A story that feels equal parts larger-than-life yet accessible, combat sequences that have become legendary in every sense of the word, and — perhaps the most memorable aspect of the entire series — characters that ooze charm into every facet of this massive universe have all propelled Naruto and helped it attain the massive popularity it still holds to this day.
The last point is especially important to gauge the popularity of the series — the characters of Naruto are truly the crowning jewel of the franchise. A large part of the reason why the last arc of the main series was so reviled was due to a lack of focus on these characters in order to propel a less-interesting narrative. One such character is Itachi, a man shrouded in mystery up to the very end — after his motivations were revealed.
Here are 10 things you didn't know about the legend of Itachi. This might shock a lot of people, but the original concept of Itachi's looked a lot like the final character sketch of Danzo! Initially, it was planned for Itachi to have a massive squad that would carry out missions similar to what The Root did in Shippuden. While that might just be a coincidence, what definitely proves this point is that Itachi was also supposed to have a cross-like scar on his chin — a design that applied onto Danzo instead.
Any fan of Naruto is pretty familiar with Itachi's brilliance, but they might not know to what extent. He managed to do so without any cheating, choosing to analyze his opponents instead during the free time he had to gauge their strengths and weaknesses. Itachi was the second highest of all time.
No one ever brings this up in the story, like pretty much all of the details of the Fourth Hokage's life before the reveal of the fact that he was Naruto's father. We only saw hints of Itachi's backstory throughout Naruto. The most we learned was during Tobi's story about the history of Konoha, which eventually led to the planned Uchiha coup. All of the death and destruction caused him to strive for peace, which made him side with Konoha when he learned of the coup.
The Itachi novels and their anime adaptation expanded on his backstory. When Itachi was four years old, he tried to give water to a wounded ninja from Iwagakure. Itachi was forced to kill the ninja by slashing his throat. His father then explained to him the meaning of war and why it was important that he witness this battlefield. After discussing the meaning of life and death with Orochimaru, Itachi decides to take his own life. He changes his mind at the last moment, though, and later learns of the impending birth of Sasuke, which inspires him to keep on living.
Itachi might have been the most respected member of the Uchiha clan in terms of fighting ability, but he was not the most feared. Shisui Uchiha might be the most powerful member of the clan to have ever existed. This was due to Shisui's ability to use a technique called Kotamatsukami. Shisui could use a genjutsu so powerful that it acted as true mind control.
Kotamatsukami could influence people's minds and give them false memories and experiences. Danzo stole one of Shisui's eyes before his death. Shisui gave his other eye to Itachi and then committed suicide, with the hope of awakening Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan.
Itachi implanted Shisui's eye into a crow and placed it within Naruto so that he could change Sasuke's personality if he turned evil. This was a huge waste of the eye, considering that he could have used it on any of the major villains in the story like Pain or Obito and prevented them from completing their evil plans.
Zetsu noticed that Itachi's movements during his final battle with Sasuke were sluggish and uncoordinated. He puts this down to the fact that Itachi was ill. Tobi reveals that Itachi was suffering from a terminal illness and was on death's door when he fought Sasuke.
He claims that Itachi was using the most potent drugs available to keep himself alive. Itachi befriended two brothers who made a powerful medicine, which could also be turned into a highly addictive drug.
The two brothers have to contend with a local clan, who wanted to steal the medicine and synthesize it. Itachi used to fight off this clan during his visits to the brothers, which makes you wonder why they kept coming back.
Itachi has the ability to lock people in nightmarish illusions. Did he never use this ability in order to protect the brothers from harm? Not only was Itachi secretly looking out for Konoha's best interests by performing the Uchiha massacre, but he also acted as a double agent during his time with Akatsuki.
This was a highly dangerous mission, which involved him being scrutinized by other ninjas who were just as powerful as he was. He completed this mission without rousing suspicion and was even considered to be a friend by the likes of Kisame. Itachi had one weakness that could have blown his cover during his time with Akatsuki. He refused to kill brothers, even if they were trying to kill him. Itachi realizes that two of the ninjas he is battling are twin brothers and cannot bring himself to kill them, even though they had paralyzed Kisame and were actively trying to capture or kill him.
The story of Naruto went out of its way to try and stop its protagonists from killing people. A better kind of quiz site: no pop-ups, no registration requirements, just high-quality quizzes that you can create and share on your social network.
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