Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-4041418-20140727170338

Eric Burrell wrote: I want everyone's opinion on this with no harsh arguments and no fighting.

I've been going through the manga and watching the latest anime episodes. And I've come up with the theory that Sasuke's homicidal rampage was a lot of talk but no walk. When he met Itachi again and fought Kabuto, he said he was more furious with Konoha now more than ever. So he returns to the village and he gets a better view of it. But I'm thinking that Sasuke doesn't have his sword clutched ready to kill the next civilian he sees. Sure he went with Orochimaru to the shrine. But he could have easily dealt with some civilians and killed them. I don't know where the elders are but if they are still in Konoha. He could have easily went to confront them but he didn't. So basically, he was all talk when he said he wanted to thrash the heck out of Konoha. Why didn't he kill anyone? Cause he's not that loose as every one thinks he is. Everyone is telling me that Sasuke would kill everyone in Konoha without hesitation but he didn't. So please tell me your thoughts and no harsh words please. Thank you

I don't think that it's ALL bluster. Sasuke right now seems to care more about what he wants than anything else, given that he's been unstable ever since facing Itachi before the events of his betrayal and departure form the Hidden Leaf Village. After all, Itachi did tell Naruto he's the one who would change Sasuke, and when Sasuke said he wished to be Hokage, Naruto could tell Sasuke hasn't really completely changed.

My guess is once Kaguya's defeated, Sasuke will show his TRUE reasoning for wanting to be Hokage, since I get the feeling his actions are all part of his desire for revenge, since he's been so obsessed with it all his life, because of what Itachi did, even if I like to think what he desired was to prove he was better than Itachi since even as much as he loved and admired Itachi, he hated him and was jealous of the attention he got for being a genius.

It really is a complicated matter, but I still think Sasuke still has that hate for the Hidden Leaf in his heart because he refuses to see Itachi CHOSE to help end the Uchiha clan for himself, not just because of the Hidden Leaf officials asking him to do it, but he refuses to see it, or to see the quote-unquote sacrifice the Uchiha made for peace, just as Danzo said to him in their battle.