8 Facts about the Uchiha Clan Massacre in Naruto that You Maybe Don’t Know

The massacre of the Uchiha clan is one of the major events in the series Narutowhere in one night, Itachi destroyed one clan and left only Sasuke.

However, there are still several facts behind the horrific massacre of the Uchiha clan, what are they?

1. The beginning of the Konoha and Uchiha conflict was due to the Kyubi attack

Kurama at the beginning of episode 1 of Naruto. Dock. Pierrot

During the Kyubi attack on Konoha which was released by Obito, there were no Uchiha members who helped the Konoha ninja to fight the Kyubi, even though they had Sharingan who is believed to be able to make it Bijuu even if trapped Genjutsuwhere is Uchiha?

In the anime, it is known that Danzo took advantage of this moment. Danzo ordered the entire Uchiha clan to focus on helping the people, not fighting the Kyubi.

Because of this, there was suspicion on Konoha’s side that Uchiha was the one who released the Kyubi in Konoha village. Discrimination also occurred, especially because the Uchiha were police and their residence was on the edge of the village.

2. The coup plan was made by Fugaku and the Uchiha clan

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Fugaku Uchiha was the leader of the Uchiha clan and leader of the Konoha Police at that time, and he was the father of Itachi and Sasuke.

Because the Uchiha were always in an inferior position, Fugaku and his clan planned to carry out a coup against Konoha.

3. Itachi is a double agent for Uchiha and Konoha

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In this coup plan, Fugaku placed Itachi as an Anbu to act as a spy to provide information about Konoha’s plans.

But Itachi disagreed with the coup and felt that if the coup was carried out it would create a bigger conflict. Finally he informed Konoha that he was an Uchiha spy, finally he became a double agent.

4. Shisui’s death was one of the triggers for Itachi to carry out the massacre

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The Uchiha were suspicious of Itachi, that’s why they sent Shisui to spy on Itachi. However, Itachi’s friend also agreed that a coup would only make the conflict bigger.

Shisui plans to use the power of his eyes ie Kotoamatsukami for Fugaku not to carry out a coup and stop his clan.

However, Danzo knew about this plan and took Shisui’s eyes because Danzo felt that Shisui’s plan was a waste of strength Kotoamatsukami which can only be used once in ten years.

Shisui met Itachi and gave one of his eyes to Itachi to use to stop the coup, Shisui committed suicide. Itachi was slandered by his own clan as Shisui’s murderer.

In the novel Itachi ShindenShisui’s death made Itachi realize that there was no way of peace and negotiation for both parties, other than violence.

5. Danzo’s ultimatum, the Uchiha clan will be wiped out including Itachi and Sasuke, or Itachi will wipe out his own clan and Sasuke will be saved.

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After Shisui’s death and Itachi became distrusted by his clan, Itachi was much more antagonistic to his clan because of the choices they made for the coup, Itachi’s nature was exploited by Danzo.

The day of the coup was approaching, Danzo gave a final ultimatum to Itachi, namely that there were two choices.

The first option, the village will attack Uchiha and of course there will be war. This will trigger a civil war and Sasuke gets caught in it. Ninja World War could be triggered.

The second option, Itachi wipes out his clan, there will be no civil war, let alone the Ninja World War, and of course Sasuke will survive. Itachi chose this.

6. The night of the Uchiha massacre was the day before the coup, therefore many Uchiha kept their energy at home by resting

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In the novel Itachi Shindenit is known that the night of the Uchiha massacre was the day before the Uchiha clan’s planned coup against Konoha.

Because of this, many members of the Uchiha clan had slept and rested early to prepare themselves the next day to carry out the coup.

This is why Itachi was able to kill the Uchiha clan members who were almost all in their respective homes at that time.

7. Not alone, Itachi was assisted by Obito to massacre his clan

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Itachi had made the decision to massacre his clan. Here he negotiated with a mysterious masked figure who was also an Uchiha, none other than Obito.

Obito was willing to help Itachi finish off his clan, as long as after that Itachi came with him to Akatsuki, Itachi agreed.

Itachi killed ordinary citizens at the Uchiha clan housing complex, while Obito killed Uchiha at the Konoha Police.

8. The fate of the Uchiha clan corpses and the remaining Uchiha

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After the massacre of the Uchiha clan, many eyes Sharingan belonging to this clan was taken by Anbu Root and transplanted by Orochimaru to Danzo and Shin Uchiha.

It is also known that Obito took part in taking several corpses from the Uchiha clan too. Meanwhile Sasuke is the only survivor and holds a grudge against Itachi.

In the end, Sasuke knows the true history and kills Danzo, the mastermind behind all these events.

So those are 8 facts about the Uchiha clan massacre, one of the bloodiest moments in Naruto. What do you think?

First published November 1, 2022, republished June 26, 2024.