Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36697734-20180827122508/@comment-34194151-20180830014721

I think the reason sasuke was one-dimensional to start with was because he wasn't supposed to live past the haku arc. I think kishi wanted to have him die for naruto's character development, but editors changed his mind. He is probably the least developed of the main cast. He was revenge driven and moody, and he was pretty much the same way all the way up until he met edo itachi. Even Gaara told him his eyes were exactly the same as in the past, meaning sasuke after 3 years had 0 character development. After that, he was still kinda the same, even if his motivations changed, until naruto finally beat some sense into him. But he still had his tendencies of lone-wolfing even into boruto, though he is more developed now.

I'm surprised madara uchiha isn't on the list. he grew up desiring peace, and developed a good friendship with hashi. but his character developed once he and hashi were sent to spy on each other, and madara realized he needed to side with his clan. That madara up until then genuinely cared about his real relationships. Then fast-forward, izuna's death and hashi's decision to kill himself caused madara further development, until he read the stone tablet and realized that tobirama was still saying hurtful things. madara became stubborn and cynical, and lost his mind. he contradicted himself often, but it was interesting that when sasuke tried to play the izuna card madara wasn't phased at all. Then we see madara still enjoying fighting and murdering, but then also in the same line tells naruto that madara is at fault, but with IT they will make everyone's life less miserable. I think Madara was a fairly complex villian.