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Let me explain.

This means more than people know.



I keep thinking he did evil deeds for good reasons.

So he was justified and shit.


I thought he was really smart, and deep and shit...

And that people just used this pane to troll.


But I'm starting to understand why Kishi resurrected him, as if his story wasn't truly fully told.



It wasn't. Because the real reveal was never really revealed.


First, he was a villain.

Then he was revealed to be a hero.

And he was remembered as a hero for those with the sacred knowledge, while revered as a villain by the rest of the people who didn't know the truth.



This is a red herring.


Itachi wasn't evil nor was a he good, and he certainly wasn't a hero.



What makes Itachi, Itachi?



1. He sacrificed his friends and family. His honor and his future.

For the sake of the greater good.

He did this by putting blood on his hands.

He said these people were in the way of him excelling.

The clan could never see his real potential.

But the village could.

What was real and close to him was his clan and family.

Those were huge emotional ties.

And he cut those, not just hurting them but hurting himself.

He did this because when he was young he was exposed by the philosophy of Hashirama and Tobirama, the sacred system of the village, that cuts emotional ties so that people can live in peace. A higher purpose to make sure progress can be made.

Madara never believed in this. He kept returning to a land of savages, in the hopes of living in a paradise, where there was no struggle.


But that doesn't matter here.


What matters is that when Itachi was a kid, he understood this, which made him a genius.


But also cursed with knowledge.

Even tho he loved his family.


His intellect told him they were an obstacle for his own progress and for a higher purpose - peace.



So all of that makes sense right?



No.


You can draw a parallel from this to real life, people might stay in their lane, and live a good stable life.

Or risk it all to reach higher fame.



However this is a mistake. Both in real life and for Itachi.



The reason is that the people who are successful in life are never the ones sacrificing a normal life to reach some kind of further heights.


The people who reach success are the ones that treasures the things close to them and that builds on that mundane life.


Not people who are spoiled enough to think they don't understand his genius.



And Itachi made the same mistake.



The Uchiha clan were never needed to die for the sake of peace.


The logic is flawed.

There was no real purpose of wiping them out.


Meaning Itachis entire career was pointless.


Thats why he was a failure.


And Itachi was never smart in his actions, the only reason he killed everyone was because Danzo threatened his brother.


So really he did everything for pointless emotions anyway.





Hence is life is a logical fallacy covered by mental gymnastics, his entire blood lust was a mistake. And so he murdered everyone for no reason and really he should be punished for this.


He never protected peace and he never elevated to further heights.

All he did was go mad.


Thats his real story that was never fully explored.

Itachi was a failure.
 
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With limited power comes additional context into matters.

In the position that he was in, what could he have done better? Would either the village elders or Uchiha elders have listened to 'superior wisdom' from a kid?

Besides that, was everything else not mere happen-stance as part of his Akatsuki spying mission?
 

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With limited power comes additional context into matters.

In the position that he was in, what could he have done better? Would either the village elders or Uchiha elders have listened to 'superior wisdom' from a kid?

Besides that, was everything else not mere happen-stance as part of his Akatsuki spying mission?
That is what I thought but no, he never needed to commit crimes against humanity at all. His entire life is pointless.
 

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Itachi wanted to save his clan, village, and brother. But he put the village first and failed in every aspect. You are doing the something Kabuto was saying who was prasing him as perfect yet opposite painting him as the bad guy. The moral of the story is Itachi's character exhabit human behavior, best portrayed in the manga next to Obito.

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Hmm.

Was that a failure from Itachi or was it another case of the authors simply having a story to tell?
It was a failure of Itachi and the authors should have explored this more.
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Itachi was too callice. He only saw bitter solutions, instead he should have let bad things happen for the sake of morality OR he should have been more optimistic and perhaps another solution would ahve appeared.
 

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It was a failure of Itachi and the authors should have explored this more.
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Itachi was too callice. He only saw bitter solutions, instead he should have let bad things happen for the sake of morality OR he should have been more optimistic and perhaps another solution would ahve appeared.
Could he, morally, justify the risk taken in just waiting things out?
 

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Could he, morally, justify the risk taken in just waiting things out?
Yes because he would have still had his honor intact. Sometimes its better to let bad things happen then take action and be immoral.

For example there are hospitals who will NOT treat you if the risk of you dying is too big, even if you die without treatment because at least then it wont be their fault for killing you.
 

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Yes because he would have still had his honor intact. Sometimes its better to let bad things happen then take action and be immoral.

For example there are hospitals who will NOT treat you if the risk of you dying is too big, even if you die without treatment because at least then it wont be their fault for killing you.
His Uchiha honour?
 
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