I can see what your saying, but honestly, i see the whole chapter not as foreshadowing, but a major major point that explains Obito's turn to darkness. (idk if this point was made yet or not; i dont have time to go look. so for the purpose of this post, im just assuming it hasn't been said yet. i apologize if it already has) His love for Rin was probably the strongest love we've seen in the story so far, if not in the top 3, and you heard Tobirama personally; the stronger the love, the stronger the hate is even more. With how strong his love for Rin was, you can only fathom how deep his hatred became, making his turn much more reasonable than it seemed before.
As my own personal opinion, i see this is as justification for Obito, as well as forshadowing of a potential redemption for Obito. When i read the description of the change when you obtain sharingan, i got the feeling it was like a medical ailment, and most ailments can be cured. One of the major themes of this series, imo, is that redemption is always possible. (i.e., Zabuza, Gaara, Tsunade, Itachi(kinda), Pein, Kyuubi?, ect) All of these people were changed for the better (by Naruto, no less) and redeemed, in a way, from how far gone they were before hand. With this in mind, I feel like later down the road, there will be a realization of a way to reverse or remove the hate/mental changes caused from the traumatic event or something along those lines, making it able for Sasuke and even Obitio to be redeemed, saved from their hate and brought back to the light. After all, love cures hate, and we all know Naruto has enough of that to go around.
Anyways, like i said, i found it as an explanation for Obito's turn and as a plot device to be used later on, and not as foreshadowing towards any sort of romance. Could the two later be related? Sure, but for now, it's too hard to tell. (However, im making this as food for thought and maybe even my own personal theory. I had said only love can cure hate, and with how much edo tenshi is being used right now, what if Orochi or someone else were to resurrect Rin and have her retell the story of what had happened? We still need to hear Kakashi's POV on the matter, but with how important of a character Rin is right now and with how little we actually know about her, im thinking she may get her 15 minutes of fame and get her own appearance to tell of what happened and maybe even be the deciding factor of returning Obito good again. Afterall, Kishi has already done stuff like this before... (Minato coming back inside the seal to fix it during the Pein fight, Kushina coming back inside the seal to tell her story and to help him with taking Kyuubi's power, and Minato again just now as one of the four who know everything.) I'm calling it now. :3) Just my 2cents~~>
I could certainly see the love statements as a plot device to turn Obito's story on.
Like I said, Kishimoto's parallels are more like funhouse mirrors than actual reflections. There are just too many and all distorted versions. Some may be more accurate reflections than others, but we have no way of knowing until after the fact.
And sorry...I see that you thought I meant romance when I said foreshadowing of SS. I did not. I didn't mean romance or reciprocated love or any other kind of relationship. Just that the specter of SS might rise again in some form. Or the specter of SK.
That something might happen to give the appearance of SS. I didn't think it was truly possible before (because Sasuke simply doesn't care), but now Sasuke might have a reason to be more of a teammate again. And that might give rise to speculation.
It was a single point in a lap that people have hung up on unfortunately, distorting it into something I didn't say, even though I gone to great lengths to clarify, even from the beginning. *sigh* I need to get back to work....
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