Itachi assassinated his own clan to prevent a civil war inside Konoha, which would've eventually led to the village's downfall and probably even a new Shinobi war. Other
how do you know? all that is just as a result of a what if scenario. can you say with 100% certainty thats what would have happened? no you cannot. itachi leaped into it without properly considering other options to stop it. why would there be a civil war if they had just surrendered and let the uchihas rule them?
Other village's could've easily invaded the weakened village that already has its hands full with restraining trouble among its own citizens.
could? so a what if scenario thats likely not to happen as it didnt even happen after oros invasion or pain's, is your justification for killing kids and women? how are they goign to start a civil war? all one needs to do is kill the ringleaders like any sensible leader in real life would do. killing EVERYONE involved is brutal uncessary and removes the chance to interrogate them and find out if any were coerced or controlled into planning it. if it was part of a bigger plot they would never know because itachis response to his family was KILL EVERY SINGLE LIVING THING IN HIS PATH.
Itachi shouldered all of that burden on his own to relieve the village and preserve the Uchiha's name.
itachi commited mass genocide and slaughtered his own parents. he wasnt preserving anything by sullying his name and making himself a traitor. if the world didnt trust uchihas cos of madara then why wouldnt they expect them to be all just like itachi as well? two and now four evil uchihas counting obito doesnt shed a good light on the rest.
so what if he stopped a POTENTIAL war? the war still happened and he still butchered innocent people.
But the Uchiha were a necessary sacrifice
no such thing. theres murder and then theres not murder. itachi chose genocide instead of trying to save his family and village at the same time.
Itachi prevented a war from breaking out at the time and he sacrificed his own soul to do what he did.
making him pure evil. itachi slaughtered women children and old men just because of the THREAT of a POTENTIAL war. uchihas hadnt hurt anyone and we will never know if they were controlled or forced into it because itachi never left them alive and only killed the most powerful members. with intimidation tactics and threats they could have easily kept uchihas under control without resorting to killing every single one of them. what threat to national security did say, mikoto, pose? when have you heard of a rebellion against a powerful professional army by a bunch of women and boys?
itachi killed people to stop a potential rebellion. the problem is he killed WAY TOO MANY.
Yet, Itachi himself felt that he had to be punished for what he did some day; that's one of the reasons he let Sasuke live, to killed by him and judged for his crimes one day
no. he wants to die by sasukes hand to make sasuke stronger and give him MS, putting many more innocent people at risk because as we know sasuke was already evil, even then. if itachi loved and respected his village he would have turned himself in and confessed he killed the uchiha clan then accepted tsunades punishment. only tsunade had the authority to legitimately judge itachi. not his brat of a brother.
When he was revived, however, he had the chance to redeem his crimes himself
and did not do so.
"Self-sacrifice...a nameless shinobi who protects peace from within it's shadows. That is a TRUE shinobi"
Someone who does good deeds because they know it's right, not for recognition (Naruto)
The Uchiha were far from innocent
doesnt justify murdering every single one of them. konoha isnt innocent either. does that mean we should kill them all?
did so, by saving the world, and his village, once more. He stopped Kabuto's (Nagato's) attempt to capture the Jinchuuriki and released Edo Tensei, taking a huge burden from the allied forces and indirectly saving the Kage's lives.
that was all shisui. nothing itachi did there was something he chose to do. he simply switched out kabutos control for koto's. he indirectly got them killed in the first fukin place! he could control anything kabuto did. the best plan would be to RECALL ALL EDOS THEN make them vanish at his leisure.
he did not save the world. he and naruto and bee saved themselves in a combined effort and then he stopped kabuto, kimimaro and chiyo. WHO GIVES A SHIT. nothing naruto and bee couldnt have done when cleaning up the battlefield post-obitos defeat.
yet he was a true one, one in the shadows; sacrificing everything he had for the sake of others.
so what was he sacrificing when torturing and beating sasuke into a coma, and telling him to murder innocent people for power? what was he sacrificing when he helped akatsuki murder 7 people and did nothing to even send the least bit of useful intel back to the other nations? what was he sacrificing when torturing and ordering the attempted murder of kakashi? was kakashi another necessary death to further itachis cause of cowardly killing himself and making sure sasuke was unstoppable?
Danzo left Itachi only two options
Kill your clan while saving your brother and the village in the process
or
Allow your clan to rebel, watch them get slaughtered in civil war, and live with the death of your innocent little brother
Itachi shouldered alot of guilt for a 13, he was truly mature beyond his years and a hero
no he didnt. he left them with alot of options. but itachi was the one who fooled himself into thinking there were only two. so much for the great intelligent uchiha. itachi was a genocidal sociopath and never once acted heroic in his entire life. before the massacre he went on a maniacal rant about how the uchihas are pathetic (besides himself i guess). i wonder how shisui would feel about itachi saying "ive had enough of this pathetic clan" gee thats harsh. you called your mother and best friend pathetic...
itachi did not shoulder the guilt. if he felt truly sorry he wouldnt torture a 7 year old and beat him into a coma. if he felt truly sorry he wouldnt try to steal sasukes free will and enslave him for eternity. if he felt truly sorry he would have done everything possible to slow akatsuki down and save the 9 jinchuriki. whether its by warning them or killing the two akatsukis sent after them.
Itachi just did like Batman...
so batman mindraped children, tried to steal free will of 16 year olds, slaughtered an entire race of people, and helped betray everyone he ever worked for?
Basically and its mainly trunks always him you just hate on itachi for choosing the lesser of two evils. e
no. my problem isnt with the killing of the uchiha ringleaders. that should be done. the problem lies with the rest of the deaths. how they thought uchihas were a threat to powerful jounins and a kage with a crystal ball watching them, with only women, boys and old men is beyond me. absolutely beyond me. no real life general would do that. not even hitler killed every single general in his path and their whole families just because a couple of them planned to take him out.
my problem isnt with how hard his decision was. it lies with his decisions afterwards. he didnt dedicate the rest of his life to nobility and living like a robin hood-type bandit. taking down threats and helping out war orphans. instead he continued doing the same exact evil shit that konoha thought he just did and proved them correct. no matter how noble his intentions he still mindraped a 7 year old for no reason.
