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Anime Character

Itachi Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and series created by Masashi Kishimoto. He was an ANBU captain from Konohagakure's famed Uchiha clan. He later murdered his entire clan in what would become known as the Uchiha clan massacre and defected from the village, becoming an S-rank missing-nin and a prominent Akatsuki member who was partnered with Kisame Hoshigaki.

Background
For most of the series, not much is known about Itachi but what his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha, knows or remembers, of him. He was born into the Uchiha clan as a genius above all others. However, few could understand him.[1] When he was only four, Itachi had already witnessed countless lives lost due to the Third Shinobi World War, which emotionally traumatised him and turned him into a pacifist.[2] At age 7, Itachi graduated from the Academy at the top of his class after only one year,[3][4] mastered the Sharingan at age 8,[3] passed the Chūnin Exams at age 10,[3] enrolled in ANBU half a year later[5] and became captain by 13.[6]

Personality
Ever since his first appearance, Itachi had always been inscrutable. Flashbacks showed that he used to be a compassionate brother, but his initial appearances depicted him as an Akatsuki criminal only interested in the organisation's success and secrecy before all else.[7] Later his interest in Akatsuki was revealed to be an act, and his true intentions for joining the organisation were to spy on it from within. While a member of Akatsuki, he possessed incredible control of his emotions, constantly displaying an emotionless personality. He only showed surprise when opponents proved more powerful or skilled than expected, and even then didn't lose his composure. Itachi took no enjoyment in violence or combat, instead preferring to avoid battle or, if not possible, end it as quickly as he could.

Abilities
Even at a young age, Itachi's intellect and talent showed their brilliance in everything he did, as even his teachers said his progress hardly required any help. In the few battles he had been seen, Itachi was shown to be an incredibly powerful ninja and has gain praised from allies and foes alike. Being a technical pacifist due to his traumatic experiences from the Third Shinobi World War, Itachi did not actively take part in battle, typically only acting in self-defence and trying to incapacitate his enemies instead of killing them if possible.

Itachi was a true successor of the Sharingan, developed and mastered by the age of eight.[8] He reached the stage where he could have his Sharingan activated for extended periods of time, with minimal drain on his chakra levels. Itachi was especially praised for his skills in genjutsu, such as casting one by merely pointing at someone or turning opponents' genjutsu against them. With the Sharingan, Itachi reached the point where he could use of one of the Uchiha clan's ultimate dōjutsu, Izanami, and also understood its counterpart, Izanagi.

Itachi possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, which enabled him to use his most powerful techniques. Despite his mastery of the Mangekyō Sharingan, Itachi suffered greatly from its side effects. Each of the techniques bestowed by the Mangekyō Sharingan required vast amounts of chakra to perform, and left him fatigued afterwards, requiring him to deactivate his Sharingan altogether.[9]