Itachi Uchiha – The Real Murderer? (PART 1)
Post Author: Bob
This blog entry is a bit of a summary and analysis of the character of Itachi Uchiha. It’s pretty long, so I’ll be splitting it into two posts; so here’s part 1.
After mentioning some time ago about the possibility of Itachi not being as evil as he is portrayed to be, there have been a lot of interesting comments on the theory, particularly his ties to Madara Uchiha. This post is to summarize some of those ideas. I’m probably gonna be borrowing from other people’s past comments, so I want to give credit to all commenters on this blog o’mine who have contributed their thoughts to the discussions. You guys are awesome people, really 
As we all know, Itachi Uchiha has been labeled as one of the primary villains in the Naruto series. It has been that way since the beginning when Sasuke first declared that his purpose in life is to kill him, his only brother. Itachi was well known in Konoha as the prodigious shinobi who committed an unthinkable crime. On one fateful night, Itachi single-handedly murdered his entire clan, including his father and mother, leaving only his brother Sasuke behind as the sole survivor.
From the first time this event was revealed to me, I had my doubts about it. The Uchiha clan was by no means a small clan in Konoha. Their ancestry dates back to the founding of Konoha when the clan was established by the infamous Madara Uchiha. Their Sharingan bloodline is one of the reasons why Konoha was one of the top military powers in the Naruto world. From Kakashi Gaiden, we know that those of the Uchiha were considered the elite ninja of Konoha. Their members held high positions in ANBU and founded the Konoha military police force. So, how could one individual manage to murder the entire Uchiha clan, likely numbering in the hundreds, in one night? We know that Itachi had gained the Mangekyou Sharingan at the time, but none of Itachi’s abilities used so far indicates he has a jutsu that could affect so many people over such a wide area. My best guess is that Itachi used a mass genjutsu technique to paralyze his victims. But then again, many of his victims were also Sharingan users; you would think that a few would at least have some resistance to the Mangekyou Sharingan. And then there is the rest of Konoha – how is it that no one sensed that something was wrong during that night? Out of all the talented ninja clans in Konoha, there must have been some high level genjutsu-sensitive individuals who could have detected the disturbance. Itachi would have had to apply his genjutsu over the entire village of Konoha in order to ensure he wouldn’t be interrupted during his little murder rampage. But doing something like that would require a huge amount of chakra, something I doubt Itachi would be capable of pulling off.
So what am I trying to say? As powerful as Itachi seems to be, he couldn’t have done the deed. If he did, it would make him a one man army and I can’t see him having that much power. Why would he need to join Akatsuki or retreat from any of his battles in the past if he was so strong? There must have been another power behind this event and with the recent revelations in the manga, the primary suspect is Madara Uchiha.
Woo-hoo! First!
“the primary suspect is Madara Uchiha.”
Or all of Akatsuki themselves!?
And when it says PART1, does that mean there’s gonna ne a PART2 by any chance?
That’s a good observation Bob i never thought about Itachi’s position in killing everyone in his entire clan in one night maybe Pein helped Itachi summon many clones that look like him as when he did the first time Naruto and Kakashi fought him. And come to find out it was a sarcfical jutsu that him and Kisame used that used 30% of there charkra to perform.
i thought itachi teamed up with the akatsuki after he left konoha?
Very nice, Bob, very conspiratorial! 8D
Thankies Bob!
So you’re inferring that Itachi either got help from Madara, or even wad muscled into doing it? To top it all off, why let Sasuke live? Is it that Itachi honestly couldn’t kill him, or was there really a devious plot behind it, like keeping Sasuke alive to act as another body for Madara?
Ooooh. This IS a good subject!
“And when it says PART1, does that mean there’s gonna ne a PART2 by any chance?”
Yup, I’ll post part 2 in one or two days from now, it’s a really long post Lol. I wanna see other peoples thoughts on this before I present more of my thoughts.
“i thought itachi teamed up with the akatsuki after he left konoha?”
I’m not entirely sure on this, but I believe it was said that he might have been even been involved with Akatsuki before betraying Konoha. I remember the people, who came to interrogate Itachi about the suicide of his friend, saying his behavior and personality have been strange a half year after joining ANBU. Maybe it was then that he secretly joined Akatsuki and/or came under Madara’s influence.
“like keeping Sasuke alive to act as another body for Madara?”
but if Madara needed an Uchiha to possess, why did he want Itachi to slaughter the entire clan? That would cut off his future supply.
I think there is more to meets the eye with Itachi (yeah, i’ve been watching alot of the Tranformers movie).
Itachi’s a robot in diguise! It all makes sense now!!
wow
when is the new naruto manga cover coming
Itachi would transform into his robo-weasel form and set stuff on fire! 8D Ninjas in disguise.
And Madara wouldn’t actually need a Uchiha body to make his plans come together, would he? Anybody with an eye technique would do. What if TOM wants to posess Pein in the end, to use the Rinnegan? =\
Also, what is/was Itachi’s standing in ROOT? /._.\ He’s old enough to have been a part of the group while it was still strong and it COULD explain how he made so much progress so freakishly fast!
maybe there is a tie between Root and Akatsuki, that could make for a big story arc
Yeah. And the whole deal with what’s-his-face-head-of-ROOT-guy wanting to be hokage should play into the story, since it’ll add another antagonist.
Hmmm, we all know that Madara Uchiha, is a very powerfull shinobi. What if he used is own genjutsu on Itachi and controlled Itachi to help himself destroy the Uchihas because he believed them the only ones powerful enough to stop him. Itachi being the badboy he is eventually fought off the justsu, but alas he had already killed everyone but Sasuke. He knew he could not explain his actions and thus told Sasuke to hate him in order to become strong enough to not only kill himself, Itachi, but also Madara also. This may all be revealed when Sasuke and Itachi fight
Hmmm, we all know that Madara Uchiha, is a very powerfull shinobi. What if he used is own genjutsu on Itachi and controlled Itachi to help himself destroy the Uchihas because he believed them the only ones powerful enough to stop him. Itachi being the badboy he is eventually fought off the justsu, but alas he had already killed everyone but Sasuke. He knew he could not explain his actions and thus told Sasuke to hate him in order to become strong enough to not only kill himself, Itachi, but also Madara also. This may all be revealed when Sasuke and Itachi fight
Namikaze, you just preached every fangirl’s dream, bravo! 8D That’s got to be the best way to bring Weasel-chan into the land of protagonists!
O-O But you posted it twice?
when are you going to update you character stats
I’ll start it up, thankies for the reminder, Tee! ^_^;; Ho-man, this’ll take awhile…
yeah, i really can’t wait to see how the whole Itachi – Sasuke encounter goes down. I mean the last time they saw eachother was when Sasuke went to find Naruto and Jiriya and got smacked up by Itachi.
“when is the new naruto manga cover coming”
“when are you going to update you character stats”
Ans: Within the next 1 to 365 days.
“Hmmm, we all know that Madara Uchiha, is a very powerfull shinobi. What if he used is own genjutsu on Itachi and controlled Itachi to help himself destroy the Uchihas”
You’re pretty close to what my theory is. I’ll post up part 2 of this entry pretty soon. Thanks for all the excellent comments peeps
I’m pretty sure that Itachi killed off his tribe on his own… he was trying to test his capacity. It is a very large feet I’ll admit, but I highly doubt that someone helped him. Who knows maybe that was his initiation into Akutsuki or something. But there is definately more to this incident then meets the eye…
Pretty interesting stuff though
Killing his clan I think was his initiation into Akutsuki, I agree. Its like when Sasori said that the last time he used his 100 doll jutsu was when he joined akutsuki.
I was just thinking, what if Tobi is not Obito but really Itachi’s best friend who he “killed”/”committed suicide.” It could make sense because then it would explain why he calls himself Madara (or as I believe he was just saying he has the power of Madara i.e. the Sharigan).
Itachi is approached by Madara or Pein and decides with his best friend that he will sacrafice his buddy’s body to Madara so they both can measure their containers.
I haven’t really thought out this theory but given some time I could smooth out the details and see if it makes sense.
i also enjoy analysing these and id like 2 say Bob you have a very decent point, but, what of the hokage! we know he has sight over the entire village because earlier on in the series we see him watching naruto, so wouldnt he have picked it up? i mean there isn’t meant to be much stronger powers around thn the hokages! i dont even think madara has that power, well i cant wait to read this second post!
and the genjutsu is a very smart idea but cant most strong ninja say jonin level pick these up? i know itachi was strong but surely it onluy takes 1 ninja to break a genjutsu? and if he was fighting hordes and hordes this has got to be some SERIOUS strong genjutsu! hmmm i want to see if madara is really this tough.
LOL
Oh, you guys are saying some of the stuff I have in part 2 already, I’d better post it if I don’t want the whole thing spoiled already
@Might Gai!
One thing though, your avatar’s very nice but is a bit too big for this little blog o’mine. I usually tell ppl to limit it to around 100×100 pixels. Thanks
Thanks for the comments
Hello!
Oh Might Guy! I mean Mr.MightGuy
….what a lovely avatar…it reminds me of Ino & Sakura, now it’s Sasuke & Naruto. 
I’m sticking with my guess….that TOM wanted Itachi to join him, and to convince him, he killed the whole clan and used Sasuke as his bait…where he’d leave him alive if Itachi would follow.
Itachi on the other, having no choice, used this as an ANBU tactic to infiltrate Akatsuki and somehow would relay his knowledge to Sasuke via their delayed *intimate* conversation. hehehe. 
Personally, I can’t see any real motive for Itachi to kill the whole clan. “Testing his Capacity” seems to flimsy. I mean, he’s been a totally passive-until-attacked-or-ordered fighter for the whole of the series, so he can’t really be striving for perfection of his killing abilities. . . And what insentive would he have to even JOIN the Akatsuki? Gives reason to believe that blackmail was an item in the whole affair. . .
i thought that you had to prove yourself to get into the akatsuki, so what is pein told itachi to kill his entire clan so he can prove himself?
Killing his clan would count as reasonable proof, but why would Itachi want to join the Akatsuki in the first place? He doesn’t have a good motive, is what I’m trying to say… ^_^;;
i personaly think itachi has the power to kill his clan. but thats alot of sharingans. so he might have gotten help from madara/obito/tobi.
i think the only reason he told sasuke “i only did it to test my cipasity” was to throw him off so later on he wouldnt figure out that he was in the league with akatsuki, only to get the jinchuricans. and told him to get more power so he/sasuke can kill or badly injure naruto to help them.
i herd that itachi was good and maybe he’s a spy for someone else (maybe mandara) so he might want to get info and the jinchricans for he and mandara so maybe hes trying to destroy the akatsuki……X) just a thought.
I admit I did it.
Hello. For now on you will call me Lord Hokage.
Oh and by the way I am not a DEMON!!!!!
Ahhh itachi luvs sasuke thats so sweet. LOL
yea my user name is satchi al right
i think madara did it
bob is smart oh yes he is
itachi killed no one thats right it was all madara
i agree how could itachi kill every single member without any body noticing. bob you really make a good point in this.
Hello fellow Akatsuki subordinates.
I assume that it was Akatsuki methods of forcing people to join them and the only time Itachi had agreed to join was when they said they would kill his lil bro who he was extremely attached to. So the whole thing was an act and he probably made Sauske stronger so he could help him take down Akatsuki.
I’ve read somewhere that it was kakashi’s dad that killed the uchiha clan to get itachi to join akatsuki
yondaime was working with kakashi’s dad to form akatsuki but yeah lately im not so sure with this because of the manga i originally thought pain was yondaime
i could be wrong
Ok, I am a big fan of the bad guys turning out to not be so bad after all. Sesshomaru, Gaara, Snape…. all of them are my favorite characters for their show/movie. Add to that I have always loved them since first introduced in their respective shows, and have known they would not be all bad. I got the same feeling about Itachi from the very beginning. I have been waiting all this time to see his goodness come out.
Ok, someone mentioned the Akatsuki’s initiations as being the reason Itachi killed everyone. However, I do not think that is the case. After all, Deidara did not come to them. They recruited him. He couldn’t even beat Itachi after all, yet he was still a valued member of their organization.
I agree completely that Itachi did not kill his entire clan. If that was a measure of his worth then why didn’t he just kill all of the Akatsuki to prove his worth as well? After all, he could easily overcome Diedara and Orichimaru. They both said as much.
I agree that there was a lot of mind control going on and Sasuke just showed up at the wrong time. I believe Itachi was protecting him when he told him he had done it and to hate him and come after him. By making him hate him, he was insuring that Sasuke would become strong instead of spending his life in sorrow and not focusing on his training, like someone else said.
This way he becomes a strong ninja. I also think he DID have something to do with it all, though. There is no way he can be completely innocent. I think, though, to keep in good regard with the organization he has to be ruthless at times. He might not be completely being controlled, but he is not blameless. I think, in the end, he will give his life for the Konaha after all. I think it will be his final glorious sacrafice. Then he will be hailed as a hero and given a hero’s funeral and Sasuke will go back to the village and be proud to have had him as a brother.
I agree Itachi’s bond with his father was not to good at the time but to murder his mother made no sense or even his father for that matter.
no, way!! itachi did it!! and u kno why because he realized that the clan basic of highest lvl sharringan is meaningles murdering , so thatswhy he gone insane:):)*he is the best char in naruto ewer*
Hmmm…..wow that actually makes sense Great job Bob cant wait 2 read Part 2
I wish I was part of the Shannaro when some of this blog was out. Bob-sama great job.
yor right
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