Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20190921011108/@comment-9782468-20191008122535

Timeline's all messed up, I remember seeing Kakashi lose his father before that. But Seel's timeline is the most accurate we got lol.

Keep in mind, Gai wasn't a close person to Kakashi when Kakashi lost everyone. The only reason Gai became close to Kakashi is because Gai knew Kakashi was in a bad way and chose to take it upon himself to be by his side, until Kakashi appreciated him.

The only real reason Kakashi eventually found new comrades and friends was really because he developed as a character. Every other character who had been through similar trauma had gone bad and off the deep end, but Kakashi just endured. A true Shinobi.

The same can almost be said for Itachi. I'm not saying he's almost a true Shinobi, he definitely was a true Shinobi through and through. But Itachi's hardships were, for the most part, under his control. He knew he had to kill his clan, so he did it. That's a terrible thing for him to go through, but it's different than if, say, someone else killed his clan. Itachi knew who he was and what he had to do, and took it on, even knowing he'd be in solitude. He chose that. This is because of a series-long flaw of Itachi's that made him believe he could do everything himself. (This isn't me bashing him, it's good for characters to have some sort of flaw lol)

Whereas Kakashi had pretty much the worse case scenario on every side hit him at a young age and just kept enduring.

Yes, Itachi witnessed his best friend and brother figure ripp his eye out and kill himself.

But Kakashi witnessed his closest friend kill himself to save Kakashi, and his other closest friend kill herself on Kakashi's own Chidori, which was only complete because Obito gave Kakashi the Sharingan.

The people who went through the most pain in the series all turned evil at some point, only to be turned by Naruto (Nagato, Gaara, Sasuke, Neji). The only ones who didn't are Itachi and Kakashi.

Only difference is, Itachi chose his path for the greater good, and knew that he had to do bad things for the greater good.

Whereas Kakashi was simply dealt bad hand after bad hand. Over and over.