I just finished reading it (Was only half way when writing the first comment). Was it a mistake that Sasuke had his Mangekyo Sharingan eyes and not the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan eyes? Or can a EMS user show the MS too.
I think that Itachi was definitely different from the rest of the Uchiha Clan but his power of love and hate revolved around the village rather than his clan or family. He could see the bigger picture and so he choose to love his village over the clan so he did everything he could to keep his village safe.Good Question maybe thats why Itachi really wanted to leave Sauske alive maybe he just someway knew he could b the one to break the curse with a lil help maybe he could sense narutos future presence he prolly knew naruto was the jinchiruki and sauske and him will eventually meet up because naruto represents the fox and the fox n the uchia have always had strong connection in this series.. and maybe he new a greater power no one has seen when the uchia finally break the curse..(Maybe not that dramatic) but it would make sense because as they pointed out itachi always viewed things in "the bigger picture" he may have never hated or loved which is y he isnt bound to curse and as to y he cant be the one to break the curse. and maybe thats y they hint that nobody loved their brother harder than Madara. his love for his brother was genuine. Itachi love for his brother was for the bigger picture.. (if u can kill yo mom you can kill your brother easy)
thought the same thing, was thinking dbz as soon as hashi started acting like a goofy kid (like goku). and remember when goku first met trunks and found out about him being another super sayian... just really rung a bell when hashi reacted the way he did to minato being another hokage.Think about it Hashirama = Goku and Tobirama = Vegeta .