Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20171113213649/@comment-34194151-20180107104801

Ninja Of War wrote: ^The plot armor and such is due to the author wanting to tell a particular story. With a particular narrative. Naruto realized that Itachi did so much for the Konoha, therefore didn't want to burden him further in death. Itachi only ever wanted to do what was best for Konoha and protect Sasuke, he never wanted to remain an edo.

He also realized that he couldn't do everything by himself, thus entrusting Naruto to stop Madara. The illness was definitely plot, but alas. Koto was on cool-down for ten years so he couldn't use that on Sasuke, and Itachi still had the blood of his clansmen on his hands and wanted to face justice from Sasuke. Thank you! At least one more person here sees it! And my point with the koto is that yes it only had one shot, but instead of planting the crow in naruto, itachi could have used it against sasuke during their final battle if he was truly worried about the truth getting out. Koto was last used when sasuke was like 5, and he was now 16, which means over ten years passed. the eye recharged, or it wouldn't have worked when itachi used it on himself. But again, plot. Sasuke couldnt be redeemed like that, kishimoto had plans to let sasuke get his vengenance and still fight naruto at the end. That couldn't happen if koto was successfully used on sasuke.