Sasuke Uchiha

Sasuke Uchiha (うちはサスケ, Uchiha Sasuke) is one of the last surviving members of Konohagakure's Uchiha clan. After his older brother, Itachi, slaughtered their clan, Sasuke made it his mission in life to avenge them. He is added to Team 7 upon becoming a ninja and, through competition with his rival and best friend, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke starts developing his skills. He is dissatisfied with his progress, causing him to defect from Konoha so that he can acquire the strength needed to have his revenge. His years of seeking vengeance become increasingly demanding and irrational and isolates him from others, leading him to become an international criminal. After proving instrumental in ending the Fourth Shinobi World War and being redeemed by Naruto, Sasuke decides to return to Konoha and dedicates his life to helping protect the village and its inhabitants.

Personality

Sasuke child — Sasuke's pleasant disposition as a child.

Sasuke was a happy child, eager to please and be worthy of his family name.^[12] This changed after his entire family was killed by Itachi, the person he most admired in the world. He became cold toward others, unmoved by and uninterested in what they do or think of him, choosing instead to keep to himself. He stopped using honourifics like "sensei" or "sama", something considered rude in the Japanese language. His only goal in life became to take revenge for his family's deaths and, by extension, acquire the power needed for that revenge, even if it meant acquiring an external power that wasn't his own. Despite this, Naruto played a key role in helping Sasuke retain some of his former self, being happy he's the main reason Naruto is pushing himself so hard to become stronger.^[13]^[14]

The pursuit of power, difficult enough on its own, is something that Sasuke repeatedly struggles with. Whenever he meets new people he makes an evaluation of their abilities: those he perceives to be weaker than himself he arrogantly disregards, giving them as little attention as possible so that they won't hold him back; those he perceives as stronger he fixates over and tries to surpass, especially when he believes he should be their equal. As a member of Team 7 he is repeatedly exposed toKakashi Hatake's philosophy that there is strength in teamwork. For a time, Sasuke accepts this, experiencing it firsthand on several of Team 7's missions. He even starts becoming attached to his team-mates and starts to forget the vengeance he craved. But when he meets Itachi again in Part I and is summarily defeated, Sasuke decides the team is making him weak and choses to leave them and Konoha entirely, focusing solely on himself.

Dark Sasuke — Sasuke sacrifices Karin to achieve revenge.

Prior to Sasuke's defection, Kakashi tries to point out the contradiction in Sasuke's viewpoint: he is driven to gain power because of the relationships he lost when his family died, yet sacrifices the family he still has (Team 7) so as to gain that power. In Part II, Sasuke tries to avoid the same "weakness" of camaraderie he made with Team 7: he acquires new team-mates, but, as in the case of Karin, tries to kill them when they impede his objectives;^[15] he allies with Tobi and Akatsuki when their goals align, but leaves them without comment when he no longer needs them; he allows Orochimaru to do what he wants with him and his body so long as he becomes stronger, only to turn against Orochimaru for using him in the first place. His abandonment of all his former loyalties and his criminal acts this causes convince his former classmates that Sasuke is beyond salvation.

After his final encounter with Itachi, Sasuke is left uncertain about what course to take; Orochimaru hypothesises this indecision is due to Sasuke, for the first time, being without anybody to tell him what to do. From long contemplation, Sasuke decides that the desire for retribution that drove him for so long is the perfect solution to the world's problems: if a single individual, what Sasuke calls the "Hokage", is solely responsible for making the difficult decisions, killing and the like for the greater good, then everybody will be unified in their hatred of that individual. He volunteers himself for that responsibility and, in order to prepare himself, plans to eliminate what few friendships he still has, namely Naruto Uzumaki. But Naruto, by refusing to give up on saving Sasuke from darkness, demonstrates that their friendship is too fundamental to who Sasuke is and that it cannot nor should it be broken. On coming to terms with this, Sasuke stops fighting the many bonds he's made as well as the pursuit for revenge.

One of Sasuke's most significant bonds is the one he has with his older brother, Itachi, who by merely being mentioned can elicit strong reactions from Sasuke's otherwise calm demeanour. Sasuke adored Itachi when he was a boy, enjoying his company above all others'. As an infant, Itachi was one of few people that Sasuke would allow to hold him without crying, to which he would immediately be happy once held by his big brother again.^[16] When Itachi murdered the rest of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke was crushed not only by the loss of his family but also by what Itachi told him: that he had never loved Sasuke. Sasuke devotes years of his life to avenging their family by killing Itachi, which Itachi encourages whenever they meet. Sasuke is accordingly careful not to follow Itachi's instructions too closely, such as by not acquiring a Mangekyō Sharingan, as he doesn't want Itachi to have the satisfaction. After Itachi dies in battle with Sasuke, however, Sasuke learns that the hateful older brother that Itachi seemed to be was an act and that, in truth, Sasuke was the most precious person to Itachi; his murder of the Uchiha was done on instructions of Konoha, in order to protect Sasuke. Sasuke becomes overwhelmed by this discovery and starts conspiring against Konoha and all its citizens for ruining his and Itachi's lives, knowing full well it isn't what Itachi would want him to do. He changes his mind after he is able to speak to a reincarnated Itachi, adopting some of Itachi's views: he decides to fight for Konoha's future so that Itachi's actions aren't made meaningless and bases his understanding of the "Hokage" around the decisions Itachi made. After accepting defeat to Naruto and returning to Konoha, Sasuke matures by becoming a genuinely warm and caring person to his friends and comrades, although he is still reluctant to acknowledge certain people and retains his habit of insulting others, but more comically than coldly. He is also still capable of being indifferent if it is necessary. Also, despite travelling often, he still keeps tabs on Konoha and returns to protect the village whenever Naruto is away. Despite this, Sasuke spent much of his travels ridden with guilt for choosing his selfish desire for revenge over his friends, showing tremendous maturity. However, this resulted in Sasuke being unsure if he should return to Konoha until he received a letter saying Sakura saw the good in him when he protected the village from the shadows, such as during Toneri's meteorites, convincing him to return home to Konoha.

Sasuke pokes Sarada's forehead as an act of affection.

Sakura Haruno, a fellow member of Team 7, had the same infatuation on Sasuke that most other girls in their Academy class had. Unlike her peers, Sakura is able to spend time around Sasuke because of Team 7's missions, causing her feelings to develop into true love by the end of Part I. For his part, Sasuke spends years rejecting Sakura's attempts to spend extra time with him and having little regard for her personal feelings, but his feelings for her begin to change and he starts to think of her as someone he needs to protect. Although he expresses gratitude to her when she desperately tries to stop him from defecting from Konoha, his behavior to her becomes worse in Part II: he often shows little concern for her safety when they meet and, at times, has even tried to kill her himself. Things change after the Fourth Shinobi World War; after redeeming himself, Sasuke was overcome with guilt for the pain he put Sakura through and apologised to her, and showed her genuine affection by poking her on the forehead like his brother did with him and promised her that he would see her again as he left for his journey of atonement. This mutual affection with Sakura led Sasuke to finally fall in love with her, leading to the two getting married and having a daughter, Sarada. Although Sasuke spends years away on his mission, he never forgets about his family and feels a deep connection to them. After becoming a father, Sasuke became very caring and protective of his family, despite his initial indifference to Sarada's questions about his absence.^[17] However, Sasuke loves his daughter dearly, as he puts her safety before his own^[18] and shows Sarada how much he loves her and promises to come home before returning to his travelling, proving himself as a loving father. Sasuke admits his mistakes as a father, but he apparently has strong parenting skills, as he trusted Sarada's abilities enough to let her join in a dangerous battle with him, and he is wary of her feelings, as he reprimanded Naruto to not upset Sarada.^[19] True to being a parent, Sasuke is prone to being filled with pride upon seeing his daughter's growth. While Sasuke is happy in his marriage to Sakura, he enjoys teasing her by declining to show her affection.^[20]

Sasuke 698 — Sasuke finally accepts his friendship with Naruto.

Perhaps Sasuke's longest relationship is the one he's had with Naruto Uzumaki, the other member of Team 7. An orphan, Naruto spent his life alone in much the same way that Sasuke did after the Uchiha clan's assassination. Despite this similar background, Sasuke withdrew inwards, focusing on himself, whereas Naruto looked outwards, seeking others. Such differences within such similarities made Sasuke - the best student in their Academy class - and Naruto - the worst student - natural rivals. Sasuke refrained from acknowledging their rivalry until he discovered that competition with Naruto was an effective way of improving his abilities. When Naruto starts surpassing him in Part I, Sasuke becomes jealous, giving him a drive to not only become stronger than Itachi, but Naruto as well. Sasuke admits at the end of Part I that Naruto is his closest friend, a bond he tries to break repeatedly during Part II by killing Naruto. These attempts on his life never deter Naruto, instead driving him to become stronger as well. By the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Naruto and Sasuke are equals, neither one willing or able to decisively defeat the other. When they fight past the point of being able to move, Naruto describes the idea of life without Sasuke as painful, as though being without his brother. In that moment, Sasuke realises that, as with Itachi, Naruto has always been his better, always been a model to live up to.^[21] He accordingly surrenders and accepts Naruto's friendship.^[22] Though they maintain their rivalry, they are on more friendly terms, with Sasuke telling Naruto's son, Boruto, that his father's many seemingly impossible accomplishments eclipse whatever flaws of character he has. Although Sasuke doesn't wear his forehead protector that Naruto returned to him, he always keeps it with him during his travels, implying that he values it as proof of their friendship.

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