Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-12509038-20140726034522

BTW, I don't like how people judge Sasuke so severely. While I am not condoning murder, as that is never the right way to go about solving a problem, it is important to put yourself in Sasuke's shoes.

Imagine yourself in Sasuke's position: You come home from school one day at a young age and find your entire family (immediate family, cousins, etc.) all slaughtered in your home. You come to find out that your older brother, the person you adore most in the world, was the one who killed everyone. He then shows you the killings, and so then you can see how each person you loved was brutally murdered. Your brother then taunts you, telling you to achieve ultimate power in order to avenge your family. So then you become very isolated and alone, as everyone you have ever loved is dead, and you have no one left. When you finally achieve your revenge and kill your brother, your life is completely turned upside down when you learn that the country you had been living in your entire life (USA, England, China, etc.) had actually ordered your brother to eliminate your family. And then you go to find out that your brother actually loved you more than anything in the world, and so he slaughtered your family in order save you from death.

I don't know about you, but I would be absolutely traumatized if all this happened to me. I'd like to think that I would never stoop to murder or any violent act, but if something like what happened to Sasuke happened to me, I don't know what I would do, and I may have even followed the same path he did, and walk the path of revenge. This is why I think that Sasuke has actually lived a harder life than Naruto did (bring in the hate comments).

I'm just saying to put yourself in Sasuke's shoes- he's been through Hell, and while I don't condone his actions, I don't really criticize him or ostracize him for them either.

On a side note, am I the only one who wanted to see Sasuke kill the elders? I hate them, and so I think it would be very satisfying to see Sasuke end them once and for all.