Itachi Uchiha hands down for me. He is my favorite character in general. I highly respect the characters morals and heroic actions. Itachi sacrificed his immense potential and reputation to save his brother and village. He was also a brilliant genius who never underestimated his opponents.
It doesn't matter if he was smiling. Madara is the type of guy who would be having a thrill even if he was getting his ass kicked. Gai was destroying him with speed and power. Only reason he survived was because of his op juubi stamina.
Is there any major theories you guys thought up and it actually occurred in the naruto manga? One of mine would be the hokage revival. I predicted it here http://narutobase.net/forums/showthread.php?t=246190
A lot of people didn't believe me or thought I copied it. It came into my mind the...
Of course narutobase is littered with itachi and sasuke fanboys but I never see people
having gai as their favorite or second favorite characters. Gai is my second favorite character
because I extremely respect his morals and themes that he portrays. I love that concept of eternal
youth...