Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26403664-20160228225013/@comment-734582-20160310130357

ShishiHeiwa wrote: I mean this guy literally told his little brother to kill his best friend for vengeance and that drove Sasuke to going to a pedophile. Like seriously? He was protecting him? Basically it's a harsh world and Sasuke had to learn to stand up to himself. But it's made pretty clear throughout his flashbacks that Itachi was too busy with the problems of the world to really care about Sasuke, and so forced Sasuke down a path that would make him solve his own problems.

He kinda did succeed in protecting Sasuke by the way, he just forgot to protect Sasuke from himself.