Lord Itachi - Along with the lawful good guys like Naruto, Minato, Hashirama, Kakashi, etc, Itachi is one of the most heroic, selfless, and altruistic guys we've ever seen. He gave up his entire life and accepted the burdens of the entire world from the time he was a mere child to make this world a better and brighter place. His actions are the only reason Konoha was standing in that gap between Minato and Naruto, both pre and post massacre. He single-handedly (maybe with a little help from Obito) took on an entire clan as a teenager and was able to give the world a chance at redemption. He was also a double agent within the Akatsuki, who's role was great in the shaping of the story and in Naruto's own development into a hero as well as Sasuke's into whatever he THINKS he is. Along with Kakashi, Tobirama, and Minato, Itachi is a genius beyond compare and a metaphysical genius with wisdom beyond his years. Also the best genjutsu user and only MS user to crack top 10/15 in power ranking. Thank you, Based Itachi.
Lord Shisui - Kotoamatsukami > your favorite. Shisui's selflessness matches and possibly even surpasses Itachi's own. Shisui did his best to stop the Uchiha from going down their path of butthurt because he was so far above them mentally and saw the fruitless nature of it, but Danzo was unwilling to trust the word of an Uchiha for obvious reasons. Through the betrayal and darkness of it all, he was gracious enough to give Itachi his OP eye and give his life so his friend could lead the charge of the Uchiha from darkness. He was also so fast that he garnered the name Shisui no Shunshin, and had the most beast looking Susano'o which a money green Big Daddy from Bioshock. Thank you, Based Shisui.
Lord Kagami - Lord Kagami is directly related to Lord Shisui and was noted to have an incredible Will of Fire and loved his village more than anything. He also had a beast haircut. Lord Kagami's strength was so strong, that he personally saved Danzo's life as well as Shisui remarking, that despite all his skill and strength, he paled in comparison to Kagami's might, who studied directly Tobirama, a known Uchiha Butcher. It is unknown what killed Lord Kagami, as he was not among the Uchiha in the massacre, but I have no doubt it was a selfless sacrifice to match a ninja of his caliber. Thank you, Based Kagami.
Itachi's paragraph is relatively correct. Kagami's and Shisui's are a little wrong. Specifically the bolded parts.
Shisui was kind-hearted, but to say that his selflessness surpasses Itachi's is simply absurd. Shisui just lost his eye according to the manga. He died to cut down Uchiha forces. However, he could have just faked his death instead of leaving the problem in the hands of a 13 yr old, someone who was at least 5 years his junior.
Kagami didn't love the village more than anything. He would never sacrifice his life for it. That was proven when Tobirama asked who would take on that suicide mission... only Hiruzen was brave enough to raise his hand. Kagami straight up thought he wouldn't, as did Koharu and Homura. While Danzo contemplated his inferiority complex in regards to his rival, Hiruzen. Kagami was just an Uchiha who managed to somewhat get on Tobirama's good side, he couldn't even change Tobirama's general opinion of them.
Itachi killed children and tortured a child. I'd hardly call that respectable.
He is respectable precisely for those actions.
Using Tsukiyomi on Sasuke caused him to get more powerful, turn his hate to Itachi instead of 100,000 innocents living in Konoha, give him a goal in life and reason to not give up, etc. Sasuke would be dead long ago without that torture.
Itachi killed children that were going to be exterminated by Konoha shinobi if he didn't. The blood is metaphorically on Konoha's hands and the Uchiha clan's themselves, not Itachi's.
If you find those actions to not be respectable given the circumstance, you must want Sasuke dead, the Uchiha completely extinct, the Uchiha to be completely disgraced, a civil war, a world war, and children being slaughtered in broad daylight instead of painlessly in their sleep. I find that to be a little sickening, to be honest with you.
Also, you managed to ignore the fact that children aren't treated the same way in NV. Itachi was in a war at age 4... talk about growing up fast.
He did it for the good of something greater than he or the clan. If he hadn't done anything more children would have died. And he tortured that child to have all his hate directed towards him. If he had just let the clan kill as many people as needed, (and assuming he had the power to stop this) that's just as bad as killing those children.
Well, that's how I see things.
^And this would be the way things are in the manga as well. It's not just the way you see them, it's factual.
So true.
ot: The first parts involving Mikoto, Fugaku, Tajima and co were hilarious and had a little bit of truth to them. I thanked and +rep'd. Lol