Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20160207075301/@comment-26567684-20160207092305

To me, I like rival Sasuke, adult Sasuke, and vagabond Sasuke. I dislike evil Sasuke, confused Sasuke, and revolution Sasuke.

Why I like: The rival Sasuke was not a bad person by any means but just a kid with mental issues and feeling superior than others due to his clan's lineage. At least the rival Sasuke was developing bonds with his teammates and trying to develop his character through teamwork and training. Although Sasuke was calm, collected, and cold, and he awlays fought with Naruto, he was showing a more genuine friendly side with Naruto and Sakura because of the effect they had on him and he started to see them as his new family. At this point, Sasuke was willing to do anything to help them.

Vagabond Sasuke was still a kid with a lot more growing up to do. He committed so many sins as a result of his irrational thinking and determination for justice for his brother and clan, that he was willing to spend the rest of his life atoning for those sins and spends several years traveling the world as part of his atonement by helping others and seeing the world in a new light. Sasuke knew he would have to work hard to earn back the trust he lost from everyone when he betrayed them, and as he reconciled his friendship with Naruto, Sasuke admitted he always had feelings for Sakura and was interested in having a relationship with her.

Adult Sasuke is almost a completely different person since he was younger. He is warmer and caring to his family and friends, and is more friendly with others. Although he still doesn't acknowledge certain people and still has a habit of insulting people, he smiles more and is as content with his life as he has ever been, free from the burden of hatred and revenge. His efforts to maintain peace among the nations and helping others allowed the nations to forgive him for his past crimes and fully trust him, and Naruto thinks of Sasuke as the other Seventh Hokage. Although is not the ideal family man, Sasuke loves his family dearly.

Why I dislike: Evil Sasuke is the characterization of him that shows how low he had sunk into darkness, to the point where he wanted to destroy anything around him and kill anyone who stood in his way. How he wanted to kill everyone in the village for simply being ignorant of Itachi's sacrifice, he became an international criminal by attacking the Kage Summit, he went against his morals of not killing any of the innocent and crossed the line by committing multiple murders (although killing Danzo was understandable, it was still a crime). At this point, Sasuke came an inch away from ruining his life and he would either have been killed or kill everyone else.

Confused Sasuke is a part of him that irritates me. He knew all along that his plans to destroy the village and kill everyone in it were against what Itachi wanted but he didn't care until he actually met with Itachi and Itachi's words made him wonder if revenge was right. After all the things he had done, Sasuke still felt revenge was a consideration but he wanted to know exactly why should he protect the village. While I think Itachi's words did make Sasuke question his purpose in life, Hashirama's explanation only made Sasuke protect the village but made him decide to seek out a revolution which required him to still destroy it and then rebuild it. If Naruto had not fought him, Sasuke would have gone through with it.

Revolution Sasuke was another part of him that retained some of his twisted emotions; opting to destroy the villages and rebuild them and create a world with no darkness by becoming the world's sole authority. He was willing to feel guilt for some of his past actions that almost brought the world into chaos and ruined his brother's sacrifice but he still felt killing those deemed a threat to his idea of a revolution was necessary. He was still unwilling to apologize to those he betrayed and he firmly believed forcing peace through judgment and execution by his hands was necessary.