Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26567684-20150821055736/@comment-734582-20150906211940

Uchiahmasters wrote: ^ Sasuke still lost more than Kakashi ever did, just because he hasn't been suffering for as long as Kakashi doesn't make Sasuke's darkness any lesser I never wanted to imply his darkness was lesser because of it. But if he could've understood Kakashi's darkness, it would've had a very different impact (or better put: an impact) on sasuke. Manga-canon does not explain whether Kakashi even had friends back then. The Anime does but shows he pushed them aside, and that their "help" only put him farther in darkness.

I'm not so sure if Sasuke's darkness is that much greater. Kakashi killed his best friend, awakening the Mangekyou. Sasuke witnessed death. Kakashi couldn't understand Sasuke because the focus for their darkness is different. Above all, Kakashi does not have a brother (nor as a source of his pain). Though he did already murder people out of revenge for Obito and believes he did for Rin. And it brought him not an inch further.