why did sauske have to become a shinobi? why couldn't he be a painter, if itachi truly cared about his brother he would not let him get involved with the brutal killing shinobis. its like advocating to your brother that he should definitely join the army and go to Afghanistan. Itachi should have set up a life for sasuke as a painter. instead of torturing him he would genjutsu him into perusing his lifelong dream as a painter.
but seriously? woudn't it have been more humane to cut of one or two of sasukes arms so that he would have have become a shinobi`?
in real life itachi would have been Breivik, fighting for something he believed was right, but what Breivik/itachi did was horrible.
Sasuke looks no good at painting xd Sai replaced Sasuke not with regard to art skills
Well when you kill your family and your brother becomes a terrorist, the only thing you can do is love him right?
Look man, that's how siblings are... it is kinda hard to hate your siblings in certain families, I come from one such family, take my word.
OT: About what Itachi was pushed into, these were his options of dealing with Sasuke:
1) Let him die at the hands of ANBU
2) Kill him himself.
3) Modify his memory so he doesn't remember his brother or family.
4) Not do anything.
5) Telling him the truth.
6) Doing what he did.
What all choices result in:
1) No way of leaving behind the Uchiha blood + can't take it. No.
2) Just NO!
3) That would make him weak and turn him into (an awesome looking elite boy) Playboy. (Road to Ninja inspired) He'd never be ready for what he is destined to face as an Uchiha.
4) Sasuke would chase Itachi before he was ready and get into a lot more trouble than he finds himself in now.
5) Same as 4.
6) Hate it... "but there is no better choice when I have little time to think about it and I am 13 for God's sake!"
think about it...
