how are fugaku defenders gonna try to defend him now when they find out fugaku forced itachi to “mature” by taking him to that battlefield when he was 4? was this “all for the clan” too?
I thought that was already established he forced Itachi into stuff like that at an early age.
it was established that itachi saw war at 4, but not exactly HOW he saw it. Many theorized he happened upon the battlefield or the fight happened a little too close to home. being told that fugaku brought him there with the intention of maturing him early/quickly adds an entirely different spin to it.
I had always assumed he’d just passed by an aftermath or something while wandering around. Knowing now that he was intentionally forced to experience something like that is just… Fugaku already wasn’t up for any father-of-the-year awards but this is just awful.
……..dear god…poor Itachi
Yes. Even when the novel synopsis came out, it told us that Itachi was actually taken to a battlefield when he was about to start going to the academy. Fugaku said shit like that place being a battlefield, which was the reality of a shinobi and he tried not to cry ;_; it’s so sad
You guys want to know what’s REALLY sad? According to the ending of the series, Fugaku was doing the right thing. That’s what’s truly fucked up.
^ and people wonder why we hate on it