

Is there a reason why almost all Naruto villains end up having very good
excuses for becoming villains and start being seen as fighting for a different
cause as opposed to just being the bad guys who need to be killed? What I mean
by this question is that, why do Naruto "villains" never play the role of the
standardized "bad guy", but instead introduce a new and different struggle
from their point of view? Instead of having one clear person to hate and
criticize their actions, you end up with two very different view points, never
a good vs evil kind of situation, but more of a clash of opinions.


CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-10-15T20:39:16.870
5491
2016-12-05T13:02:37.407
2016-12-05T13:02:37.407
8486
2550
question
naruto tropes
Why do most Naruto villains end up not just being bad guys to be hated?


because bad guys never own up to their actions but instead try and justify
their actions as being just, take this example

bad guy tries to destroy the world

**bad guy:** humanity has been slowly killing the planet for eons

**hero:** but that give you no right to destroy it

**bad guy:** if you saw a man dying from causes beyond his control and there
was no hope in saving him, would you not want to end his life and ease his
suffering?

**hero:** and what about all the innocent people living in the world

**bad guy:** is anyone truly innocent, every human uses technology that harms
the planet, they know what they are doing is hurting the planet are doing yet
do nothing top change but instead leave it to their leaders to make the change
who instead squabble amongst themselves and when one takes the initiative
others fear of their separation from the collective and brand them as evil and
wage war at them harming the planet more

**hero:** but humans can change

**bad guy:** correct but only to save your own skin and never for the sake of
the planet that sustains your destructive nature at the cost of it's own
health

so in Naruto where the villains explain their actions and it seems as a
conflict of opinion it's still just your standardized bad guy trying to
explain that his actions are right and the good guy has no right in stopping
him


CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-10-15T21:48:38.127
5493
2013-10-15T21:48:38.127
1587
5491
answer