I don't think he's a villain

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Gai is an elite jounin (he beat the 30% Kisame clone after all) so I don't know why you're hating on him. It was basically 1 on 1 in his fight with Kisame, since his entire team was incapacitated. I think he would have had an even chance against Kisame, even at full strength. He presented a formidable challenge to the Akatsuki group and Itachi knew it. Which is one of the reasons why Itachi retreated after he joined the fight (the other being the reinforcements that were coming).

He did attack Kakashi with the water technique right after Kakashi joined the fight. That seemed pretty aggressive to me; he could have just stood there waiting to counter their next move. If Itachi really wanted to avoid their fight, he and Kisame could have just run away right at the beginning. They did it easily enough later. My guess is that Asuma and Kurenai pissed him off, and he was going to kill them for interfering with him. I still maintain that Itachi is absolutely evil, but we'll see.

I dont know, Gai did have to unlock what was it 6 gates just to take out a 30% clone? That is alot of effort. I dont know if he could have taken someone with that much Chakra like Kisame one on one. As for Itachi, he only decided to leave when Gai showed up because it was then 4 against 2 and Itachi had just used the MS, so he was tapped.

If Itachi isnt a villian, I dont know who is! -dg-

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i so thought this was going to be a thread on whether or not Sasuke is a villain, but...

The OP theory... just seems crazy! An imposter Itachi, yet Itachi acting under super mysterious orders to keep Sasuke thinking it was him... Sorry, I just don't buy it.

The guy's motivation for keeping Sasuke alive aren't clear, but him suggesting that Sasuke kill his best friend, plus the fact that Itachi apparently did this, then killed his parents and clan, and the fact that he's a key member in a group aiming for World Domination Mwahahaha! TM. suggests, somewhat strongly, that he is perhaps one of the worst villains in all of Naruto.