We slate Antagonists for their beliefs, but have we looked at it from the flip side?

[mikeeozua]

Naruto is one of those stories where you can never tell who is good and who is 'evil'. I've noticed that on a lot of these threads we slate the antagonists for being 'emo' but have we actually looked at it from the flip side? What the actions of the Shinobi Villages have been?

Let's start off with the Mist Village:
The Mist kidnapped an innocent 15 year old girl in Rin and made her into the Jinchuuriki of the Sanbi just to get back at the leaf.
-They were known as the bloody mist even before Obito controlled Yagura showing that their actions were from their own will.
-Taught Shinobi to kill others and completely abandon all sides of humanity.
-Sent children onto the battlefield so that Shinobi from other village may show hesitance.

Next up we have the Cloud:
-They isolated Bee for years.
-Attempted to capture Hinata.
-Killed Hizashi even though Hiashi was clearly only acting out of self defence.
-Have also been known for kidnapping other members from specialist clans.

The Stone
-Used the Akatsuki as mercenaries for the village
-Have been known for using dirty handed tactics

The Sand:
-Isolated Gaara for years.
-Allied with an S-Rank Criminal to seek revenge on the Leaf.
-Sent various Shinobi on many occasions to assassinate Gaara

And finally we have the Leaf:
-From the looks of things, played a part in the death of Orochimaru's parents.
-Sent Children onto the battlefield (Obito, Kakashi and Rin) exactly what Hashirama didn't what, which doesn't make them any better than the Mist.
-Caused mass destruction in the Hidden rain village in the Second Shinobi War, which resulted in the death of Nagato's parents.
-Discriminated against the Uchiha for years.
-Exterminated the Uchiha.
-Discriminated against and isolated Naruto and suddenly act as if they've cheered him on for years.
-Also there was no need for Hanzo and Danzo to orchestrate Yahiko's death. The original Akatsuki did not really show any signs of starting a civil rebellion in the hidden Rain and especially no need for Danzo to get involved.
-Danzo worked with an S-Rank criminal to fulfill his dirty work.

Now I'm definitely not saying that the antagonists are justified, but we should look at it more from the flip side and not pass all of them off as 'emo'.

 

[Made in Heaven]

Everyone has good and bad in them.

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It's just the way things are in thw world

 

[sasuke base]

yup infinte tysukiomi is a good thing obito is not evil every thing he does is for a good cause

 

[Fodder#4]

True; if we look at all developed and "large" or "influential" villains, such as Pein, Orochimaru, Itachi (sort of), and Obito. We should try to see it from a few different perspectives on their reasoning for being a deviant.

I honestly USE to have a problem with Obito. But, after imagining the thought that no matter what he could do, that Rin was fated to die. . It was sort of hopeless for him. Even if Kakashi didn't kill Rin, the seal was rigged to release the Sanabi sooner or later. She couldn't be saved. A system where such a thing could happen is what sent Obito over the edge. Rin was the catalyst. But, not solely about her.

Sorry, I was just using Obito as an example because well, it's the most recent and highly disputed villain based on why he does what he does. We should not keep looking it a character or complex villain from one angle, we gotta adjust to try and see what Kishi intends for them. He won't be spelling out exactly what they are/mean and everything about them to us. He's going to keep giving us little hints and hope we catch on to it.