[+]Copyright Disclaimer[+]
This is an essay dedicated to Uchiha Sasuke, of the popular manga and anime Naruto, and Naruto Shippuuden. This essay is completely fan made, the story created by Masashi Kishimoto.
[+]Author’s Disclaimer[+]
I have decided to write an essay due to the overwhelming amount of hating Uchiha Sasuke gets on a daily basis. I understand completely that sometimes there is no way that you can changed someone’s opinion of something. I put this essay together strictly to because I am sick of defending him in parts. I am just going to address everything I have seen to this date.
[+]The Pride of Konoha: The Uchiha Clan[+]
The prestigious blood of the Uchiha Clan, known to almost everyone and admired by nearly everyone they came in contact with. Becoming the police of Konohagakure, and keeping the village in check they became a huge asset to ninjas. But was this always so? Was the Uchiha clan always the backbone of the Hidden Leaf Village?
Apparently not, The Uchiha’s most recently in Part II of the manga and now the anime, that the Uchiha’s have a dark past and that of an evil one.
Kitsune no Kyuubi spoke of the Uchiha’s as a cursed clan. With cursed blood, and cursed bloodline. He then spoke of Uchiha Madara, a cursed man that had more wicked chakra then the nine tailed himself. But this name had no affect on Sasuke. As if he didn’t know this.
[+]My opinion on this matter[+]
Uchiha Madara was a sinister man that created the Mangekyo Sharingan. A powerful man, just as he is evil. But if he was so powerful, why was he kept a clan secret? That answer came easy to me. After Madara disappeared from his family’s life, the clan started over. Wanted a new exterior and that a good one. They covered up the evil of their clan, the darkness of it, and became the Police of the Konoha.
[+]The Return of Evil: Uchiha Itachi[+]
After the clan took years to fix their title, a prodigy is born in the name of Uchiha Itachi. Born of nothing but natural skill, there was no need for late night training, he didn’t need that. He was a powerful member of the clan, who exceeded everyone’s expectations. And in that, he became someone to lean on in the clan. Someone to fall back on, he was powerful, and to be powerful, he wanted more power. In turn he found what he was looking for.
Itachi killed his best friend and cousin to receive an evil mark of the Uchiha’s, the Mangekyo Sharingan or Kaleidoscope eye. And after he received it, one night, he destroyed his entire clan. Brutally murdering them all, all accept Sasuke.
[+]My reasoning on that[+]
Itachi left his little brother alive, just for that reason. He is his little brother. Sasuke treated Itachi as family; he looked up to him and wanted to be like him. Sasuke wanted to also, be stronger then him, he didn’t fall back on him for help, he wanted to prove himself to Sasuke, not his father, not his mother. He wanted to be like Itachi. Itachi also knew that he is strong enough to where he is unstoppable at this point in time. Even Orochimaru is unable to stop him, the reason he left the Akatsuki was because Itachi as too strong for him. If he is stronger then a Sanin, and a Sanin is stronger then a Kage, then where does that leave Itachi. Almost a god status?
[+]Itachi’s Last words[+]
Why did Itachi leave him with instruction on how to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan? Itachi is an unstoppable force to where only someone with the same power can defeat you. And that is Sasuke. He told Sasuke “If you want eyes like these, you must kill you best friend…”
Sure he said that as an instruction to get them. The same way he did. But in that, those words and that night made Uchiha Sasuke who he is.
[+]Early Child Hood[+]
Sasuke became a very anti social after the Uchiha Massacre, which isn’t very uncommon, his entire life was destroyed in one night. He became very suicidal attempting once, and then became very vengeful in time. Sasuke then knew what he had to do. Sasuke had to become stronger to where he will be able to fight his brother and kill him. Sasuke then made a silent pact to himself not to get attached because to him that showed a weakness that Itachi could attack.
[+]Team Seven: The Beginning[+]
From the start, team seven had issues. There was the severe jealous of Naruto towards Sasuke, Sakura’s infatuation with Sasuke, and Sasuke’s want for there to be an I in Team. So it began, the journey to friendship, trust, and adulthood. A somewhere along those lines, a bond was formed. An unbreakable one, to where each of them knew each other better then anyone else. Of course it wasn’t perfect, but nothing is.
[+]The Chuunin Exam: The beginning of the End[+]
During the Chuunin exam something happened there to where it couldn’t be explained. An unknown character was introduced by the name of Orochimaru. During the survival part of the Chuunin exam, Uchiha Sasuke was bitten on the neck by Orochimaru and a mark was placed on his neck. Making him fall weak and unconscious along with Naruto, Sakura was then forced to stay awake and protect them with her life. And in that, she did. Enduring pain, and showing true strength she showed she was a ninja.
Suddenly an evil chakra surrounded Sasuke and a evil morbid him came out. After on a rampage to just about killing another ninja, Sakura was able to stop him. The feeling even scared him, he wasn’t sure why he had it, or what he was supposed to do with it.
[+]Post Chuunin Exams/Pre-Timeskip[+]
During this time Sasuke was put in a awkward position, he was always on watch, and he was a ticking time bomb. He was able to control it with the help of Kakashi’s seal holding it in, as long as he wanted to.
[+]The Reunion: Itachi and Sasuke 4 years later[+]
Upon finding out that the Akatsuki was after Naruto, Sasuke runs after him to find where he is, and in turn along with finding Naruto, he finds his brother. Itachi after barely lifting a finger shows Sasuke how that there still is a difference. He tells him that Sasuke isn’t what he wants, and he needs Naruto.
Remember, Sasuke is overly jealous at this point in time of Naruto and how he is advancing must faster then he ever was.
Itachi then speaks to him again, after four years, asking him why he is weak. And then answering his own question he tells him its because he lacks darkness and evil intent.
[+]The Final Straw: The Return of the Sound 4[+]
After Sasuke’s meeting with Itachi, he felt weak, and unable to do much. And now, he finds that the Akatsuki is after Naruto. Someone, that he felt was inferior to him his entire life. And on the dreadful night the Sound 4 came, they told him that he could come, and there was power involved. Enough power to kill Itachi, as long as he would give his body of Orochimaru.
[+]My Opinion[+]
Sasuke had all the right to leave. In this, it was a human decision. Why people hate him so much for this is beyond me. Sasuke has said from the very beginning that he had to be stronger then his brother to kill him. When he thought he was dying in the Wave Country Arc, he said that he couldn’t die until he killed Itachi. He left for the power that he knew he needed, and if the power gap was that far apart, he had to leave. It was human, and in turn I would have done the same thing in his position.
[+]A Cruel Goodbye: Leaving Konoha[+]
Sakura knew he was leaving that night. Call it woman’s intuition, she knew he wasn’t going to stay. And in that, she tried to stop him. Yes she tried simple things, stay and we can help you, the right way. But that didn’t work. In the end she tried to confess her feelings of love to try to get him to stay, maybe just maybe it would work. But his heart was already decided, no matter how much he wanted to stay, he couldn’t. Not as long as Itachi was out there. So he thanked her, knocked her out and left.
[+]My opinion:[+]
Why “Thank you?” Because she truly cared for him, and he knew that, she was going to do everything to leave just for him. So he thanked her for actually caring for him, even though he did nothing but hurt her through the years, ignore her feelings and degrade her, she stuck by his side, and that meant something to her. Why did he just leave her on the bench that was better explained in Remedi’s essay Why Uchiha Sasuke *MIGHT* have left Haruno Sakura on a bench.
[+]A Hearts Wishes: The Valley of the End[+]
Sasuke here, was leaving, but not without a fight. And an all out fight. Cursed chakra Vs. Cursed Chakra, and both of them learned something. They were best friends. In the end, Naruto wasn’t able to stop Sasuke, fate happened, Sasuke was meant to go. And instead of killing Naruto to obtain the Mangekyo, he left him there, exhausted.
When Sasuke walked into the darkness it showed him leaving a good life to leaving for the path of evil intensions. But he didn’t want to be Itachi, so he decided to find his own way, while he trained with Orochimaru.
[+]Beyond Two Years: A 360 Change[+]
Upon meeting with Sasuke, the new Team Seven sees Sasuke. He is different and now has an evil and cold heart. A heartbreaking moment to Team 7, but all the cuts aren’t healed, while Sai insults Naruto, a cold and deathly look comes from Sasuke and Sai is utterly scared.
[+]From the Snake’s Mouth[+]
In most recent chapters of Naruto, Orochimaru states that Sasuke is much stronger then Orochimaru ever was at that age, and it was almost time for him to be taken. In a flash back, Orochimaru tells Sasuke that he will not be able to kill Itachi if he cannot kill his emotions. In that, he tells Orochimaru that he will not show any mercy towards him. And at the end of the chapter Sasuke attacks Orochimaru in a weakened state.
Sasuke states, “I will not show you any mercy, not even if you beg!”
Something he was going to say to someone he hates.
[+]My Outlook on this Scene[+]
Uchiha Sasuke hates him for everything he has become. He never wanted to be evil, and heartless. He hates Itachi, and in turn, he hates what he is. He wants to kill him; Sasuke knew that taking up Orochimaru’s offer on becoming stronger had dire consequences, becoming everything he hates.
And now he after waiting patiently, he want to kill him for everything he made him.
[+]Sasuke in short[+]
Uchiha Sasuke is a very complex character which is why he is so appealing towards me. He has a very human outlook on life, love, hate friendship, vengefulness, and conscious. This makes Uchiha Sasuke great. He has made some mistakes, but who doesn’t. In truth, he isn’t has heartless and uncaring as everyone thinks. Sasuke wants to kill Itachi so he has a chance at a good life down the road. Itachi, is the only person, in his mind, that can tear it all away in the blink of an eye.
Also, I believe that the family could only cover up a family secret for so long. Uchiha Madara was going to come back into play whether they thought so or not. I believe if it seems like its going to be impossible to escape, I believe that he will be able to break the evil chain that is the Uchiha Clan.
“My dreams, They are more like ambitions, because they will happen. I am going to restore my clan. But first, I have to kill a certain someone.”
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