Orlan Drake
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- Posted: Thu, 20 May 2004 01:45:15 +0000
SPOILERS AHEAD
I don't often venture into that many Naruto related threads but when I do make that rare excursion into a slightly original thread, because most Naruto topics are driven into the ground like stake, I often times see people mentioning Uchiha Itachi.
I often times see things like
"Itachi is so hot!!"
"I love his personality!!1"
"Sasuke is just jealous!!"
And my head swells damned near to the point of explosion due to the level of idiocy those statments are laden with.So I decided that it was high time to make a thread discussing a very pivotal though mysteriously vague character.
Virtually nothing save for the very basics is known about Uchiha Itachi, in either the anime or the manga. So lets review the basics...
Uchiha Itachi Statistics
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AGES
GRADUATED FROM ACADEMY: 7
STARTED USING SHARINGAN: 8
BECAME CHUNIN RANK: 9
BECAME ANBU SQUAD LEADER: 13
KILLED THE UCHIHA CLAN: 13
MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED
D-RANK: 53
C-RANK: 152
B-RANK: 134
A-RANK: 0
S-RANK: 1
Courtesy of http://www.orangeday.net/itachi/
Now lets review what we've learned from the anime/manga...
We first meet Itachi after Sandaime's funeral during the reconstruction of Konoha. As he appears we learn that he is after Yondaime's legacy in other words, Uzumaki Naruto.
Traveling with him is Kisame, a wanted S-Rank felon in the Bingo Book, orginating from the Village of Hidden mist.
Through Jiraiya we learn that Itachi and Kisame are both memebers of a very secret orginaztion known as Akatsuki. An orginaztion which Orochimaru once belonged to. The orginazation is headed by six memebers and missions are carried out by nine hand picked Ninja, Orochimaru, Kisame and Itachi being of the nine. Which would eerily inidicate that there are six unknown Ninja that are potentialy stronger than Orochimaru and even Itachi... but thats a topic for later discussion.
Itachi and Kisame's arrival in Konoha mearly teaches a few things. Itachi has returned, he is part of the Akatsuki and he is after Naruto. His appearence also gives a slight glimpse at the immense power a true user of the Sharingan posseses when he uses his Tsukiyomi Genjutsu on Kakashi.
We also learn one last bit seemingly trivial though potentialy vital information.
Itachi is cautious of Maito Gai.
We once again run into Itachi in the city, the name of which eludes me at the moment, where Jiraiya took Naruto and to find Tsunade.
There we see about the same amount of skill and we learn little more than was already revealed earlier. Though we do pick up a few important details...
Itachi and Kisame are cautious of Jiraiya, obviously so, considering he is one of the Sanin.
Kisame's Samehedatou absorbd Chakra.
Itachi has little to no interest in Sasuke.
And once again...
Itachi is cautious of Maito Gai.
We do learn other various bits and pieces of information about Itachi through Orochimaru later on in the manga. Such as the fact that Orochimaru fears Itachi. That his fear of Itachi is more than likely the driving factor behind his ambition to obtain Sasuke.
Other than that there is very little that we know about Uchiha Itachi. Only Kishimoto will truly be able to tell us what happens next.
Now onto the true purpose of this thread and please do forgive my ramblings...
What do you, the people of Gaia, speculate about Itachi, Kisame and the rest of the Akatsuki? Is Itachi truly the strongest? Are the leaders of the Akatsuki truly stronger than the ones who carry out its missions?
So let us now being the examination and specualtion of Uchiha Itachi's characters and his involvment with others groups, people and orginazations.
I don't often venture into that many Naruto related threads but when I do make that rare excursion into a slightly original thread, because most Naruto topics are driven into the ground like stake, I often times see people mentioning Uchiha Itachi.
I often times see things like
"Itachi is so hot!!"
"I love his personality!!1"
"Sasuke is just jealous!!"
And my head swells damned near to the point of explosion due to the level of idiocy those statments are laden with.So I decided that it was high time to make a thread discussing a very pivotal though mysteriously vague character.
Virtually nothing save for the very basics is known about Uchiha Itachi, in either the anime or the manga. So lets review the basics...
Stats
Uchiha Itachi Statistics
------
AGES
GRADUATED FROM ACADEMY: 7
STARTED USING SHARINGAN: 8
BECAME CHUNIN RANK: 9
BECAME ANBU SQUAD LEADER: 13
KILLED THE UCHIHA CLAN: 13
MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED
D-RANK: 53
C-RANK: 152
B-RANK: 134
A-RANK: 0
S-RANK: 1
Courtesy of http://www.orangeday.net/itachi/
Now lets review what we've learned from the anime/manga...
We first meet Itachi after Sandaime's funeral during the reconstruction of Konoha. As he appears we learn that he is after Yondaime's legacy in other words, Uzumaki Naruto.
Traveling with him is Kisame, a wanted S-Rank felon in the Bingo Book, orginating from the Village of Hidden mist.
Through Jiraiya we learn that Itachi and Kisame are both memebers of a very secret orginaztion known as Akatsuki. An orginaztion which Orochimaru once belonged to. The orginazation is headed by six memebers and missions are carried out by nine hand picked Ninja, Orochimaru, Kisame and Itachi being of the nine. Which would eerily inidicate that there are six unknown Ninja that are potentialy stronger than Orochimaru and even Itachi... but thats a topic for later discussion.
Itachi and Kisame's arrival in Konoha mearly teaches a few things. Itachi has returned, he is part of the Akatsuki and he is after Naruto. His appearence also gives a slight glimpse at the immense power a true user of the Sharingan posseses when he uses his Tsukiyomi Genjutsu on Kakashi.
We also learn one last bit seemingly trivial though potentialy vital information.
Itachi is cautious of Maito Gai.
We once again run into Itachi in the city, the name of which eludes me at the moment, where Jiraiya took Naruto and to find Tsunade.
There we see about the same amount of skill and we learn little more than was already revealed earlier. Though we do pick up a few important details...
Itachi and Kisame are cautious of Jiraiya, obviously so, considering he is one of the Sanin.
Kisame's Samehedatou absorbd Chakra.
Itachi has little to no interest in Sasuke.
And once again...
Itachi is cautious of Maito Gai.
We do learn other various bits and pieces of information about Itachi through Orochimaru later on in the manga. Such as the fact that Orochimaru fears Itachi. That his fear of Itachi is more than likely the driving factor behind his ambition to obtain Sasuke.
Other than that there is very little that we know about Uchiha Itachi. Only Kishimoto will truly be able to tell us what happens next.
Now onto the true purpose of this thread and please do forgive my ramblings...
What do you, the people of Gaia, speculate about Itachi, Kisame and the rest of the Akatsuki? Is Itachi truly the strongest? Are the leaders of the Akatsuki truly stronger than the ones who carry out its missions?
So let us now being the examination and specualtion of Uchiha Itachi's characters and his involvment with others groups, people and orginazations.