it seems like all he's really done since Nagato died is whine and cry and martyr himself out.
The sense I am getting from this is that his encounter with Nagato and Nagato's subsequent death have really shaken Naruto to the core. For the first time, he has had to think about the consequences of war and their way of life, and entertain the notion that maybe Konoha aren't always in the right, the way he's been taught to think. Also, he's seen Nagato and what became of Nagato's personal quest for revenge, and he's terrified that that will happen to Sasuke--which he even mentions to Raikage ("Revenge changed him," etc.).
I personally think Naruto's in a kind of shock over the events of the Pain arc and might be seriously wary about/hypersensitive to the consequences of violence (see: him letting Karui beat him up without retaliating). Not, let me add, that I think this is necessarily good, I just find it interesting/sense-making in context. IMO
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The sense I am getting from this is that his encounter with Nagato and Nagato's subsequent death have really shaken Naruto to the core. For the first time, he has had to think about the consequences of war and their way of life, and entertain the notion that maybe Konoha aren't always in the right, the way he's been taught to think. Also, he's seen Nagato and what became of Nagato's personal quest for revenge, and he's terrified that that will happen to Sasuke--which he even mentions to Raikage ("Revenge changed him," etc.).
I personally think Naruto's in a kind of shock over the events of the Pain arc and might be seriously wary about/hypersensitive to the consequences of violence (see: him letting Karui beat him up without retaliating). Not, let me add, that I think this is necessarily good, I just find it interesting/sense-making in context. IMO