Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-26636534-20200426123119

LegionZero wrote:

To satisfy his sadistic tendencies. His original reason he gave for slaughtering the clan was to test his power But Itachi was confirmed to not have sadistic tendencies.

LegionZero wrote:

Because that wouldnt serve a purpose and hasnt since been revealed to be a lie 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?

LegionZero wrote: Your argument is contingent upon Kishimoto having plans to reveal some kind of new plot twist instead of taking what he wrote as the final version of his story Not really an argument, more of a conclusion to Obito's words and character motivation. In that instance specifically.

LegionZero wrote:

Rins death was an honorable sacrifice. Itachi was decapitating and genjutsuing people into a vegetative state. Tv usually has stricter censorship and dont portray good guys doing anything too reprehensable. 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.

LegionZero wrote:

To have control of one of the great ninja villages and to keep them from looking into the death/disappearance of a Kage/Bijuu and jepordizing the Akatsuki's mission. Makes sense. Although I would add that even Mei didn't consider losing Isobu or the Akatsuki, to be an immediate problem.

LegionZero wrote:

I would argue that is an untold story rather than unrevealed truth Fair.

LegionZero wrote:

He also told truths. It really just depends on whether you think Kishimoto has plans for a reveal regarding this stuff or if the facts/statements/showings left afterwards are the truth of the story. If you believe the former then really the whole series can be left in question. There is a third option, in that we simply can't tell.

LegionZero wrote: Because in the grand scheme of things how he got the sword/shield was super unimportant. The weapons themselves were only relevent for like, 5 chapters out of 700. They werent even built up to or mentioned. They showed up for a couple chapters and then disappeared and forgotten until their next use and then forgotten again. True, though that can also be said for Izumi statement.