I don't know who needs to hear this but Itachi was a shit character.
Infact the only good characters in Naruto are
-not naruto because he's white
-Shikamaru barely
-DEIDARA
Rock Lee, Garra, Neji(minus his pointless death and all of shippuden)
Hinata
Might Guy
Chouji
Jiriya
Maybe asuma Conan
Don't get me started on the black characters who literally only had wrestling moves as ninjutsu. Its no depth in that shit manga just entertainment. It had it's parts in part 1 but just like all shounen lost its values.