It changed some stuff from the novel, in the novel Itachi kills his lover and before doing so puts her in tsukyomi letting her live a full life with him before killing her. Basically they had virtual reality *** and that's kinda interesting and gives closure to their relationship. He also used tsukyomi on his parents to let them live a full peaceful life before killing them. I thought that was a very interesting detail which made a lot of sense and showed how Itachi really did care about Izumi. In the anime version Obito kills the girlfriend. It also never shows Itachi use tsukyomi in the way he does in the novel, he doesn't even mourn her death after the massacre making it seem like he didn't care about her. I guess that goes to reinforce how he really only cared about Sasuke in the end, but still I thought it was interesting how the novel expanded on how Itachi had other bonds that were meaningful to him rather than just his immediate family.
So I don't know, the anime version is done very well and is animated better than the Naruto movies even, so I do kind of see it as a window into what really happened. But the novel had some really cool details, Idk what is the official canon.
"During the Uchiha Clan Downfall, Itachi came to her to begin the massacre with her as he was told by Danzō Shimura that he could only spare his little brother Sasuke Uchiha. Believing that ending her life first would quell his inner doubts, he proceeded to kill her and her mother first. As he lured her mother away, Itachi approached Izumi and placed her in an extremely powerful Tsukuyomi where she lived the entirety of her life in 0.000000001/th of a second. In her dream, she became a chūnin, retired from shinobi life to become Itachi’s wife and raise their children, and lived to become eighty years old before dying of old age alongside Itachi. Because her mind was departed from reality in such a manner, Izumi collapsed into Itachi’s arms dying. Izumi thanked Itachi for giving her the life she wanted with him, even if it was a dream, and Itachi thanked her for loving him as she passed away peacefully. In the anime, she instead fought with and was killed by Obito Uchiha, who praised her eyes."
So I don't know, the anime version is done very well and is animated better than the Naruto movies even, so I do kind of see it as a window into what really happened. But the novel had some really cool details, Idk what is the official canon.
"During the Uchiha Clan Downfall, Itachi came to her to begin the massacre with her as he was told by Danzō Shimura that he could only spare his little brother Sasuke Uchiha. Believing that ending her life first would quell his inner doubts, he proceeded to kill her and her mother first. As he lured her mother away, Itachi approached Izumi and placed her in an extremely powerful Tsukuyomi where she lived the entirety of her life in 0.000000001/th of a second. In her dream, she became a chūnin, retired from shinobi life to become Itachi’s wife and raise their children, and lived to become eighty years old before dying of old age alongside Itachi. Because her mind was departed from reality in such a manner, Izumi collapsed into Itachi’s arms dying. Izumi thanked Itachi for giving her the life she wanted with him, even if it was a dream, and Itachi thanked her for loving him as she passed away peacefully. In the anime, she instead fought with and was killed by Obito Uchiha, who praised her eyes."
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