Madara was born during the Warring States Period, the eldest of Tajima Uchiha's five sons. Madara and his brothers grew up on the battlefield waging constant war with the Uchiha's rivals: the Senju. Three of his brothers died young, leaving Madara with only his younger brother, Izuna. Madara and Izuna became very close through their shared loss and constantly competed with each other to get stronger.[6]
This, combined with his naturally strong chakra, enabled the young
Madara to defeat adult Senju in battle and develop a reputation as a
genius.[7]
During his infrequent downtime, Madara met a boy his own age named Hashirama.
The two quickly developed a friendly rivalry, be it skipping stones or
urinating in rivers. Like Madara, Hashirama was also a shinobi who had
lost his brothers on the battlefield. Together they imagined a world
where children like themselves wouldn't need to fight.[8]
As a precaution, Madara and Hashirama did not divulge their family
names, but nevertheless discovered each other's identities: Madara was
an Uchiha, Hashirama was a Senju; it was their duty to kill each other,
even if they were friends. Needing to choose between his family and his
dreams of peace, Madara chose to end his friendship with Hashirama so he
would have no reservations over killing him in the future, a resolve
strong enough to awaken his Sharingan.[9]
Madara and Hashirama clash on the battlefield.
Over the following years Madara and Hashirama continued to meet in
combat. Madara could never defeat Hashirama — even after acquiring a Mangekyō Sharingan
— and Hashirama could never bring himself to kill someone he still
considered a friend, resulting in a constant stalemate between the two
that lasted decades. In time, both Madara and Hashirama became leaders
of their respective clans, a position Hashirama tried to use to broker
peace between them.[10]
Although some Uchiha found the offer increasingly tempting, Madara
refused due to Izuna's death at the hands of Hashirama's own brother, Tobirama.
Despite this, some Uchiha defected over to the Senju clan out of
self-preservation. Madara then used Izuna's eyes in order to gain
"eternal" Mangekyō Sharingan and restore his deteriorating vision. With
this new power he waged one final assault against the Senju and was
summarily defeated. Rather than kill Madara to bring the era of war to
an end, Hashirama offered to kill himself if it would stop the fighting.
Madara was moved by Hashirama's gesture and finally assented to peace.[11]
Konohagakure is formed.
The Senju, the Uchiha, and all their affiliated clans came together
to found a village of peace, where children would never need to die in
battle. Madara and Hashirama, rekindling their childhood friendship,
called that village Konohagakure.[12]
But Madara's idea of peace differed from Hashirama's: where Hashirama
envisioned cooperation with the other newly-formed villages, Madara
desired control so the peace could never be lost, evidenced by his
attacking Iwagakure's Mū and Ōnoki so that they would submit to Konoha's authority.[13] When Hashirama was elected as Hokage,
Konoha's leader, Madara also became concerned for the Uchiha's future,
believing this to be but the first step in the Senju's dominance.[14]
Madara with the Nine-Tails battling Hashirama
The Naka Shrine
had been in the Uchiha's possession for generations and was brought
with them when they settled in Konoha. Through careful study, Madara was
able decipher enough of it to learn of the history of shinobi: of the
endless cycle of failed peace and the destiny of battle between Uchiha
and Senju, but also a means of unity for the world.[15]
With this knowledge, Madara decided Konoha was a failed experiment. He
tried to convince his own clan and even Hashirama of the same
conclusion, but none would hear him.[16] Madara chose to abandon the village, returning with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox under his control to challenge Hashirama.[17] They fought to exhaustion, and from the carnage of their battle the Valley of the End was formed.[18] In the end, Madara, too tired to even keep his Sharingan activated, was killed by Hashirama.[19]
An elderly Madara awakens the Rinnegan.
News of Madara's death spread fast and his corpse was secretly hidden
to keep anyone from finding it and profiting from it. But Madara had
planned ahead: he had scheduled an Izanagi
to activate sometime after his death, changing reality to bring him
back to life in exchange for his right eye's vision. He left a copy
in place of his real body and went into hiding with a special trophy
from his fight with Hashirama: a mouthful of Hashirama's flesh that he
transplanted into his wounds. It was not until decades later, towards
the end of Madara's natural life, that the cells had any effect,
awakening the Rinnegan (in the process restoring his right eye). With the Rinnegan he was able to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which he used to cultivate a mindless living clone of Hashirama from which he believed he had produced a White Zetsu Army.[20]
Over the years, Madara had perfected his plans for peace in what he called the Eye of the Moon Plan.
But as his years waned, Madara knew he couldn't complete his plans in
the time he had left. So he transplanted his Rinnegan into a young Nagato without the boy's knowing,[20] intending Nagato to someday use the eyes to restore Madara to life.
If Nagato was to do this, however, Madara would need an agent to act on
his behalf and guide Nagato towards this ultimate goal. Madara waited,
connecting himself to Demonic Statue to keep him alive until someone
could be found.[21] Madara spent this time keeping a close eye on Konoha to find a suitable pawn to take his place.
Madara meeting Obito Uchiha.
During the Third Shinobi World War, Madara found a badly injured Obito Uchiha. Madara used Hashirama's cells to replace Obito's damaged extremities and placed a Forbidden Individual Curse Tag
in Obito's heart as a fail-safe in case Obito ever turned against him.
Until then, Madara began working towards corrupting Obito. He had Kirigakure kidnap the girl Obito loved, Rin Nohara, and seal the Three-Tails into her. He then manipulated events so that Rin would die at the hand of Obito's friend, Kakashi Hatake, while Obito watched.[22] Driven to despair, Obito offered his services to Madara. Madara divulged to Obito the history of the Sage of the Six Paths and the Ten-Tails,
the details of his Eye of the Moon Plan, and various techniques that
Obito would need moving forward. As a final act, he left behind Black Zetsu
— what he believed to be a manifestation of his will — to provide
additional guidance to Obito in pursuit of this goal. With that, Madara
disconnected from the Demonic Statue and, with his dying breath,
entrusted Obito with his name: Madara Uchiha.
Itachi Uchiha(うちは イタチUchiha Itachi?) is a fictional character in the Narutomanga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. Itachi is the older brother of Sasuke Uchiha
and is responsible for killing all the members of their clan, sparing
only Sasuke. Though treated as an antagonist for much of the series, it
is later revealed that Itachi slaughtered his clan in order to prevent a
coup d'état which would result in a war, and that he had been acting in both Konoha's and Sasuke's best interests for the entire series.
Itachi has been featured in the Naruto films, has appeared once in an original video animation of Naruto, and is a playable character in most of the video games from the series. Itachi's character has been popular with readers of the manga,[6]
and has been positively received by critics. His appearance as an
antagonist has been praised by several writers, although some have
considered his initial appearance to be unsurprising. The gradual
revelations of his past and its impact on the story has also received
positive reception,[7][8] and his fights were noted to be "one of the best" in the series.[9][10][11] Numerous types of merchandise have been released in Itachi's likeness, including keychains, plush dolls and figurines.
