I have a feelings people will inevitably start talking about the Hinata panels.
Just remember, she's supposed to be the next clan head of the Hyuuga, the strongest clan of Konoha, if there's a time for her to show the proper leadership necessary for the role it is now.
If that's all it is, then it's good development for her and I'm glad for it
It does make sense but there's one inconsistency with that theory: Yagura. He had to become Isobu's Jiinchuriki after Rin, because he was Mizukage and Jiinchuriki when Obito was controlling him, and that was sometime after Rins death.
Pretty much this.
@Quinny52
You're right about Kagura, he did become the jinchuriki afterwards. My bad.
I'm still curious how will the battle between Obito and Kakashi develop. It seems Obito will be reformed one way or another. Kishi is already building it up by having him have no heart and no pain. I get the feeling Kakashi will make him realize otherwise, and I think it will do with Rin somehow. That's just my opinion
About Obito's Heel Face turn, we know for sure that there really is no other way than somehow have Rin stop him and change his mind. But she can't do that unless she's ET'ed or something. But there is probably one way..... Isobu. If Isobu still retained memories of him being sealed in Rin, I wonder if he also transferred those memories to Naruto.
I'm thinking that during Yagura's rule (Obito mind control), Obito may have gloated to Yagura how he would use him to destroy Kiri inside out for revenge on Rin's death, not knowing that Isobu was conscious enough to remember Obito's gloating. Mind-controlled he may be, but that doesn't mean he wasn't able to process the information (at least on a subconscious level). He put 2 and 2 together, and transferred those specific memories of Rin to Naruto. Only question is, how it will come into play later. There would need to be a specific trigger for the memories to resurface.
Of course, the last option would be to tell Obito that Rin died because she wanted to join him, who she thought as dead at the time. But who knows if it'll be as effective as the above.
Foreshadow for NaruSakuHina?
Nice one.
It was actually somewhat of a shock to hear that despite Tobi being aware of how Rin died precisely and the fact that Kakashi unintentionally killed her that he still chooses repudiate everything that is being suggested to him. His perspective of reality is so distorted that he doesn't even consider the Rin he knew to be the actual Rin. His ideology is a product of the world they're in. The supposed impossibility of Rin's survival is perceived as unacceptable, unrealistic. Tobi doesn't even care about reality any more. He simply wants to destroy everything that forged the chaotic world that they're in.
Well at least we have a full understanding of Tobi's motivations now as well the entire truth behind Kakashi killing Rin. It was interesting to see the interactions between the two former teammates but I'm still primarily interested in Sakura. I don't want anything horrible to happen in the next few chapters and with Hinata assuming the helm of an attack force I cannot help but think things are only going to get worst before it becomes better. Oh, and just one more question. I understand that Tobi has lost all sensation (figuratively or literally) and ability to feel emotion but why would he still be capable of communicating properly? That perforation in his chest should have rendered his speech patterns unstable and he should be collapsing from blood loss any time now.
Isn't it both?? I'll quote Gaara's speech:
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"Three times now, we've fought world wars for our own nations, our own villages. We've hurt one another. We've hated one another. That hatred bred a lust for power, and that lust for power created me. I was a jinchūriki, the embodiment of hatred and power. And I hated this world, and all the people in it. I wanted to destroy it with my own hands. The exact same thing Akatsuki is trying to do today. But one man, one ninja from Konohagakure stopped me. ...I was his enemy, yet he wept for me! I hurt him, yet he called me his friend! He saved me! My enemy, my fellow jinchūriki... He suffered the same pain as me, yet bore no ill will! There are no enemies here because we've all suffered at Akatsuki's hand! So there is no Suna, no Iwa, no Konoha, no Kiri, and no Kumo! There are only 'shinobi!' And if you still hold a grudge against Suna, when this war is over, come and take my head instead! Our enemies are after the friend who saved my life! If they take him, if we hand him over, our world is finished! I want to protect him! I want to protect our world! But I'm too young to protect it all on my own! All of you, lend me your aid! Everyone who's with me, let's go!"
What I think the point of Obito's lines is that the cycle of hatred that exists in the Shinobi world is the reason he became this way. The Mist's lust for power and destruction robbed Rin of an otherwise normal life (for a ninja) and in turn, robbed her from him. Basically, if you look at it deeper, the cycle of hatred existing in the Shinobi world is what really turned Obito this way. I'm not dismissing the fact that Obito is basically whining, nor am I dismissing his actions, but what I'm pointing out is
how
he turned out this way.
If I really look back on Gaara's speech, it really does seem to foreshadow Rin's death. Well played, Kishi. Well played.
Bolded: It's Senju DNA. what else can't it do??