Do you consider Itachi a hero or a traitor?

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  • Itachi is a hero and should be celebrated

    Votes: 41 65.1%
  • Itachi is a traitor and should be scorned

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He's no hero to me. Genocide can never be justified imo. People say he had no choice but I don't agree with that. Uchihas wanted to revolt fine, however they were being wrongly treated by the village higher ups. itachi could have at least tried to see things from their side rather than just go with what danzo proposed. There's always two sides to every story, not to mention danzo is not one to trust esp considering that he popped out the eye of your best pal. For this I don't consider him a hero but its jus my opinion.

The Uchiha were being semi-mistreated by Konoha because they were framed for the Kyuubi attack by "Madara." Itachi learned the existence of "Madara" and pieced things together, but did not tell anyone. This little bit of information could had proven the Uchihas' innocence and rallied them and Konoha against a common foe, re-strengthening their ties with one-another.

Even if Itachi didn't think they'd believe him about "Madara" being alive, he still could had proven the existence of a rogue Uchiha that was conspiring against the village and framed the Uchihas. This would had given Konoha the enemy that they were looking for, and allowed the Uchiha to regain their honor.
 
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Could call him both, Konoha would probably call him a hero but the Uchiha would consider him a traitor.
 

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Itachi is a hero and should be celebrated
 

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He was a hero for defeating Kabuto,and saving the world,but I dont think he is hero for killing Uchiha clan,he just choose there lesser evil
 

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What Itachi did was extremely harsh, but he did it to stop something much worse from happening, and for that cause he was prepared to live the most painful life.

People who say he an evil maniac need to look at the choices he had. He could have either saved countless people by stopping a war and killing less people while taking the burden of the entire Uchiha clan upon himself, or he could have sided with the Uchiha and allowed a war to happen. Itachi isn't to blame for what he had to do. He wasn't the one who caused the situation, and yet he made the most painful sacrifice to fix it.

If anything, Danzo and Tobirama are to blame. Tobirama cornered the Uchiha, and Danzo foiled every attempt Hiruzen made to give the Uchiha what they were being denied, all in the name of "protecting" Konoha.
 

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He was a Shinobi ... nothing more, nothing less and in every sense of the word. Personally I think the pressure of being double agent and the tough situations actually maimed him mentally ..... None can bear that amount of trauma and come out as whole.

PS Those of you are blaming Itachi .... have you considered Madara(Tobi)? There was Madara's hand in Danzo's proposal (When Tobi met Danzo in 5 Kage Summit he mentioned to have met Danzo about the time of the massacre) and most likely in Uchiha's unrest too ... So it might very well be that Itachi just shouldered a terrible eventuality for Sasuke and broke under it.
 

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Itachi saved Konoha and prevented the world from plunging in a possible war
no he didnt.
itachi committted genocide when he easily could have convinced danzo to let at least some uchihas live.
and "possible" war is not good enough.

itachi doomed konoha to destruction when he helped akatsuki kill jinchurikis and when he did nothing to stop orochimaru from plunging the world into war himself.
He saved everyone in Konoha. Yes, I think he deserves to be a hero.
no he didnt. konoha got half destroyed by orochimaru because itachi stupidly let him escape. and the world war happened because itachi helped kill the jins.
heroes dont brutally torture innocent people and commit genocide.
heroes dont attempt to murder innocent people for no reason.
he didnt save "everyone in konoha" anyway. konoha can take care of itself and would have survived the coup like it survived kyuubi.
he is a hero
onoki said it himself when the edo tensei was released!
onoki had no idea that madara was not being released which is what he was talking about when he called itachi a hero.
i dout he was still saying that when lying in a pool of his own fukin blood.
onoki knows nothing of itachis other crimes and brutality.
Itachi is a hero who does not want to be celebrated.
itachi is a ruthless psychopathic brutal villain
Kishi's purpose for him was made to be the unsung hero of the series.
which is why he showed itachi brutally and horrificially torturing a child
Itachi is the hero we deserve and the one we need right now
itachi is a brutal insane villain who helped destroy konoha
He is the truest form of a hero....he does what must be done...what had to be done. Sacrificed his life for the greater good
he is the truest form of a villain.
he does whatever is the most cruel and brutal option at the time. he does waht he wants and only waht he wants. if orochimaru is threatening the world with war and suffering, itahci laughs and does nothing, simply lets him go so he can murder more people. that is what "had to be done" you say?
murdering jins and giving bijuus to akatsuki is what had to be done?
how did he sacrifice his life for anything if all he did with his life is kill people
eah, he only destroyed Madara's army
madara doesnt need an army, nor did he have one.
naruto destroyed the edos and zetsus.not itachi
d saved the whole of Konoha as while as simultaneously protecting Sasuke and Naruto his whole life.
he destroyed knoah by aiding akatuski in murdering the jins and did nothing to stop obito for ten years.
he wasnt protecting sauske and naruto. he was ensuring that they are as weak as possible, even beating sasuke into a coma.
I'm talking about the massacre thing, there the Village's good was everyone's greater good
wrong.
committing the massacre when he didnt need to is evil. the only genocide that id be ok with is if he had full proof every single uchiha was beyond reason and pure evil
Hero because he stopped the Uchiha coup d'état from occurring and thus prevented more deaths.
yet caused much more deaths when he failed to stop orochimaru from invading who then proceeded to wipe out half his city. not to mention helping akatsuki get the bijuus which resulted in world war.
do you have proof that EVERY uchiha needed to die to stop the coup?
I do feel that it was necessary to stop the coup before it was allowed to happen, and really, waiting for the Uchiha to attack would had been irresponsible. The end result would had likely been another ninja world war and the complete destruction of Konoha, that couldn't be allowed to happen.
no thats the 1 in a FUKIN MILLION possibility.
the likely result is danzo and his anbus ambush and wipe out uchiha clan. they are way weaker than peopel think they are. and what world war? your saying the other disasters WOULDNT possibility lead to world war? hell obito invading konoha was apparently specifically to start war.
More innocent people would have died, though. The main reason why I'd say he was a hero is because he truly never betrayed Konoha.
so hes a heor because he supports a brutal dictatorship that orders genocides on a whim?
more innocent people died because itachi did nothing about orochimaru. he only kills threats to his home when its convenient
His intentions was to always protect the Leaf.
no it wasnt given he did nothing to protect it. also protecting a brutal dictatorship means your as bad as danzo
f. He warned the elders that Tobi was still alive
about ten years too late
stopped the Edo Tensei Jutsu.
which was already mostly defeated and the only edo who mattered wasnt canceled
He prevented a civil war between the Uchiha and the rest of the Konoha. H
and then helped cause a catastrophic invasion of orochimaru against konoha, as well as a world war between bijuus and the alliance
. Hence, Itachi also limited the possibility of other nations attacking Konoha (
no he didnt. the other nations had their chance when kyuubi attacked. other nations never neeeded an excuse to start shit with konoha
. He did what he have to do. Itachi will always remain a hero in my eyes.
itachi is a brutal insane sociopathic torturing ass hole.
you say hes a hero when he tortured innocent peopel for no reason?
when he let orochimaru kill half his city?
If random children and eldery were alive, he would of been suspected by the rest of the Akatsuki.
who cares? he killed kids because some evil terorrists would be like "hey your too merciful for us!"?
He's a tragic hero.
which he proved when he brutally tortured and beat his brother inot a coma
Easily Kishimoto's best work.. I believe Itachi is a hero in every sense of the word.
easily one of konohas worst villains. itahci is a villain in every sense of the word.he would sacrifice any innocent person for his own agenda. he tortured sasuke into madness and put kakashi in a coma for no reason
not only was he a hero, he was one of the toughest characters i'v ever seen
not only did he comitt several insane brutal crimes but he cried about it and wanted to die. thats tough? not being able to live with what youve done and seeking death as a release? thats emo if ever i saw it
to see the bigger picture at that age (he was young) and to carry the burden/do the unthinkable for the greater good makes him a very special character/best written in the series.
but he didnt do "the greater good". he dd whatever suited him at the time to fit his agenda to turn sasuke into a puppet
, I'm going to say he's a hero.
Why? Bcuz I love Itachi, he's a badass.
so your lgoci is
"i dont care about the many evil crimes hes committed, i like him, so hes a hero even though hes made innocent people suffer"
all uchiwa are scrum and deserve death which is why Itachi is biggest hero.
shisui is scum?
so itachis a hero for torturing kakashi and helping akatsuki murder jinchurikis?
He is a Hero for stopping the Edo Tensei
stopping edo tensei when it was already mostly defeated was the wotst thing anyone could have done and ensured juubis revival. a hero would have gone for the real threat, in obito and juubi
. Just makes him a good person
a good person brutally tortures sasuke twice?

Saves the Leaf village.. Check
doomed it to desteuction by akatsuki by aiding akatsuki and giving them bijuus. also what makes you think konhas so worth saving?

Prevents a war.. Check
and started another one

Selflessly sacrifices himself for brothers sake.. Check
selfishly turns his brother into a psychopath to control him and make him a puppet
Stopped the Edo tensei and saved the shinobi alliance from dying more fodder deaths.. Check
stopped edo tensei instead of going after the real threats, which wasted precious time, and gave obito a chance to resurrect juubi who wiped out most of the fodder alliance. whoever itachi "saved" died anyway.
y. But I mean, if he didn't and he decided to kill him instead, he would be the one who would instigate the civil war, because the Uchiha would be suspected for the murder of Danzo instantly. All he wanted to do was prevent that, so he couldn't kill him.
why would uchiahs be suspected of killing danzo when their beef was with all elders. and if they killed all elders, all konoha can do is suspect. never arrest as theyd have no proof
he instead decided to act responsibly and STILL continue his saving of Konoha. If I was him, I would of force fed Danzo my shit.
killing danzo saves konoha. itachi didnt do so
He killed his clan to save konoha.
no he didnt. konoha would be fine with or without a few uchihas still being alive. also supporting konoha which is an evil dictatorship isnt a good thing
It wasn't his choice, he did it cause it had too.
it was his choice, and he wasted his efforts by refusing to kill oro who was a bigger threat than his clan
f anything he was a hero to Konoha
by letting them be destroyed?
two ways to look at it honestly. The Uchiha would have been killed one way or the other
which proves to itachi that konoha is monstrous and all too willing to genocide people who disagree with them
Save Fugaku, who himself was the main head instigator of the coup against Konoha?
for heroic reasons, to free his clan from oppression

If he left them alive he would of been suspected by everyone. If he was suspected, he would of been killed
so akatsuki kill anyone they have wild theories about?
they are crazy but not THAT crazy and paranoid.
"ZOMG WE SUSPECT THAT YOUR MORE MERCIFUL AND NICE THAN WE ARE."
obito is not that crazy. hes pragmatic. he employs good people to do his work ALL THE TIME. obito would definitely order them to leave itachi alone, being his main conspirator in said mass murder
. He didn't help the enemy gain Bijuu.
accomplice by inaction. he did nothing to SAVE the bijuus
owever, he provided Sasuke with both MS and EMS
complete insanity as that just makes sauske even more of a threat
d also supplied Naruto the urge to surpass Sasuke by making Sasuke want revenge
naruto wanted to surpass sasuke for his own reasons, not because sauske wants revenge. naruto never even knew about that motive till chapter 4.
making Naruto become infinitely stronger and therefore providing a protection to Kurama and Konoha and a way to avoid the revival of the Shinju
thats hugely speculative. if you remember, he ordered sasuke to kill naruto for MS.
protection for knooha? when itachi did nothing to stop orochimaru who wants to destroy konoha?
He is a hero
yet tortured 6 year old kids
Lel he's the hero konoha needs
konoha needs some danzo lapdog who only kills when its convenient
. Personally, though, I think it was harder for him than his family. He had to live his whole entire life with that regret
yet cant understand that and inflicts that same suffering on his brother
Itachi is a hero and idk how people consider him a traitor ...
tortured his brother, attacked and tried to kill kakashi asuma and kurenai, tried to have innocent people killed at sasukes hands, helped akatsuki murder the jins
little kids would grow up and become "sasukes"(or simply follow their parents path)....there would have been 100s of "sasukes" then. and old people sure had their roles too(as if old people in konoha are all inocent(danzo/hiruzen/the elders etc...)
sasuke only became sasuke because of a long period of torturing and tormenting and taunting from itachi. itachi really did a number on his mind. oro and obito helped.
are you saying that a dozen uchiha kids will all be tortured to get motivated into revenge?
it was either fight with them, or wipe them out completely. he did what was best. kill a few to save more.
he did what he felt safe doing at the time, seeking protection from the stronger side. i bet if he felt uchihas were the stronger side he would have joined them and killed the elders.
itahci is a self serving ass hole monster.
how many people have konoha killed in the last ten years since uchihas died?
a fukload im betting.
how many peopel did orochimaru kill? is it "killing a few to save many" by letting orochimaru go unchecked?
Itachi is a flawed hero. He's a good person at heart, i
false.hes a self serving ass hole who kills when its conveniant and sociopathically ruined his brothers sanity
even with Kage level intellect it's still tough.
kage level intellect couldnt think of a way to avoid killing anyone
Danzo also kind of manipulated Itachi into destroying his clan. Itachi
kage level intellect is easily manipulated?
. Itachi had to carry all those bodies that he killed on his conscious that's why he made Sasuke's life miserable and pushing him to give in to his hatred. Good intentions. Bad strategy.
so itachis logic is
"im suffering and i dont wnat you to be spared of that, so here you go, have some pain hatred and despair"
Itachi is the hero of Konoha
and helped destroy it...


For all we know, he did what he truly believed as the best thing to do. He was sincere in wanting to protect the peace of Konoha, for the greater good.
no he didnt.
we know this because the very next time he can "protect the peace" and kill "for the greater good" he passes the chance up and unleashes orochimaru on the populace of the world.
itachi joins whoever he thinks is the strongest side and seeks their protection and support.
had he believed uchihas would easily win without starting any wars, and that konoha stood no chance, he would have joined them.
Itachi is a hero and should be celebrated
for? what did he do? oh right torture innocent people and help murder 6 innocent people
He was a hero for defeating Kabuto,and saving the world,but I dont think he is hero for killing Uchiha clan,he just choose there lesser evil
saving the world how? the world is is in even more danger than ever, with madara two seconds away from casting his ultimate plan. if anything itachi made the situation WORSE by freeing madara of the only thing still able to control him.
What Itachi did was extremely harsh, but he did it to stop something much worse from happening, and for that cause he was prepared to live the most painful life.
which would eb fine if he didnt simply betray that ideal two years later and spare orochimaru for no reason, and unleash oro into the populace.
whoeve rhe "saved" by killing uchiahs, died anyway against akatsuki and orochimaru

People who say he an evil maniac need to look at the choices he had. He could have either saved countless people by stopping a war and killing less people while taking the burden of the entire Uchiha clan upon himself, or he could have sided with the Uchiha and allowed a war to happen
exactly.
he knew uchihas would lose and end up only making things worse or he could join the stronger side and make himself safe.had he believed uchihas were unbeatable and the stronger faction he would have helped them.

he could save countless people by stopping oorchimaru and his expeiments or he could have spared him and allowed him to keep on murdering and torturing. he chose the latter.
he could save his KA for nagato or obito but chose to waste it on himself.\
ihe could have retreated from kakashi or fought him without hurting himt oo badly, and instead tried to order kakashis murder in cold blood
he could leave sasuke alone but chose to torture him into madness
if he was so concerned with stopping people dying he should destroy all 5 major nations because all of them are willing to, or are planning to murder countless people for political gain
n. Itachi isn't to blame for what he had to do. He wasn't the one who caused the situation, and yet he made the most painful sacrifice to fix it.
fix what? he just made everything worse. he left sasuke alive and then made sasuke become much stronger and much more evil than anyone in his clan had been since madara.
 

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Danzo's errand boy,thats what he was.
 
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