Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26567684-20150918015657/@comment-26567684-20150918231104

Naruto's life may have been traumatic but he refused to let it get in the way of his dream and he learned to cope with it, and he even saved Gaara from a life of hate. If Naruto hadn't knocked some sense in him, Gaara would've become the monster everyone made him out to be since he was small. If it hadn't been for Itachi lying to him and enticing him to get stronger, Sasuke wouldn't have followed a path of hate and darkness. Sasuke made himself sink into darkness more and more by choosing to chase vengeance and revenge against Itachi and the village, and turning his back on everyone who cared about him rather than thinking of alternate solutions to his problems. Naruto and Sakura offered to help him in any way he could, but he rejected them.