Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-6769189-20200426155635

Ninja Of War wrote:

But Itachi was confirmed to not have sadistic tendencies. Or was that just another one of his lies? You dee what im getting at right?

Ninja Of War wrote:

Ok. Well, what I see is Obito saying what he needs to make Sasuke turn to the dark side. Wasn't that the purpose of Obito approaching Sasuke in the first place? To do dirty work for him. The Akatsuki was gone and he wasnt ready to reveal himself yet

Ninja Of War wrote:

Not really an argument, more of a conclusion to Obito's words and character motivation. In that instance specifically. It still relies on the notion that Kishimoto intends to reveal those statements as untrue

Ninja Of War wrote:

Censorship is a different ballgame yeah. It's still looked pretty gruesome to me. I find it comparable as Rin and Izumi were close in age. And Rin died "violently" while Izumi died "peacefully" in the novel at least. I would still say its a case of sacrifice vs murder

Ninja Of War wrote:

Makes sense. Although I would add that even Mei didn't consider losing Isobu or the Akatsuki, to be an immediate problem. Did she? We dont really get a lot of Kiri's politics and we didnt meet Mei for at least 2 years after the death of Yagura was revealed. During the 5 Kage Summit it was said the the Mist participated in no diplomacy with anybody.

Ninja Of War wrote:

There is a third option, in that we simply can't tell. This kind of thinking can be applied to anything in the manga

Ninja Of War wrote:

True, though that can also be said for Izumi statement. It was part of one of the most influencial events in the story. Totsuka and Yata, not so much.

Squinty97 wrote:

idk why no one understands that when it's established that a character tells several lies and several truths, they are an unreliable source of information lol. "Oh but some things he said were truthful" Yeah but he still could be lying lol. This would be worth taking into account if that characters story was on-going. At this point its more than safe to take whatever Kishimoto hasnt revealed as a lie to be the truth.

This is like saying Sasuke is just waiting for Naruto to get taken out of the picture so that he can enact his "revolution"

Squinty97 wrote:

@Legion the sword and shield would just satisfy curiosity, but just like showing Itachi crying while killing his parents, showing him take Izumi out would reinforce his resolve and further show his sympathetic character, while reinforcing his pacifist ideals through him letting her live out a peaceful life and dying peacefully. So yeah, there are several reasons to show it lol Wait... are you talking about showing the the Izumi thing or obtaining the weapons?