Anti Itachi people are weird and I honestly don't understand them. I saw some ppl say Itachi doesn't deserve sympathy because he killed Gaara, joined Akatsuki and tortured Kakashi.... outside of abusing sasuke. So they don't get why he's so popular among fans. 🙄

People really just single out Itachi so randomly among the many characters to shit on because of morality and then crib about their favorite characters as if their favourites are saints. What is it that they feel entitled to hate on Itachi because of his morality and then defend people who did worse than him? Gaara himself is one fine example.

Who'd tell them morality isn't a binary or one-dimensional concept in a fictional world where child-soldiers are common and kids are subjected to being a victim of it and causing it from a very young age.

He killed Gaara

Okay? Gaara killed people for fun. He and his siblings attacked Konoha, killing people. What this fandom believes in is that the lives that Itachi took — no matter who that is — are more important than the lives that other characters took. Which is why Madara, Obito, Pain, Gaara etc., shouldn't be seen as villains and they act all pissy because Itachi isn't seen as a villain.

Here, people, I'll yell it out for you: conscience. Itachi was burdened by his conscience and never justified his crimes. It's literally canon. He wouldn't go out of his way to kidnap a child, manipulate him so the said child could fulfill his dreams after he was dead. He wouldn't unnecessarily attack an unsuspecting village with innocent population and murder them because he hated the world and was heartbroken that his childhood crush who didn't like him back was dead because she chose to. He also wouldn't make the world worse than it already is because he thinks his pain is worse than others.

Endurance, admission of one's mistakes, regrets/guilts etc., are some of the many redeeming qualities Itachi has. Of course people can see that and love him for them.

joined Akatsuki

Unbelievabl that people think this is a bad thing, lmao. On one hand they simp for Obito, Pain, and Madara who are the main ideologues of this extreme philosophy which works on nothing other than violence, then simultaneously have the audacity to be upset why is Itachi a part of this group. Make it make some sense, people. I can't see past your hypocrisy.

and tortured Kakashi... outside of abusing sasuke

Look, there's no justification for any of what he did to either Sasuke or Kakashi or anyone else. But when he came to the village, he had a reputation to uphold, that too that of a criminal who had single-handedly murdered the entire clan that was supposed to be the strongest of its time. He avoided fighting Asuma and Kurenai. He only took on Kakashi because Kakashi was the only one with Sharingan (and Mangekyo Sharingan). Idk if something in an Uchiha's brain goes off when they sense Mangekyo in someone else, or Itachi just did it to keep up his façade. But Kakashi did start to use his MS after his encounter with Itachi.

Either way, Itachi coming to the village, then avoiding fighting the mediocre jounins, taking on only the strongest one, inflicting enough pain to paralyse (in this case coma), but not killing him... That's what one would expect from a "dangerous criminal" like Itachi. Kakashi straight up wonders why Itachi didn't just kill him.

In regards to Sasuke - Itachi didn't plan to meet Sasuke. It doesn't excuse his actions afterwards, but the narrative that he's irredeemable and his love must be questioned as a result is pure unadulterated bullshit. If he wanted to hurt Sasuke he would have done it at that dango shop. When it was only going to take less than a second, then why not do it right away? The only people present there couldn't even touch him with Kisame by his side.

Gai and others also wondered why Itachi was taking so long to kidnap Naruto when he knew what Naruto looked like. Simple. He wanted to get out of the village. He didn't want to come across Sasuke. Traumatizing him again was the last thing he'd want to do.

they don't get why he's so popular among fans

Good thing is, those who love Itachi doesn't exactly need permissions or certificates from the people who don't like him. It's as simple as that. They don't have to get it. We don't care.

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I've seen a few people with autistic Itachi headcanons based on his behavior. Do you think Itachi might be autistic or is it all just trauma related?

I don't really like diagnosing fictional characters with these things. If people see him as autistic, that's fine by me. Not my problem. Also, I'm not very familiar with autism beyond what internet says. And you know how much to trust Google on matters related to medical in general.

Personally speaking, I believe it's mostly just trauma. He didn't grow up in a healthy environment, even before the massacre itself. He saw unnatural violence when he was a child. He then grew up in the circumstances where he had to take up the burden or it was the end of all things. His entire formative years were just trauma, loneliness, violence, and burdens he was too little to endure.

It would make him inexpressive, partly because as a ninja you must not show your emotions, and partly because he was a spy who could not let either of the sides know he was suffering too.

The life he lived as a kid (before the tragedy) was enough to shape him as a person and how he would live his remaining short life. Imo, it's not a "disorder" but just his trauma barricading him within himself and him having to protect his secrets.

Hello...I would like to ask you about Itachi's illness...as we have found out that he was suffering from an auto-immune disease called Microscopic Polyangiitis... No evidence appeared in the manga, anime of his illness, and all that helped us were the symptoms we saw..what do you think? Note that there are other diseases that have similar symptoms to the ones that Itachi was suffering from... and that this disease is a hereditary and rare disease (a recessive trait), so the symptoms of this disease appear early, at a young age... If that were true, his parents would have known that he was sick. From the beginning... I personally believe that he was suffering from (heart failure) or perhaps (unstable angina) and that he was deliberately not treating himself and was drawn to medications that only relieve pain (analgesic) in order to shorten the length of his life.

I'm not at all an expert in medical field, so anything regarding Itachi's illness goes over my head entirely. I've read the essay that discussed his illness being MPA, but as expected, I didn’t understand most of it. All the medical terms you mentioned are quite new to me.

Having said that, I do agree it was probably the heart failure. Or more like, the heartbreak syndrome, in which extreme emotional sufferings can lead to the weakened heart muscles. It wouldn't necessarily kill anyone, but in extreme cases, it can. Itachi's case is a little too extreme.

To me, his illness has held more of a symbolic value than the literal/physical one. He was suffering tremendously and lived with self-loathing that he never even acknowledged his own vicitmhood and sufferings.

The illness was probably the physical manifestation of what he went through emotionally after leaving his home. The way there was no cure for his guilt (because no one could ever convince him to have a normal, happier life) there was no cure for his illness either. Maybe if he didn't feel as guilty as he did, he could have some chance at life.

I also believe he took the medicines to only alleviate his pain. But I don't think he deliberately tried to shorten his life. He would want to live long enough, so Sasuke could come and kill him. Maybe if he were given the options of actually curing himself and only easing the pain but still living a painful life, he would go for later. He would think he deserved the pain and even rationalize this self-inflicted agony on the name of deserving it. This is how I imagine him actually surviving all the years of it without snapping.

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— - Uchiha Itachi 

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i would do anything just to see them hug again :(

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