As a child Itachi dreamed of being Hokage and bringing peace to the ninja world even at 4 years old. Itachi mastered shuriken training at 5 years and He could use perfect chakra control to break giant boulders. He later entered the ninja academy and was so smart his teachers had to give him special homework. He mastered everything in 4 months. When his teachers had nothing left to teach him they wanted him to graduate as valedictorian. Itachi was the youngest postwar graduate Itachi at 7 years old. Danzo stated Itachi was the most talented genius to ever grace the halls of the Academy and his grades were nothing but perfect. Hiruzen had him take the chunin exams by himself due to his skill. He was already on par with the average chunin. Itachi could weave signs so fast other ninjas couldn’t react. He completed the forest of death in five hours. Which was a new record. Itachi did so well during his preliminary fight, he instantly got promoted to chunin. During the written exam itachi got a score 2nd only to Minato. Fugaku his own father was jealous of the genius he possessed, due to his unparalleled talents itachi was first uchiha to join the anbu at 11 years old. danzo was also impressed by itachi and stated he is a ninja you see once every hundred years. Danzo and Hiruzen concluded no one in the uchiha clan could match Itachi at 11 years old. Itachi was so intelligent he deduced that the masked man was someone who was thought to have died during the 3rd Great War but survived but their body was never recovered. He never figured out who it was but now we know he was right. Itachi was truly wise. And in my opinion the best character in the series. Not only because of his strength but also his values and character. Which I’ll talk about next