Yeah, I was also pleased to see Obito getting angry. Naruto is taking a terrible personal risk with his TnJ, getting up close and personal with his nemesis. Glad to see the nemesis being in-character diabolical too by using a hand-shake to choke him. And glad to see Naruto fight back. He's such a scrapper.
So seeing the complexity of what's happening (on the surface it looks like TnJ, but it's really just hostage-situation empty promises) Naruto seems less the righteous saviour and more the planning leader, understanding that sometimes you have to manipulate for the greater good.
Lastly, although Obito's apparent psychosis is interesting, it falls right in line with the Uchiha's convenient bent towards being psychotic killers. It just doesn't engender any sympathy from me as it still feels like an excuse, when the guy committed genocide and murdered God-knows-how-many, including Naruto's father and mother (indirectly) and almost Naruto, himself. Just can't get there from here. Even though the Rin stuff is sweet/borderline-stalkerish and there's a parallel and all that, I just can't do it.
Why is only Naruto considered the manipulator? If that's the case, then isn't Madara just as manipulative as Naruto is right now? It's always baffles me that people can think one way can happen and yet never crosses their mind that it can also apply to the other side of the coin. Do you believe that people are manipulated to be evil or does it just come naturally? Obviously, you don't believe people are born evil considering you believe that the Uchiha curse is just an excuse so....
Basically, you're preaching that there is no such thing as good or evil and people are only manipulated to be such labels. How can that be? You don't think people can be good because they want to be? Of course, when we are born we don't know the the idea of good or evil. All we know is that we are selfish and are born wanting things. It is only when we grow do decide to be generous or not. Can't the essence of good and bad be the same way? We aren't born good or bad, but we can choose to be based on what we want in life. If people want to be good, could they be considered good just by wanting to be? If they want to be good and do thing to show goodness to others, then are they not good?
So, to you Obito is not bad and Naruto is not good. Obito was just more selfish than Naruto.
Just to note, if you do say that Naruto manipulates people to be good, but people naturally developed into being bad...your logic is full of crap. No offense.
However.... This really feels like Naruto's thing with Pain/Nagato. Naruto is coaxing him toward peace, but seriously...it's a peace that no one else is going to get behind. The rest of the villagers who were affected by Obito's murder spree aren't going to be welcoming him back. I realize it's a ruse to pull out the bijuu, but still, Naruto is offering him a peace he will never be able to deliver. Naruto's redemption can never be because all those shinobi behind him will beat him to a pulp. Obito's only redemption is in death. And Naruto has to know that.
Then the circle of hatred will continue and Naruto will have failed in his goal to "end the circle of hatred." No one will get behind? Didn't a lot of people just say that they are willing to get behind Naruto and support his ideals? So I guess whatever Naruto thinks is best people will support. Even Naruto himself has struggled with people with the same ideals you are preaching now and has told them that getting revenge and killing people for it will not fix the problem. It won't bring back was is lost.
And what about Sasuke? Should he die too or should he have a second chance at life? You're basically saying that anyone who ever does anything wrong should just be killed and not have a chance to redeem themselves or make things right. Death is the only solution for any broken laws.