tobi>Pain>Obito>Nagato

In terms of villainy.
 

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Come to think of it hes probably one of the most creative and unique villains in any manga so kudos to Kishi for imagining such diverse characters
 

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Obito as Tobi was a great villain. As was Orochimaru. But Pein is a top villain and one of the best. Though, I'd put Orochimaru above him. Pein has an aura about him... Even when I rewatch or reread episodes with him. I get a chilling feeling.

Plus, he didn't end up to be Minato. Like SOOOO many stupid theories once said.
 

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Yes I agree.

People seem to forget the Pre-Redemption Nagato/Pain. This is the man who single-handedly defeated Hanzo, a man who fought on par with the Sannin while holding back. He defeated a whole nation and won a Civil War alone. Afterwards he killed every single man, women and child who ever had a connection to Hanzo. This was thousands of men, women and children. Thousands. He didn't show remorse either and when we go back to the root of all this killing.

Why? For Peace. He had a twisted sense of liberty and justice. He had a cynical sense of the "Eye for an Eye" concept. Yahiko died because of Hanzo and Ame. Nagato goes on to kill Hanzo and all his supporters and the more evil part of him. He believed this would actually achieve peace. He then killed thousands if not tens of thousands of people in the Hidden Leaf and ended up obliterating it.

We learn that he is the student of Jiraiya. He then kills his master and feels no-guilt. He was a trespasser and that's all he saw of him. But then we find out that he is this way because of pain. This gives us the eerie thought that he is realistic in a sense. He felt pain that surpasses almost anything else and because of this, he ends up killing people and trying to find peace. He lost hope and realized that the utopia that he used to believe was impossible.

He was a realstic but great character. Best Villain.
 
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Except this villain was Lord Uchiha Obito's pawn :p. So sad...
 
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