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Originally Posted by The-Wolf-Of-Mibu

I have a question.
Firstly lets make this clear.
THIS IS NOT A SASUKE VS NARUTO THREAD. DO NOT START ARGUING ABOUT WHY YOU HATE NARUTO OR SASUKE.

Im intersted in finding out what peoples opinion on this is.


Itachi killed his clan because Itachi only cares about power. Undoubtedly the massacre of his clan was driven by something to do with his own inner questions. To resolve those questions and prove things to himself, he didnt mind killing everybody close to him.

Simply put, Itachi doest care about anything but himself.

Now lets look at sasuke in the current manga chapters.

Sasuke has decided that killing Itachi is everything.

He cannot kill itachi until he gets stronger. In order to get stronger, Sasuke is willing to kill his best friend. He is willing to end the life of someone he cares for, simply to gain power, and fulfil his own selfish goal of revenge.

Where then I ask, is the difference between Itachi and Sasuke?

Sasuke has now become another Itachi to a degree.

Think about it.
Sasuke is only justified in seeking revenge on itachi, if sasuke himself reamins "The better of the two"

What is the point of an Evil-Man-A seeking revenge on Evil-Man-B for the sins Evil-Man-B commited in the past, when Evil-Man-A himself is now willing to commit those very same sins to gain what he wants?

I hope im not too deep with that ^^

Also another intersting question.

It seems that these memories sasuke is now having, are long buried memories. Itachi forced them out of him when he Mange'd him. The question is this.

Sasuke is now trying to kill Naruto, BUT that is essentially because naruto is the one who followed him and wont leave him alone.

Essentially naruto is standing in the way of Sasukes goals. In that light sasuke is justified in killing Naruto.

However, do you think that sasuke would ever SEEK OUT Naruto to kill him? Like lets say hes training with Oro, and Oro tells him "Youll never beat itachi unless you gain mange sharingan"
Do you think sasuke will actually go looking for naruto to kill him? Or is he trying to kill him now, only because naruto is the one hounding him?

The morality of Sasuke... an interesting topic. There are multiple ways to look at it. Of course, whether or not it should be deemed morality or ethics is also a concern.

In terms of being willing to do anything to gain the power necessary to kill Itachi, if one were to look at it morally, Sasuke would be rather immoral. Seeking out the most desperate powers, even if they are evil, is another way of saying he's selling his soul to get what he wants. Looking at it that way from a moral aspect, I'd say he's in the wrong. However, looking at it from an ethical aspect, it can be argued that it's his body so he can do whatever he wants with it. Of course, when others have to pay unwillingly for his gain (ie. a possible Second Konoha Crash), then it becomes wrong both ethically and morally.

In that regard, Naruto is justified in

Spoiler:

coming after him and his right to interfere becomes mutual with Sasuke's right to kill him for interfering.

More so than being immoral, I'd say Sasuke is unethical. He's quick to say that he doesn't want to see his comrades die in front of him, but then he's also quick to decide that

Spoiler:

his best friend (who is a comrade) is worth killing for his ideal. Killing one's best friend is immoral and unethical, and doing it for a hypocritical (trading his words in as fickle a way as changing from Leaf to Sound)or unjustified reason (Naruto's not trying to kill him, so "kill or be killed" ceases to be valid) is also immoral and unethical.

Betrayal, hypocrisy, and unjustified killing are all immoral, but that's a sin-based system. Looking at it from an ethical standpoint, it has to be evaluated differently before it can be deemed either right/justified or wrong/unjustified.

-Yusef "The B.A.T" Pittman