First, I thought that the Obito and ObiRin scenes paralleled to Naruto and NaruSaku.
-Obito and Naruto's bright personality
-Their dream to become Hokage
-Never giving up personality
-Their promise and strong feelings for the girl they love
-The girl being in love with the "cooler" guy
-The girl always worried about the well being of the klutz
And most of all
-Naruto attacking Obito with his friends(without Sakura) to show Obito that he could have become
Hokage if he had the support of his friends even without Rin. The reason I thought Sakura was not included in the "friends" was because she was supposed to be "Rin", and therefore it doesn't make sense to include her when he's supposed to show that losing the love of your life isn't the reason to fall into darkness.
But then recently, I've been wondering if the Obito parallel suits Sasuke more and this was meant to foreshadow the ending Sasuke has
-Sasuke and Obito both fell into darkness after losing their loved ones
-At one point they felt hatred and attacked their best friend and teacher
-They both the cycle of love -> hate -> love
-Their redemption was about them acknowledging what they've done and to care for the ones they didn't
-Both of them were Uchihas, and therefore had the curse of the family
-They both wanted to be Hokage but they easily gave that title to their best friend
-Both of them had a girl who supported and comforted them after the redemption
Do you think Kishi made Obito parallel Sasuke to make his redemption more acceptable for the readers to swallow this ending? Do you think that Kishi wanted Sakura to be Sasuke's "Rin" to support and comfort him after he realized his mistakes so even the wrong-doers can have a happily ever after?
Edited by ramenanmitsu, 23 November 2014 - 07:07 AM.