things i absolutely did NOT remember and was NOT prepared for while rewatching the three-tails appearance arc for the first time since finishing the show: when obito gets his first full look at the three-tails (and at the little boy whom orochimaru plans to make into its jinchuuriki), he drops the tobi persona entirely and speaks IN HIS OWN VOICE.
#when i tell you i almost fell off the couch#this is literally 250 episodes before we have any idea who tobi is#we haven't even been introduced to him as 'madara' yet#i didn't remember this#i thought the first time we ever heard obito speak in his real voice was in the war arc#after his mask was destroyed#hearing him 'reveal' himself this early - particularly given the substance of the sight that prompts him to do so - blew my mind#the way he says this is like. cold and calculating and tinged with an almost malicious anticipation#just think about what he's looking at!!!#i couldn't possibly have understood this when i watched it the first time but now#ugnh#(and yes i know this is a filler arc)#(but that just makes it even crazier. they did this in a FILLER ARC???? insane)#naruto#pan watches naruto#(again)#we'll see what the future holds#*