Hey im not saying that he 100% didn't kill his clan, but their is reasonable doubt. You shouldn't be so stubborn and look at only one opinion. First, the way Kishimoto made Itachi's parent's death. He made it so that Itachi showed only a genjitsu to show that he killed the clan. And we all know taht genjutsu is an ILLUSIONARY technique, so we do not KNOW that he killed his clan. Yeah, he probably killed his clan. Okay. That would make Itachi such more of a badass. But there is still doubt, and we will never know until they show exactly what happened that night.


Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
now the question is.....if itachi DIDNT kill the clan, then why did he go out of his way to make it aware to sasuke and the rest of konoha that he did?
Because if someone else killed his clan for the sharingan and Itachi was only trying to protect them, Sasuke will go after that someone else and that somone else will most likely kill him. This will allow Itachi to have some sort of protection over Sasuke because if Sasuke seeks Itachi, he will either:1. Be stronger than Itachi and Itachi won't have to worry about the someone else killing Sasuke for the sharingan or 2. Be weaker than Itachi - and Itachi will not kill him, but instead motivate Sasuke to become stronger. And if Itachi didn't tell the entire town that he killed the clan, then Sasuke will obviously find out and go after the "real killer".