Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-6769189-20200426050806

Ninja Of War wrote:

Ok, but what purpose would that serve? To satisfy his sadistic tendencies. His original reason he gave for slaughtering the clan was to test his power

Ninja Of War wrote:

In Obito's case, there is a purpose to him lying to Sasuke about the Kyuubi incident. What's to say that purpose doesn't extend to other parts of the monologue? Because that wouldnt serve a purpose and hasnt since been revealed to be a lie

Your argument is contingent upon Kishimoto having plans to reveal some kind of new plot twist instead of taking what he wrote as the final version of his story

Ninja Of War wrote:

That's fine. I find it interesting to consider why the anime shows us something different to the novel. Censorship could be a reason, although in both the manga and anime we have seen gruesome deaths/scenes before. Such as Rin being killed by Kakashi's chidori. Rins death was an honorable sacrifice. Itachi was decapitating and genjutsuing people into a vegetative state. Tv usually has stricter censorship and dont portray good guys doing anything too reprehensable.

Ninja Of War wrote:

There have been a few truths that haven't been revealed yet tho. The purpose of Obito controlling Yagura, and pretending to be Mizukage. To have control of one of the great ninja villages and to keep them from looking into the death/disappearance of a Kage/Bijuu and jepordizing the Akatsuki's mission.

Ninja Of War wrote:

How Itachi obtained the YM and TB. I would argue that is an untold story rather than unrevealed truth

Squinty97 wrote:

Of course it can't be proven he lied lol. But the point is, there's no proof he's telling the truth either. And he's already been shown to just casually lie while his mask was on. He also told truths. It really just depends on whether you think Kishimoto has plans for a reveal regarding this stuff or if the facts/statements/showings left afterwards are the truth of the story. If you believe the former then really the whole series can be left in question.

Squinty97 wrote:

I'm just wondering why, in a series filled with flashbacks, and filler, not one episode or chapter decided to depict this feat. And there was an entire filler arc dedicated to Itachi's story. Because in the grand scheme of things how he got the sword/shield was super unimportant. The weapons themselves were only relevent for like, 5 chapters out of 700. They werent even built up to or mentioned. They showed up for a couple chapters and then disappeared and forgotten until their next use and then forgotten again.