Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20140411233703/@comment-4645572-20140412013216

In my opinion the only characters that aren’t complete failures are Sasuke and Naruto. While both have at some point in the story tried to handle everything own, both have stayed true to their ideals. While Naruto wanted the Hokage title for acceptance and acknowledgement at the start of the series, He’s reasons for acquiring it now is to have the strength to protect his friends and create true peace for the ninja world at large. Sasuke on the other hand wanted vengence for the massacre of his clan. Upon battling Itachi and learning the truth about his reasons of why he did what he did, Sasuke took it upon himself to Avenge the memory of Itachi by destroying the leaf. Something that has caused him to fall deeper into his clans “Curse of Hatred”. But upon meeting itachi during the war and speaking with the 4 Hokage’s. Sasuke decided that if he continued on his current path, He would only be insulting Itachi’s memory. To that conclusion sasuke wanted to become Hokage, while not wanting to protect others but make it so meaningless sacrifices such as Itachi’s would never happen again. Both having good enough intentions of what they will accomplish after the war is over allowed the SoSP to intrust not one but both of them with his power. Something he should have done centuries ago with his Indra and Ashura.