What make you like Sasuke(character)?

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Sasuke was only manipulated by Itachi. Everything else was done because he wanted to do it, not because someone told him to.
An example is how he kept questioning people like Danzo and Hiruzen instead of blindly believing Obito, or how he was planning to use Obito.

Revolution Sasuke was right though.
It honestly just overshadowed his own character/personality as the main influence to him was Itachi, though again, it's nothing wrong in his overall development.

Really? Revolution Sasuke was probably the worst idea
Sasuke's "revolution" is just a worse version of Nagato's
Sasuke plans on making himself the world's enemy while secretly controlling things from the shadows. To hand out punishments and judgement he is gonna just come in like batman and wreck those causing serious trouble. He plans on fixing the world by manipulating others from the shadows to do his bidding.

It's not that Sasuke plans on killing anyone that gets in his way Bcuz that would counter productive. He wants everyone to unite against him. They just won't be able to do crap.

No, Nagato is striving after an ideal that will never happen, there will never be true peace even in Nagato's version ppl will just be too scared to do anything open so they will just retreat out of Nagato's sight.

Sasuke's however acknowledges that darkness will never end so he plans to centralize all hatred on himself and use said hatred to unify the nations against him.

Despite that being able to work, it would never really solve anything. In fact, it would just be an easy-fix to a problem that needs to be solved from a view point of forgiveness and cooperation. We all know, you cannot do everything alone. Sasuke understood that towards the end, I strongly believe that after reading his monologue in chapter 698.
 

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I could write a monologue about his character, but I'll try to resume.

At the beginning of part 1, I was already interested in his character because he was the only Team 7 member who was different. Naruto and Sakura had silly dreams and their behaviour was very childish, while Sasuke was a "badass" for his age and had a mysterious and dark "goal". But even if he tried to hide his true self acting like a cool and cold jerk to everybody, he had a heart inside that shell, and we see that when he almost died to save Naruto and was willing to die to save Sakura from Gaara. Later we discovered that he wasn't always a jerk, he was actually a very kind and warm boy before the Uchiha massacre, but after that he started to be "cold" because be was afraid of being attached to someone and then suffer from loss again. If we pay attention, even in part 2, when Sasuke goes crazy and becomes a "psycho", all of his bad actions were caused by his great love for his family, maily his brother. This is somewhat ironic for a "cold" and "stoic" character. Sasuke's complexity is what makes him an interesting character.
 
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It honestly just overshadowed his own character/personality as the main influence to him was Itachi, though again, it's nothing wrong in his overall development.

Really? Revolution Sasuke was probably the worst idea
Sasuke's "revolution" is just a worse version of Nagato's
Sasuke plans on making himself the world's enemy while secretly controlling things from the shadows. To hand out punishments and judgement he is gonna just come in like batman and wreck those causing serious trouble. He plans on fixing the world by manipulating others from the shadows to do his bidding.

It's not that Sasuke plans on killing anyone that gets in his way Bcuz that would counter productive. He wants everyone to unite against him. They just won't be able to do crap.

No, Nagato is striving after an ideal that will never happen, there will never be true peace even in Nagato's version ppl will just be too scared to do anything open so they will just retreat out of Nagato's sight.

Sasuke's however acknowledges that darkness will never end so he plans to centralize all hatred on himself and use said hatred to unify the nations against him.

Despite that being able to work, it would never really solve anything. In fact, it would just be an easy-fix to a problem that needs to be solved from a view point of forgiveness and cooperation. We all know, you cannot do everything alone. Sasuke understood that towards the end, I strongly believe that after reading his monologue in chapter 698.
Itachi had a major role, yes, but it never overshadowed him. Sasuke's character was built on how he responded to his troubles, and that was never something Itachi took control of. He was the cause, sure, but what made Sasuke a great character was the effect.

I was thinking more about his arguments as to why Naruto's way was wrong. That was all spot on and Naruto has done diddly squat to change that. That's one way I feel Kishi damaged his character(i.e. Sasuke would never agree to someone who doesn't have any answer), but it's not that big of a deal.

Still, his way is much better than Naruto's. At least it'll last longer since he would be immortal.
 

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When people downloaded that "The Last" movie, over 80% people watch it for Sasuke moment and rewind it back to rewatch it. Sasuke is just a far better character development than Naruto!
 

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I like how his character is always evolving, whether it be in a good or bad way. He went from being a nice, loving kid, to a person who cut all of his ties just to gain power to avenge Itachi, to a person who seeked revenge against the village his brother cared so much for, to a matured person who wanted to change the shinobi world for the better, to a father who is currently going on a journey of self-reflection and atonement. He has gone through so many changes and that's what makes his character complex, IMO.
I agree with this. What happened to Sasuke was like a more extreme version of what happens to us in our lives. A lot of us go through phases in our lives where we may feel a little.... lost, and have to break out of the slumber by hook or by crook. So seeing Sasuke change so often and the psychology behind it was quite interesting.
 

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A lot of people said the reasons, but for me I love the fact that he's genuine even in his dark phase he didn't deny that he's going bad and embraced it like a boss he is. Plus, I started loving him after he got his MS, I would skip a couple of my lectures in the afternoon to re-watch the Kage Summit arc, because I was so addicted.
 
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Itachi had a major role, yes, but it never overshadowed him. Sasuke's character was built on how he responded to his troubles, and that was never something Itachi took control of. He was the cause, sure, but what made Sasuke a great character was the effect.

I was thinking more about his arguments as to why Naruto's way was wrong. That was all spot on and Naruto has done diddly squat to change that. That's one way I feel Kishi damaged his character(i.e. Sasuke would never agree to someone who doesn't have any answer), but it's not that big of a deal.

Still, his way is much better than Naruto's. At least it'll last longer since he would be immortal.
From their persepectives of changing, only one is wrong to a point.

You see Sasuke had an easy-fix to the meaning of peace/cooperation among the people. Though would that have worked? He invoked the true realism of Indra, being alone, or wanting to be alone. We know from past failures that his plan would never work as easy as it sounded. We could go on about it, but it is a realistic plan from Sasuke's viewpoint now that he had achieved power.

Unlike Sasuke, Naruto realizes that "peace" or "stability" is not an answer one can come up with at the moment. He understands that the views of a single shinobi matter just as much as an entire village does. He needs the cooperation of each shinobi, and he also seems to know that there are no shortcuts that are needed to be taken to find this "peace" that he was entrusted with.

Sasuke was the peace from the manga's perspective that seemed like an easy way out, a fix, but not a mentally stable one.

Naruto's version of peace from a manga's perspective is incomplete, yearning, and growing. That is why it is so MUCH more realistic than that "easy-fix". Because, you cannot solve an answer such as this overnight.

Darkness will exist with light, and love will only breed hatred. It's dependent on how far they can go, to this unsolvable answer.
 

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- Sasuke's state of vengeance. I pretty much liked how he fell into a state of despair when he learns of the truth of Itachi and Konoha. His buildup of hatred and the killing of Danzo pretty much made it for me.

- I enjoyed his change of feelings depending on how the situations change. It indicates he still has that human side to him in a sense that people change throughout life. Basically being the blank canvas with changing environment being the artist.

- His fighting style is also enjoyable to watch. I particularly was interested in his usage of Enton Kagutsuchi and Lightning Style. It's also a plus to see his analytical aspects during his fights such as Deidara and Danzo.

- Sasuke's straightforwardness with his thoughts. The only thing he really ever hides was his feelings at the end. But other than that, I can't remember the one time where he wasn't being forward or tell things like how they are. I like that in him.
 

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Whose the pleb that just quoted me?


Anyway, I will just re-post what I said in thread.

Why is Sasuke such a good character? Because he doesn't follow the normal. He acts on what he feels is right.

Surely if you have been reading this manga since chapter 3, you would know that Sasuke has always had this mysterious aura floating around him. Everytime you see Sasuke, you wonder what he's going to do next. It is not a simple little math equation when it comes to this magnificent creation. You can't figure him out, and when you do figure him out, he is already deciding to do something completely different.

Many people like to complain about him having different mood swings and changing his goals frequently. Well I got news for you haters, without the sudden change in plot, this manga would be boring as hell, and that is obvious. Even the die hard Sasuke haters can't deny this. Without Sasuke's impact at all, this manga would be sub-par at best. I recall Naruto wasting most of his time in Shippuden, chasing after Sasuke and screaming about Sasuke, so as much as you die hard Naruto fapboys like to assume that this manga would still be the same without Sasuke, you are just shooting yourself in the foot, and trying to cover up the fact that Sasuke is the reason that this manga moves at all.

More kicks are from his personality of course, but this is not just about him acting cool and distant. Sasuke has that anti-hero theme to him, and it makes him only care about things when it influences his life, so some might call that selfish, but it can also just mean pure. Sasuke knows what dispair is, and if someone hurts the ones that he cared for, he will dispose of them.

Sasuke is also not a moron and he doesn't care for petty things like love and romance. He cares for shit that actually matters in the ninja world, like trying to stop Kaguya and traveling the world to prevent future endeavors for fulfilling peac. Naruto protects from inside the village, while Sasuke protects from outside the village.

You don't have to like Sasuke if you don't want to, but saying that he has no development or saying that he has negative development is when you need to re-read this whole manga from chapter 3.
 
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