NARUTO: WHY OBITO NOT GOING BLIND ISN"T A PLOT HOLE
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Masashi Kishimoto"s Naruto series is guilty of several plot holes, but Obito"s eyesight isn"t one of them. Obito Uchiha was formally introduced during Kakashi"s backstory arc, sacrificing himself to protect his masked rival from a huge boulder và donating his one remaining eye as a final gift. For a long time, Obito was assumed to lớn have died that day, but he was secretly saved by none other than Madara Uchiha. The legendary ninja và his Zetsu assistant tended khổng lồ the youngster"s wounds and replaced his missing flesh by using the First Hokage"s renowned DNA. Initially intending to lớn return khổng lồ Konoha, Obito"s plans changed after witnessing the death of his beloved Rin - a tragedy that activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. From there, Obito posed as the hapless Tobi và later as Madara himself in a conspiracy to resurrect the real Madara.
Only a select few from the Uchiha clan ever unlock the Mangekyō Sharingan in Naruto. The powerful eye ability is painful to lớn achieve, requiring the death of a loved one as a trigger, but once awakened grants the user techniques far superior lớn that of the basic Sharingan. Utilizing these techniques does not come without risk, however, as overuse of the Mangekyō Sharingan can lead to lớn total blindness over time. Itachi"s vision is already on the brink while battling his younger brother, and Sasuke has Itachi"s eyes implanted to lớn cure his own failing sight, creating the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Even Kakashi revealed he was struggling to see through his borrowed Sharingan towards the kết thúc of Naruto.
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Throughout his post-resurrection life, Obito uses the Mangekyō Sharingan"s abilities liberally, regularly deploying Kamui khổng lồ enter an alternate dimension. Despite this, there is never any sign of Obito"s sight deteriorating or the same blindness that afflicted Sasuke và Itachi. This could be seen as a Naruto plot hole, but that"s not necessarily the case due khổng lồ the cells of Hashirama that were first used by Madara khổng lồ save Obito.
The inner workings of the First Hokage"s cells are never fully explained in Naruto. In truth, they mostly serve as a convenient plot device that cures people (such as Madara và Obito), grant powers (Yamato"s wood release or Danzo"s creepy arm) and performs other such miracles as needed. But because of the wondrous properties Hashirama"s DNA can bestow upon a person, it"s plausible that the cells didn"t just heal Obito"s boulder injuries, but also prevented (or at least delayed) the blindness that usually comes with using the Mangekyō Sharingan. Kishimoto never outright confirms that Obito didn"t go blind for this reason, but if the Senju juice can heal fatal wounds và sustain Obito so well he never needs lớn eat or drink, it can surely stave off the curse of Uchiha blindness.
In the overall scheme of Naruto, not properly explaining Obito"s sight isn"t hugely problematic. Having said that, addressing the plot point, even in a throwaway line, would"ve expanded on the lore behind the Uchiha clan and the Mangekyō Sharingan in particular, & make the double-edged sword of the eye technique more prominent, rather than just exploring the flaw in the context of Sasuke and Itachi.
