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I've witnessed quite a number of posts saying how it's illogical that hatred was powering up Sasuke's combat prowess.
To begin, the nature of the Sharingan is that its power materializes if its owner is under severe emotional burden, as we recall the situation where Obito awakened his sharingan. The subsequent level of the sharingan, the Mangekyou Sharingan, is awakened by the severe emotional grief at the sight of someone close dying before the sharingan's owner. So it's really not surprising that the Uchihas are quite weak at the time of the massacre-- the peace they enjoyed relieved them from the emotional traumas of losing their families and friends, but it also meant their sharingans would remain as ordinary pupils, unable to awaken and useless in the eventual massacre.
I think we can already see where this is going. Sasuke was traumatized in the aftermath of the massacre at a tender age. For years, the negative feelings of hatred and grievances over the loss of his family and clansmen remain persistent, and these negative feelings was recently amplified by the revelation of Itachi being forced to live a life of a traitor and murderer. In other words, if hatred is air and Sasuke is a balloon, he would've burst. Now connect the two points and we would come to a conclusion that the sharingan's strength is fueled by its owner's negative feelings and emotional trauma; and since Sasuke is now practically stuffed with these kind of negative emotions, the potency of his sharingan is
To begin, the nature of the Sharingan is that its power materializes if its owner is under severe emotional burden, as we recall the situation where Obito awakened his sharingan. The subsequent level of the sharingan, the Mangekyou Sharingan, is awakened by the severe emotional grief at the sight of someone close dying before the sharingan's owner. So it's really not surprising that the Uchihas are quite weak at the time of the massacre-- the peace they enjoyed relieved them from the emotional traumas of losing their families and friends, but it also meant their sharingans would remain as ordinary pupils, unable to awaken and useless in the eventual massacre.
I think we can already see where this is going. Sasuke was traumatized in the aftermath of the massacre at a tender age. For years, the negative feelings of hatred and grievances over the loss of his family and clansmen remain persistent, and these negative feelings was recently amplified by the revelation of Itachi being forced to live a life of a traitor and murderer. In other words, if hatred is air and Sasuke is a balloon, he would've burst. Now connect the two points and we would come to a conclusion that the sharingan's strength is fueled by its owner's negative feelings and emotional trauma; and since Sasuke is now practically stuffed with these kind of negative emotions, the potency of his sharingan is
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