"If a ninja wants to survive, he will be hated by others. This is a matter of course."
"Excellence is not necessarily a good thing. With power, you will become I have become isolated and arrogant, even if I didn't want to be so at first."
"You are my only brother in the world. As a high wall that you must overcome, I will always be with you. Together, even if I am hated by you... that is the real brother."
"Obsessive to the organization, to the people, to the reputation, this is the most taboo thing about limiting yourself and knowing your own capabilities. Things. Moreover, I am afraid of hatred and stupid behavior for things I have not seen yet."
"My heart is already despairing of this boring people. , but lost what is truly important. Real change cannot be limited to regulations, restrictions, hunches, or imagination."
"The reason why a ninja is a ninja is because he is often forced. Make cruel choices."
"As long as humans rely on their own knowledge and cognition, and are bound by it, that is called reality. The reality of ambiguous things may be that people live in their own obsessions, don’t you think so?”
“How far can you see with that Sharingan? ?”
——Uchiha Itachi
Do you feel it? The emotion of words. If you calmly understand it, you will find that words are not just a simple combination of words. Words have expressions, warmth, and power. Each word not only represents the speaker's will, but also permeates the speaker's emotions. Some words may be right, and some words may be wrong, but no matter whether it is right or wrong, the reason why a person says this or that is supported by his experience, perception and other factors. Therefore, we can understand a person through his words. Only by understanding what he is thinking can he understand the meaning of his actions. This is the meaning of a few passages of Uchiha Itachi's words listed at the beginning of the article.
In Naruto, as Sasuke's brother, Uchiha Itachi has very few appearances. He seems to be a supporting role, but in fact he is an indispensable and important figure related to the central plot of the entire Naruto story. As soon as Itachi appears, he is a typical villain, cold and taciturn, the target of Sasuke's revenge, a ruthless person who killed the entire clan, a rebellious ninja who fled the village, and a member of the infamous "Akatsuki" organization. Every label on him can be a reason for ordinary people to hate him. However, after watching several clips of Itachi in Sasuke's memories when he was still in Konoha Village, especially after seeing the once gentle brother in Sasuke's eyes, many people became suspicious of Itachi's behavior, and even thought that even if he really killed everyone, The murderer of the tribe must also have a hidden agenda. And these judgments are derived from several passages of Itachi (the first five sentences listed at the beginning of the article) - the helplessness that cannot be concealed in the words. Uchiha Itachi has become a mysterious existence in the minds of many people.
Sure enough, Uchiha Itachi is not as simple as Sasuke and many people in Konoha Village thought. His story is very sad, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the most tragic character in Naruto.
The real Uchiha Itachi is a great brother who risked everything for the sake of the ninja world, Konoha, and his most important brother Sasuke. As Madara Uchiha told Sasuke, the peaceful Itachi hid the blade behind his back and survived, but he knew everything in his heart. Apart from Madara, the only people who knew the real Itachi were the Third Hokage of Konoha, Danzo and two counselors.
To fully tell Itachi’s story, we have to go back a long time, to the family history of Uchiha and the era of Konoha’s founding: In the past, the Warring States Period, when the world was in endless war, each country fought for its own country. Interest conflicts continue. At that time, the ninja organization was based on one clan, and each clan was hired by the country to participate in the war. Among the many ninja clans, the "Uchiha" clan and the "Senju of the Forest" clan are feared for their strength. Two ninja clans who could compete with each other fought for a long time.
Uchiha Madara, who relied on the Mangekyo Sharingan, became the leader of the Uchiha clan. However, the Mangekyou Sharingan is very special. The more you use it, the sooner it will be sealed. When the amazing eye power gains power, the power will also close itself and lose its light, and the future can only be boundless darkness. In order to continue fighting and protect his people, Madara took away his brother's eyes and obtained the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. But after that, the Senju clan requested a truce, and the Uchiha clan, tired of the endless fighting, agreed to the truce. Only Uchiha Madara objected, but he could only comply with the wishes of his tribe. Soon, the alliance of the two races signed an agreement with the Fire Nation, which prayed for territorial security, and then the Konoha Ninja Village of the Fire Nation was born.
The first Hokage was Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara confronted Hashirama in order to fight for the dominance of Konoha. None of the clan members supported this leader who wanted to stir up another dispute. Madara was defeated miserably and left the village. After that, he newly organized "Akatsuki" and relied on this fog to hide himself. Sixteen years ago, as an avenger, Madara launched a war against Konoha Village and provoked the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha. However, he was stopped by the Fourth Hokage, and Madara failed again.
In order to prevent rebels like Madara from appearing again, the Second Hokage gave the Uchiha clan a special position to show their trust, that is, the Konoha Police Force.
This move was considered by some Uchiha clan members to separate the entire clan from village administration and put them under unified surveillance, so rebel forces emerged. Coupled with the Nine-Tails incident, the upper echelons of Konoha suspected that the Uchiha clan was responsible. The clan's residence was driven to the corner of the village and monitored by ANBU. Although the Third Hokage objected to such a treatment, Danzo and the staff of the ANBU did not agree with his opinion. The distrusted Uchiha clan planned a coup in order to seize the village. "Excellence is not necessarily a good thing." It was because he was too excellent that Itachi was involved in a bottomless and terrifying battle. From that point on, his hell began...
The leader of the coup is Itachi and Sasuke's father - Uchiha Fugaku. Itachi was a spy planted by the upper echelons of Konoha into the Uchiha clan. Then Itachi followed his father's orders and joined ANBU as a spy. However, he passed information about the Uchiha clan to Konoha and became a double agent.
The reason why Uchiha Itachi betrayed his tribe was because he had witnessed the war. During the Third Ninja War, Itachi, who was only four years old, witnessed the death of many people. In his eyes, war was hell. This stimulation made Itachi a person who disliked disputes and loved peace. He does not stick to the entanglements between Konoha and the clan, puts Konoha's stability first, and works for peace. He is such a ninja who loves Konoha. The upper echelons of Konoha gave Itachi a top-secret mission - to eliminate the Uchiha clan and bear the stigma of becoming a traitorous ninja.
At that time, if the ninjas of the Uchiha clan launched a coup and caused a civil war, both Konoha and the Country of Fire would be shaken. Other countries may take the opportunity to provoke the Fourth Ninja War. The Uchiha clan's self-interested thoughts will cause the death of many people who have nothing to do with the ninja world. This was a result that Itachi did not want to see, so he made up his mind to use his own hands to bring down the curtain on the history of the Uchiha clan. Between Konoha and his family, he chose the former.
The keen Itachi was even aware of Madara's existence. He found Madara, who was waiting for the chance of war, and hated Konoha and the Uchiha clan, and made a condition - to take revenge on the Uchiha clan on Madara's behalf, but he was not allowed to attack the village again. The Third Hokage always tried to negotiate a solution, but it was too late... So, that night came, a night that Sasuke would never forget. Itachi, who killed his friends, boss, father, mother, and lover, shed blood and tears, wiped out all emotions, and killed all his compatriots for the sake of the village, was still unable to kill his only and most important brother, Uchiha Sasuke. Just because to Itachi, Sasuke's life is more important than the village!
After that, Itachi interceded with the Third Hokage and has been protecting Sasuke from Danzo and the upper echelons of Konoha. He also threatened Danzo that if he took action against Sasuke after he escaped from the village, he would leak all the information about the village to non-Allied countries. But none of this could be told to Sasuke. The tragedy happened as a matter of course...
In order to prevent Sasuke from knowing the truth and to make Sasuke believe in these family changes, Itachi begged the Hokage to keep the secret, and that night, asked Sasuke to hate himself and hate himself. , take revenge on yourself and give your brother a cruel reason to live. And all this Itachi did was just to protect Sasuke and hope that he would become stronger. Poor Itachi, even in hell, he still always thinks about his only brother.
From the moment he escaped from the village, Itachi made up his mind to die at the hands of his most important brother, just to give Sasuke new power at that moment - his own eye power. Alone, he carried the sins that could not be erased in his life, left the village, and joined the "Akatsuki" organization to monitor the organizations that posed danger to the village from the inside. While he was always thinking about Konoha, Itachi was also always worried about Sasuke. The Third Hokage had made an agreement with him to protect Sasuke together. After the funeral of the Third Hokage, Itachi immediately appeared in Konoha, just to warn Danzo and other Konoha upper-level officials that "I, Itachi Uchiha, am still alive in the world" and must not harm Sasuke. .
In the last battle of Sasuke's revenge against Itachi, in order to continue to keep the secret, Itachi staged a scene of stealing his brother's eyes, and he performed it until the end. He knew Sasuke so well that the opponent's response was all within his calculations. In that battle, he chased and beat Sasuke fiercely, just to remove Orochimaru's curse seal for him. Even though he knew that he was terminally ill, he still used drugs to maintain his life, just so that he could die in front of Sasuke - the death of the closest person could open Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan.
This battle directed by Itachi for Sasuke, with no hint of his deep love, was all to give Sasuke new strength so that he could defeat himself and become the man who wanted to recover the Uchiha clan. Blood debt, Sasuke became the hero of Konoha. In order to complete this story, Itachi passed on his pupil technique "Amaterasu" to Sasuke at the last moment of his life, and set it in a mode that will automatically activate as soon as he sees the Sharingan, just to prevent Uchiha Madara from destroying him. Tell Sasuke the secret he had carefully kept, destroying all the arrangements he had made for Sasuke.
However, these so-called "Itachi's truths" are told from Madara's mouth. If you read the comics later, you will find that the truth may not be that simple. In order to achieve the purpose of using Sasuke, the truth Madara gave Sasuke was modified by him.
Chapter 551 of the comic: A crow flew out of the celebrity's mouth, which was Itachi's memory: Orochimaru used limb transplantation to Danzo in exchange for Konoha Anbu's plan to stop the pursuit, Danzo He has always coveted the power of the Uchiha clan and talked with Madara's Sharingan that was preserved by Zetsu (Madara's thoughts are preserved in that Sharingan eye. Zetsu's ability is to learn the techniques of the corpse after eating the corpse. Madara is in death. Before concentrating all the power into the Sharingan, he must not absorb the Sharingan, but he was reluctant to throw it away, so he embedded the Sharingan in his chest), planned to seize the body of the suitable Uchiha clan, and gathered in Uchiha (already from Itachi) On the eve of the news that Madara and Danzo had united there and held a meeting to discuss counterattack), Madara penetrated Danzo's blind eye and killed Shisui with Zetsu. Danzo stole Shisui's right eye and arm and transplanted them. After Zetsu and Madara reached an agreement ( Zetsu's purpose was the power of the Six Paths Sage in the Moon), he put the Sharingan into Shisui's right eye, and Madara controlled Shisui's body, which was in a state of death. (PN's technique), Madara can control Shisui's body with his own CKL, but Shisui's body does not have CKL. Madara began to attack the Uchiha clan in the hope of finding a more suitable body
Chapter 52: Itachi knew Madara’s intentions, and in order to stop Madara’s plan, he killed his whole family (the other Uchiha group were killed by Madara) He Zetsu), because his father is the body that Madara is looking for (Madara's grandson), but he is reluctant to kill Sasuke and is ready to donate his body to Madara on the condition that he does not attack Konoha and does not hurt Sasuke. Madara later It was discovered that Itachi's body was seriously ill, but in order to use Itachi's ability and preserve Itachi's eyes, Orochi, who was at odds with Itachi, just asked Orochi to improve Sasuke's ability (the result was a typical meat bun beating a dog, Orochi himself fell in love with Sasuke) ), the decisive battle between Sasuke and Itachi was all in Madara's plan, in order to stimulate Sasuke to open the kaleidoscope, and then Zetsu ate Itachi's body, preserved Itachi's eyes, and hoped to transplant them to Sasuke to form an eternal kaleidoscope.
But no matter what the truth is, the only thing that remains unchanged is Itachi's will to protect Sasuke. I can't help but wonder how lonely Itachi, who knew all the facts, felt when he was wandering outside!
At the end, Uchiha Itachi used his fingers stained with his own blood to tap Sasuke's forehead for the last time, just like what he often did when Sasuke was a child, and said with a smile: "Forgive me, Sasuke. ...This is the end." Itachi ended his own hell in his own way, burying his reputation with the shame of the world, replacing his love with his brother's hatred, for the sake of peace in Konoha, and for the sake of his beloved brother, he was willing to become The eternal sinner, carrying everything on his back, walked to death, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
Itachi’s concern for Sasuke is really touching. Before the decisive battle with Sasuke, he also found Naruto specifically, "I just want to talk to you." During the conversation, he asked Naruto why he was so persistent with Sasuke, and Naruto replied that it was because Sasuke was his brother. After receiving this answer, Itachi raised the corners of his mouth. He even predicted that after his death, even if he passed "Amaterasu" to Sasuke, he would not be able to prevent Uchiha Madara from approaching Sasuke and telling the truth, so that he would be used by Madara. "Sasuke is very simple. Like a piece of white paper, any color can be easily dyed through him." After learning the truth, if Sasuke wants to avenge himself and become an enemy of Konoha, that is what Itachi does not want to see. Therefore, he left a way out for Sasuke in advance. During this meeting with Naruto, he passed on part of himself to Naruto, hoping that Naruto would use this power to prevent Sasuke from going to extremes.
Outside of Sasuke's memories, the exiled Itachi looked so cold and heartless, never smiling. All his smiles were left to the man named Uchiha Sasuke in his boyhood, that kind of light smile with a little helplessness and pampering. After that, the last time he showed a smile was in front of Sasuke when he was dying. I believe Itachi must have been happy inside at that time. Although his life was ruined, he protected his beloved brother with a smile on his face. I'm glad that Madara told Sasuke the real Itachi, even if this so-called truth is not the whole truth. Although Itachi has to keep the secret until death, I think it would be too sad if he really followed his wishes and buried himself in darkness forever. His life has been unfortunate enough, he doesn't need to continue to be unhappy! At least let his brother, who he would give up everything to protect, know his hard work!
Before the battle, Itachi asked Sasuke, "How far can you see with that Sharingan?" Now thinking about it, it is full of unknown sadness. Yes, without Madara, Sasuke would never be able to see through Itachi's lies and know Itachi's truth. Wouldn't it be a greater tragedy for these two brothers who love each other deeply? ! The truth is revealed, Itachi's love for Sasuke has never changed, but the way it is expressed has changed due to situational factors, from gentle and kind to ruthless. But no matter how the form changes, the essence of love remains the same, as he himself said: "You are my only brother in the world. As a high wall that you must overcome, I will always be with you, even if you hate me." "That's the real brother." And he truly fulfilled this promise.
Bury all the darkness and unbearableness deep in my heart, and create a bright future for my only and most beloved brother. I have to say that Uchiha Itachi is the greatest brother and the most tragic character.