Why does everyone think Itachi is so "good"

[Baka Sennin]

he's misguided (even admitted it himself as an edo), and he did a lot of horrible things for a good cause. for some reason teenage girls fall for that

 

[bajram]

It depends on ur own view on it....oh and btw why ppl like him is because he is badass is not because he is good or evil.

 

[blackbird31468]

Itachi's treatment by fans of Naruto really annoys me. To recall - this is the man who

1) Eliminated most of the Uchiha, men, women and children in a brutal genocide whose justification is quite tenuous

2) Brutally mindraped Sasuke

3) Brutally mindraped

4) Almost killed Sasuke (a stray shuriken or an attack that accidentally hit Sasuke MIGHT have actually killed him)

5) Is basically responsible for the way Sasuke is now

6) Asked Kisame to hack Naruto's limbs off

Now; if he were considered an idiotic well intentioned extremist, or even a lying villain - it wouldn't annoy me so much. But no, he's a "good guy". Just because Itachi wanted some good things to come out of it, and was willing to carry out Danzou's plan doesn't mean he was a "good guy". He really ought not to be given an omniscient morality license IMO.

What do you guys think?

Itachi = good or bad?

1) He what he had to do to prevent a 4th Shinobi World War.

2) Even though he should Sasuke terrible images, Sasuke didn't become a psycho from the genjutsu.

3) :|

4) But it didn't kill him. So what's your point.

5) Actually, Obito and the elders are responsible for that. You seem to forget that Sasuke had no evil intentions until Obito talked to him.

6) Why should he care about what happens to him?

Determining whether or not Itachi is good or bad is a harder question than you might think. Itachi was never evil, but you could argue with his actions. But overall, you seem to be missing the bigger picture about it all, and just pointing out the negative stuff he did.

 

[NineSNS]

We've all seen our good intentions manipulated by someone whose been able to identify and exploit both our weaknesses and our power. Itachi=Nagato=Naruto=passionate, idealistic, emotional decision-makers. Good, but gullible.

 

[zinescience]

they have their reasons too.

 

[Salad]

I'm neutral about Itachi he should have not destroyed his clan but he also showed how much he loved Sasuke that he spared him making his brother worth more than the village itself