7th Anniversary Forum Event - Anniversary Memories

Sownzxs

Registered: 2021-12-15
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On 2023-08-16 18:19:42 ｜ Show this Author Only

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In Game Name: 1853-Kyōko

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The most impressive thing about Itachi Uchiha’s character is that he is not over-explained like most other characters in Naruto.

Itachi is arguably the best written character in the entire series, with the only rival of him being Pain. Kishimoto did a brilliant and masterful job with his character, and he sits at the highest echelon of Naruto characters.

Itachi, lived a life on regrets. This sentiment is particularly clear and heavily implied during his fight against Kabuto. He lied to himself. He endured the way Shinobi live, and remained a true Shinobi only to suffer his whole life. A Shinobi is someone who endures… they say. And if we go by this definiton, Itachi was definitely the best Shinobi that there was.

Itachi’s actions were decided because he was introduced to the horros of war when he was young. Fugaku showing him them lead to the Uchiha Clan’s downfall, as Itachi developed a pacifist who would avoid war at all costs. Even if it meant him killing people, his own kind.

Itachi suffered all of his life. Regretted his decisions. Manipulated and threatened by Danzo, also to save his little brother, he chose to suffer all of his life. He chose to side with Konoha, making himself an international terrorist for his whole life, and making his brother suffer too.

But in the end, it was obvious that he regretted it. By his own words, he was delusional. He thought he could carry it all by himself, he could accomplish everything. He stopped listening to anyone, and stopped trusting anyone. Itachi, when he fully matured as a person, realized that what he had done was wrong. He didn’t see who he truly was and couldn’t forgive himself.

But when he realized that he was wrong, the time was over for him. He already was known as an international criminal and a merciless mass murderer. He already, had killed his clan. It was late. Itachi, however chose to give Kabuto a chance. To repent for his mistakes, he chose to teach Sasuke what he had done wrong, and find in himself what he was unable to find within him. What was that thing?

Forgiveness. The ability to look behind his past self and move forward. Learning to forgive himself and finding his true self. That is what Sasuke does in the blank period. Looking for redemption and finding out what he truly was. How Itachi affected Sasuke and their dynamic was truly brilliant.

This post was last edited by Sownzxs on 2023-08-16 18:28:58.

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-Null-

Registered: 2018-01-17
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On 2023-08-16 23:06:25 ｜ Show this Author Only

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In Game Name: HatakeMashiro

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god of gamblers 7an fin cuts3-3 entry2023

I love the protags of the game so much! -w-

The discord anniversary event was also lots of fun with my team :D

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Title: 7th Anniversary

“Honestly, I feel kinda bad for having you guys do it again…” Konohamaru tells them while scratching his head and hands them the tablet smiling sheepishly.

“Huh,” Scarlet takes it with minimal surprise, “It was still paper last year. The technological advancement sure is quick.”

“We just thought it would be easier to keep track of things this way, since so many people lost their clues last year,” Konohamaru grimaces. He has experienced the chaos firsthand, unfortunately, being on the organization team and all. “And you are giving the tablets back after completing the quest of course!”

“Of course, of course,” Scarlet laughs.

Azure and Midnight waste no time and come closer to look at the device in his hands, while Breeze and Crimson continue to chat with Konohamaru. Scarlet hears them ask something about the seals on the medals (to prevent them from being picked up by the wrong teams?), improved clue-finding routes, and what he hopes isn’t “Flying Raijin Kunai”, but knowing Breeze she would so resort to using that just to cut the chase short… He sighs dramatically.

“Hey, don’t look so defeated already,” Azure pats him on the back and gives him a quick cheering-up smile from above the event infographic she’s been poring over. “If they really improved the routes this year then we might not need to teleport at all. Or, worst case scenario, we can just send in the volunteers,” here she looks pointedly at the pair still happily interrogating Konohamaru. “Right, Midnight?”

Next to her, Midnight narrows his eyes just the slightest bit.

“Something wrong?”

“This is the same clue they gave us last year.”

That manages to catch everyone’s attention.

“No way!”

“Wait, for real?!”

“How do you even remember?????”

All the eyes turn right back to Konohamaru.

“Whoops…”

“Of course you would remember,” Scarlet shakes his head as laughter and shouts erupt, and playfully nudges Midnight, who only huffs in response. It’s a duty of a shinobi to remember important information, isn’t it?

This post was last edited by -Null- on 2023-08-16 23:14:30.

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