First of all, Gaara was a child and decided to change. Sasuke had people like Naruto, Kakashi and Sasuke who supported him and considered him as family, and yet he abandoned them and tried to kill them. He is a grown man with no plans of self improvement, but only destruction. Naruto is a cool idiot who never gives up, the point in the story. Any rational human being would have given up on Sasuke a long time ago. If I had a confused brother or friend I would naturally try and help, as long as he does not go over the limit like Sasuke. Gaara was hateful since his early beginnings, but he decided to to become good, and Sasuke decided to embrace the darkness. Their life circumstances are not the same; Sasuke started treading on the right path and then chose the evil one. Second, people have as much right to criticize Sasuke as people do to defend him. People who can not take criticism of their favorite character are the ones who should not read the manga. I like Sasuke, don't get me wrong, but in a way his character conception is pathetic due to the fact that he obtains overwhelming power without even trying, when compared to everybody else. For example, when he was about to fight Kakashi his Susano'o became so much stronger after he had gone through a deadly and chakra draining battle with Danzo, which amounts to nonsense. I would not complain if he had been at his fullest when he encountered Kakashi, but after being beaten half dead? Come on! You have to be more realistic than that...Aren't you? Third, in animes such as Dragon Ball Z, the main character worked his butt off to obtain great power. The problem is not how many upgrades a character gets, but the way in which they get them. Another example, Sasuke was only able to beat Naruto after the Sound 4 performed the cursed mark ritual and increased his power, because prior to that Naruto was much stronger (the reason which pushed him to flee the village. He could not stand that a dimwit like Naruto had surpassed him, an "elite," though hard work). I know Naruto has used the kyuubi a couple of times, which I also critisize, but let us not forget that the same power has also caused him significant setbacks. For example, he was not able to control his own chakra because the Kyuubi's chakra caused interference. However, Naruto has pulled himself up and trained with all his might to gain power. I am not saying that Sasuke has not trained either, but that some of his powers were not obtained in an honorable way. I am pretty sure Orochimaru used drugs on him to increase his power; something which was also said in the manga. Is that fair? Naruto has the Kyuubi and that's it. And even that is not an advantage anymore against Sasuke since the sharingan particularly controls the Kyuubi. Naruto has never used ability enhancing drugs. Four, He might not have meant to offend people, but his words were certainly quite offensive. I think that there is something more powerful than perspective, and that is common sense. That is the reason why people should think before they speak, specially if they plan to say potentially conflictive words. Do I have to repeat myself? I at first was hesitant to reply to this comment because I thought it would be pointless, but then decided to make a point: Is not how much power or upgrades a character gets, it's how it gets it. I think that people who criticizes Sasuke have much more ground to argue than people who defend him. So please, be a fair reader, and just stop being a Sasuke lover... Each time people come up defending Sasuke they sound so ignorant...
