Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-28861328-20140727233915

Who brain washed him?

Who controlled him?

Right from the very start, Sasuke claimed he was making his own choices. So much so, that at the beginning of Part II, he said he was willing to let Orochimaru kill him in order to kill Itachi. Sasuke was given a choice by Obito to join Akatsuki and Sasuke chose to go along. Was he manipulated? Absolutely. But he was manipulated - and here's the kicker - with the truth. The only lie he was told was that Obito was Madara Uchiha. Everything else was true about Itachi, which Itachi himself later confirmed.

Sasuke knew what he was doing. That's fine if you want to point out that he wasn't always evil. He wasn't. I truly believe that he was trying to do the right thing up until Orochimaru offered him power, but he was never made to do anything. He always had a choice.

He chose wrong.