Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20140910222248/@comment-4271790-20140912201353

Ten Tailed Fox wrote: Not true either

Danzo threatened Itachi under the guise of a choice: Kill your clan as our agent and your little brother gets to live, or we're going to kill them anyways and Sasuke dies too. That's a big difference from "Kill your family or side with them".

Either way, I don't fault the guy. Itachi had an impossible choice, but he chose the home he loved and the little brother he loved more. I cannot excuse Sasuke in the same regards. Hell, I have sympathy for Obito and I can't even excuse him. Itachi didn't have to be a criminal. He could've chosen to let the village go public about the Uchiha's coup, but he chose to fake the life of a criminal to keep his clan's name clean, and to ultimately die for his actions by the hand of his younger brother. Not to mention infiltrate Akatsuki to keep an eye on their movements for the village.

I really don't think Shisui would hate him all too much for that: especially after using his dying words to tell Itachi to protect the village and stop Uchiha at all costs. Itachi still had a choice, even if Itachi initially saw it as a threat. Sasuke was under the guise that Itachi was forced by Danzo and the elders to kill the Uchiha, which is why Sasuke wanted revenge against Konoha's elders. But when Itachi showed Sasuke his memories in chapter 590, he revealed Danzo did give him a choice: To die nobly with his clan, or live with eternal pain. Itachi showed Sasuke he had a choice and was not forced like Obito told Sasuke, and the fact that Itachi chose to side with the village against his own clan is what led Sasuke to question his resolve.