@CmnSensCrusader@lastborn_1j You’re changing the argument. I never said Itachi wasn’t a criminal or that the massacre was justified. I said there’s no evidence he enjoyed killing. Choosing genocide under orders doesn’t automatically mean he took pleasure in it. Those are two completely different claims.
@lastborn_1j They weren’t useless. Kishimoto just kept throwing them against Kage level and god-tier opponents. ANBU are elite assassins, not people meant to fight Itachi, Pain, Obito, Madara or the Akatsuki.
@CmnSensCrusader@lastborn_1j Saying Itachi “took pleasure” in killing is pure headcanon. The manga never portrays him enjoying the massacre. He carried it out as a mission, then spent the rest of his life living as a criminal, dying by Sasuke’s hand. You can condemn his actions without inventing motives.