Quote from takeva
i think his reasoning is better than most ppl. alot og ppl want revenge and power so they won't feel so weak. lol if you look back there were ppl who betrayed each other for alot less. so don't go bashing him about his reasonings. all your excuses for hating sasuke are crazy lol. why hate him, really? i think you guys hate him because he turned into a bad guy. i guess everyone roots on the good guys. but i bet if he would have went back to repent for his sins you guys would all be over him.
Personally, it's not so much as him being a "bad guy" (which is quite questionable given the events of the past couple of volumes or so), it's more so about him being a traitor to his comrades (ie. Konoha). And he did so by willingly turning to one of Konoha's greatest enemies who can be held responsible for who knows how many deaths (including the Sandaime Hokage). His reasons for doing so may justify his actions to some extent, but my reasons for not liking his character don't end there. For one thing, his re-entrance into the manga has symbolized the point where Naruto has turned to crap. Everything up to that point has been awesome. But suddenly here comes Sasuke pwning everyone and everything left and right, including the characters that are supposed to be some of the strongest in the Naruto universe. Which brings me to my other reason for not liking his character: he's too &%$#ing strong. Not only does he have the ultimate tool of the Naruto universe (ie. Sharingan), he's even displayed as a %$#*ing pacificist a la Himura Kenshin and Vash the Stampede. At least they can bleed and have scars. I have yet to see Sasuke bleed. All I have to say is WTF? A lot of people say that Naruto pre-timeskip is superior to Naruto post-timeskip. I'm going to be more specific and just say that everything before Sasuke returns is awesome, a majority of the stuff afterwards is crap. Granted, most of this I blame on Kishimoto, but w/e. Sasuke is just a symbol for all that. Another thing about him is his attitude. There are those that show a confidence in their abilities and those that are just cocky SOB's. Sasuke is a cocky SOB ever since he learned chidori. And he is a sore loser, especially when Naruto showed a display of strength greater than his own (tajuu kage bunshin no jutsu, rasengan). Thus he is forced to either gain strength or prove his strength (ex: why he agreed to the full awakening of the CS after seeing 4 of the sound 5 in action, his battle on the hospital rooftop w/ Naruto, his attitude when Itachi showed more interest in Naruto/kyuubi than him).
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