(Dec. 20, 2009 7:29 PM)Dude Wrote: I'd be glad to see Sasuke NOT being a jerk, again. I think it would surprise and please everyone if he became a good guy...not to mention it would screw Madara's plan (I think) which would be very original.
I think the exact opposite--it would be original to
not have Sasuke return to the Leaf. Even when he left back in part 1, I assumed Kishimoto was just going to have Naruto beat Orochimaru and save Sasuke. However, what ended up happening was that Naruto couldn't save Sasuke and Orochimaru was killed by him.
Moreover, Sasuke's path as an avenger is actually pretty justified. We're talking about someone who had his entire family ripped away from him, and the organization that did so forced Sasuke's own brother to kill everyone. And because of this, Sasuke had to kill the person who cared about him the absolute most--he killed his best friend. Danzo, Homura, Koharu, and even the Third Hokage were either the planners or incompetent in stopping any of this too. How can he forgive this? How is it acceptable at all?