>>283115680
>And now he just seems 100% loyal to orochimaru no questions asked.
Orochimaru praised him for being staunchly loyal like 2 pages after this scene.

>>283116640
Retcon & mindfuck the character, and the strangest part is that his backstory kinda makes it all work.

>>283120376
Even Orochimaru confuses me at times, even though he seems disgustingly simple
>looks like an evil heartless monster
>acts like an evil heartless monster
>there's a piece of exposition where another creepy badass calls him an evil heartless monster, just in case the readers somehow forgot all his puppy-kicking, boy-molesting, mustache-twirling, stomach-churning antics
>suddenly starts crying before killing Hiruzen???
>goes right back to being an evil heartless monster
>never gets a sad backstory aside from "uhh, his parents died I guess??"
>is never truly redeemed
>gets a happy ending after all the other villains with more sympathetic goals/backstories failed miserably and died
>his kid is now besties with the protagonist's son
What did Kishimoto mean by this?