Lulcielid
Eyes of the Lord
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Begining with Boruto (manga) chapter 52 Ukyou Kodachi will leave writing and Masashi Kishimoto will take over as writer, Mikie Ikemoto will remain as artist.
How so?The more I think of the original Naruto series, the more annoyed I get at what Kishimoto did to Itachi's character in P2...
I won't call it a retcon, because to me it doesn't really matter -- I just don't think the whole Itachi as a secret agent for good works well. Even without getting into what he did to the Uchiha, this is the same one who psychologically tortured Kakashi, then did the same thing to Sasuke after beating him up, which really should have completely destroyed his already traumatised mind. Those aren't actions I buy from a secret hero. If Itachi had stayed as originally presented, it would make much more sense. It's like someone writing in a reason for Sephiroth to do what he did at Nibelheim that excuses him....it just feels silly.
This comes up all over '90s manga (and even a lot of early 2000's manga).... As does the whole "the sins of the past generation need to be dealt with by the current generation". Berserk, Yu Yu Hakusho, Ruroni Kenshin, Trigun, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Inuyasha, Yu-Gi-Oh! (the manga), Hellsing, One Piece, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist.... it's a *very* common theme that the current generation is traumatized by the decisions of the last generation. And now the last generation is mostly gone and the current generation needs to deal with it *somehow*. How well they deal with it... varies... a lot...you're saying that the point in the narrative isn't to excuse Itachi, it's to offer context and an 'ideology and trauma' theme that is common in Japanese storytelling