Early Childhood and Academy
The second son of a Konohagakure
police captain, Sasuke grew up in the shadow of his older brother,
Itachi, who was acknowledged as a prodigy, mastering the Sharingan by
the age of 8, attaining Chūnin rank at the age of 10, and becoming an
ANBU captain at the age of 13. As a result, the Uchiha clan took great
pride and interest in Itachi and viewed him as a genius whose work will
further strengthen the bonds between the village and the clan. In
particular, Sasuke's father took an active interest in Itachi's career
and his entry into ANBU, largely neglecting Sasuke, the younger son,
aside from cursory inquiries into Sasuke's school life. Sasuke looked
up to his brother, aspiring to become a prodigy ninja also acknowledged
by the clan and his father; his brother's treatment of him, on the
other hand, was rather ambivalent and full of oddly conflicting
undercurrents, acknowledging him by taking interest in his progress as
a Ninja when even their father won't, and promising to spend quality
time with Sasuke but always breaking his promise only to poke Sasuke's
forehead and say "perhaps another time".
After an incident between Itachi and
other Uchiha clan members, relations between Itachi and Sasuke's father
deteriorate. Itachi's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre, estranging
him further from other members of the Uchiha clan. During this time,
Sasuke's father, on a whim, decides to spend time with Sasuke, teaching
him Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique).
Sasuke (age 8 at the time) eventually succeeds in performing the jutsu
in front of his father, surprising him. At that moment, Sasuke finally
receives his father's recognition and the right to wear the clan's
emblem on his back, a sign of adulthood. He also receives a stern
warning not to follow in Itachi's footsteps.
One day, on the way home from
shuriken practice, Sasuke is horrified to find his entire clan
massacred by Itachi, who wanted to test his "capacity". Confronting
Itachi in their home, his broken, sobbing self is further subjected to
intense psychological torture by Mangekyō Sharingan. Itachi tells him
to use his hatred of him to grow stronger with one of the more
memorable lines in the series:
"If you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me, and
live a detestable life... Run, run and cling to life. And one day, when
you have the same eyes as me, come before me."
Sasuke takes these twisted words to heart, later vowing
absolute vengeance against his brother and all he stood for by setting
his sight on two goals, the death of his brother and the resurrection
of the fallen Uchiha clan.
Sasuke uses his
Sharingan.
Driven to match Itachi and, after the Uchiha Massacre,
to kill him, Sasuke excels in every field of study at the Ninja
academy, becoming the #1 Academy ninja and the #1 Rookie Genin of that
year. Handsome, extremely talented and from a pedigree background,
Sasuke becomes the most popular student in his class, especially among
the girls. However, he is admired from afar and he seems not to have
had any personal relationships or any close friends in his Academy
years, nor was he interested in these relationships to begin with. Even
his relationship with Naruto at that stage is merely that of plain
dislike, with nothing more than seeds of slight rivalry, intrigue and
identification. His all-consuming ambition, the shadow of his trauma
and the endless admiration showered upon him had largely forged his
character: arrogant, even-minded, apathetic to human inquiry and
fixated on revenge at all costs. It is not until his prolonged exposure
to Naruto's comradeship that this disposition changes.
Personality and Characterisitcs
| Sasuke is one of the few survivors of the Uchiha
Clan, one of the most powerful clans of the Leaf Village. He is the
number one rookie genin and is considered a genius. Sasuke has a very
mysterious and bloody past, and his only goal in life is revenge. |
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Sasuke is a dark and serious kid. This makes him
look cool to all of the girls in his class, but he doesn’t care about
that. Sasuke only cares about revenge, and to do this he needs to
become strong, very strong. The exact reason for his lust for vengeance
is still unknown, but it does have something to do with his elder
brother and parents. |
| Sasuke is teamed up with Naruto and Sakura. At
first Sasuke wasn’t to happy about his little group, with Sakura having
a huge crush on him and Naruto being the number one loudest ninja of
the Leaf Village. But after some life and death battles they fought
together Sasuke came to respect them. Especially Naruto, at first
Sasuke thougt of Naruto as a loser, but then Naruto saved his life in
the battle against Haku and Zabuza. Naruto defeated an enemy Susake
himself couldn’t handle. His pride was hurt, but he started to respect
Naruto and started seeing him as his rival rather then some useless
loser. |
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Because Sasuke is a descendant of the Uchiha Clan
he possesses its Advanced Bloodline. This gives him the ability to use
Sharingan. With his Sharingan Sasuke is able to see through an
opponent’s strategy and counter it. He is also able to copy moves with
it and improve them, like he did with one of Lee’s TaiJutsu moves. If
you ad up the fact that Sasuke was already a very talented ninja even
before he could use his Sharingan, you have a very powerful ninja who
improves really fast and has even greater potential. |
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