-Their kids were not bullied in school as if this were the case, then Sasuke would not have been so revered. According to the novels, Itachi was revered at school along with other Uchiha as well. The bullying problem was an isolated incident where he was being attacked because he was the top of the Academy at age 6 which unnerved some 12 yr olds and this was further heightened when one of the 12 yr olds who had his mother get crushed under a building in front of him during the attack & upset a killer was never punished/found realized Itachi was an Uchiha. However, his lineage was not the main factor by any means, it just served to fuel it which is understandable given the 12 yr old and co. were upset at losing their loved one w/o anyone/anything to turn to.
-The Senju DO still exist, but yes they are no longer a cohesive clan. They gradually watered down by marrying into other ones. But Senju way of thinking? What is the Senju way of thinking? Protect the village... this is the way of all cooperative clans.
-They were blamed because everyone was 100% sure in the end that a sharingan user did it and the clan would contain the only user they knew of. The Uchiha also did not try to clear their names nor did they object regarding the Kyuubi attack suspicions, so it heightened things.
-Yes, and they also received housing before the majority of Konoha citizens because of how people revered their abilities. Old women, little girls and boys, etc- many were homeless for a long while with their businesses destroyed and yet the Uchiha clan received more than adequate housing while they did not.
-And yet when Hiruzen suggested for Itachi to be made Hokage in the novels, the clan hated this idea. And while Fugaku knew Itachi could have fixed everything in a short amount of time during his reign since the kid cared for both sides, he didn't stick up for him in front of his clan.
-They literally kept the same system which Hashirama/Tobirama established.
I'm sorry, but all validity for the Uchiha's "plight" went out the window the moment they rejected the idea of peacefully changing Konoha or talking with Hiruzen. It would have been far more understandable had they accepted peace talks and had they been double-crossed then did what they did... but nope, that was not the case. It lost even more merit when Fugaku believed his son being Hokage would fix everything in a few years and that he was just going with the coup to please his clan & to avoid them attacking/killing him.
- An isolated bullying, that occured to an uchiha who rising through the ranks.. isolated bullying, that would've happened to other kids if they were rising through the ranks. Clearly they weren't revered in the school in the eyes of those kids. And 12 years old is about when kids startin getting the grown up mentality. "His lineage was not the main factor".. but it was a factor.
- I said the clan did not exist. There was no more "senju". And the will of the Senju was aka Hashirama's will of fire (not the entire clan's).. which was protect the village and its people.
- The uchiha were blamed by the villagers, because they did not participated in the war due to the orders of the Konoha government. And then the attacker possibly being a Sharingan user, even put more fuel on the fire. To which only the Uchiha clan took blame.. had the Konoha government let the Uchiha fight, the issue never would've became that big.
- Yes, and this also makes the divide between the uchiha and the rest even bigger.. a divide that had already been started with the result of the Konoha Government.
- Because Fugaku was smart enough to know, that it would simply come off as Fugaku making a deal with the villagers, and making his son Hokage. The only reasonable way it would've worked out is if it was Fugaku becoming Hokage.
- They literally kept the same system.. is that a joke?? lol.. You had a 10 year old Anbu.. you had 13 year olds who weren't even trained as elite fighters, going out in war.. you had a hokage letting criminals walk right past him.. you had a person who commited treason multiple times on the council.. you had a hokage who couldn't even work things with his own people until it was too late.. You had the government separating people and segregating them due to their suspicion... Same systemm?? I don't think so. Oh did i forget, killing their own villagers so others wouldn't declare war on them.. right.
Hiruzen could've just resigned as Hokage at that very moment.. and bam coup is pervented. Right, can't let go of power though.
What was he supposed to do tho?
Like I said, there was no reason to lift persecution from the Uchihas. They wanted to maintain their autonomy and resisted the village system; Tobirama responded by giving them a role in the village that would let them maintain some autonomy without disrupting the village's functions. During a period of international wars.
As far as we know there weren't other candidates. Tobirama was on his own and had to make a split second decision. We don't know of any other characters from Tobirama's generation that he could have groomed as advisors or replacements in their stead.
Literally, Tobirama did the best possible with what he had.
Yeah, his decision to persecute the Uchihas was flawed, and I mean, okay, it's his "biggest" flaw as a leader, but I don't think anyone could have done better. Hashirama was more forgiving, but this was also painted as a fault (he would have given the Uchihas the village if he believed it would have meant peace, which was very shortsighted considering that the village evidently wasn't warmed up to the Uchihas; he would have given the other villages the Bijuu for free, which was a bad idea evidently since the villages soon ended up warring again in spite of his working for peace).
I don't think there was a right decision for Tobirama to make.
1. What village system did they resist?? The one that treated everyone equally, or the one that segregated them??
2. The period of international wars, continued all the way to Pain invasion.. so thats not really a justifiable reason to kill an entire group of people.
3. No he did not do the best he possibly could.. lol. Separating the uchiha into some sort of a special police, is actually one of his other mistakes.. You don't make your police based on 1 group of people. The purpose of the village was to mix the clans.. not separate them. Also, police are not political figures, but mere servants of the people.
4. Hashirama would've gave Uchiha the village?? No he wouldn't have.. because the Uchiha would've never wanted the village if Hashirama was running things. Hell Madara even fought Hashirama, because of Tobirama... not because of Hashirama's failure as a leader.. rofl. Giving the bijuu out for free was a joke dude.. comedy relief moment.. unless you believe Tobirama had more power over the Hokage, lol.
5. From his conversation with Hiruzen/Danzo, i think its clear he was looking for those 2 to lead the village.
