He protected his little brother and saved Konoha.
At the age of 7 he was already on a part with any Kage.
Called a genius among Uchiha and it's their pride.
He even saved Sasuke again and stopped the Edo Tensei flawlessly.
Perhaps no one else did that much in the series.
itachi is an evil psychopath. he committed genocide instead of thinking of a diplomatic solution, let orochimaru live which led to thousands dying and a war almost starting, did nothign abotu akatsuki, and he didnt stop edo tensei except chiyo kimimaor and other fodders. so who cares about that if he didnt do anything.
and at 7 hashirama was thinking like a kage as well. nothing special.
Now we know why Hashirama hyped him.
hashirama is humble and wouldnt bash itachi right in front of sasuke who obviously loves itachi
and he did the most and sacrificed the most throughout the whole series... T_T poor itachi
yeah he sacrifcied thousands of innocent people so his own village couldnt be touched. hes a monstrous evil mindraper. he did nothing about most of the major villains when he could have done SOMETHING to stop them, and he only ever sacrificed others, never finding a blodlessl solution.
hokage wisdom at age 7. the upper echelon of konoha, left everything to him and him alone. he was a genius among geniuses
which led to the destruction of half their village since in itachis IMMENSE WISDOM he for no reason lets orochimaru go and unleashes him on everyone