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Originally Posted by Cub-Sama
He never wanted to survive, he wanted Sasuke to kill him and gain the MS, he planned failing since the beginning, he could of killed Sasuke with Susanoo but didn't. Also Kafriel he didn't fail with that either he has put suspicions in Sasuke's heart and he has made a fail safe inside Naruto. In chessmaster terms he is probably on par with Lelouch and Schneizel
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Without transplanting the eyes, the MS only leads to blindness, so I doubt Itachi wanted Sasuke to gain the MS. Itachi wanting Sasuke to actually kill him is also debatable considering that Itachi staged the fight so that he would succumb to exhaustion and not Sasuke 'blade'. Rather, Itachi wished for Sasuke to simply live on his life thinking that he had defeated the "big bad" that had destroyed his family, without knowing of Itachi's sacrifice or the family's secret shame.