Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
My main issue with Sasuke right now is he's lost all his malice. He still doesn't speak, but when he does, it's not loaded with that elitist attitude we've seen till now. That and being indifferent (what he's doing now) are two different things.
Maybe he has grown up? Compared to a certain other character in this series that would be excellent character development. He probably needed to calm himself down considerably for the simple reason that otherwise serving under Oro would have likely turned him into a monster (not a literal monster like Oro's filler underlings, but from an emotional point of view). Not to mention being like this (dead composed) was certainly an asset in the fight against Oro, allowing him to analyse the situation.

If you think about it, his current behavior is the kind of behavior that will help him to defeat Itachi (I think it's safe to say he still intends to do that, although he told the water guy he has big plans), instead of running after the man in a blind "I'll never forgive you!" rage like a certain other character in this series would do...