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Steals the entire plot—which, let's face it, was always his, since the author admitted that before his creation the plot was not going anywhere, at risk of being cancelled in a few weeks. In other words, he makes decisions that turn everything upside down. He is the most unpredictable character...

It's a matter of perspective. Didn't Madara spend his precarious life in a dirty cave, sucking the life force from the man that always defeated him? Isn't Itachi a disgusting government lackey, traitor to his blood, high on his patricide? Why does only Sasuke lose points for his sins?

Can anyone imagine Zoro opposing and dominating Luffy like a bitch, on numerous occasions? Or actually defeating him and sparing his life in a place historically legendary? Or being treated as a larger-than-life threat and his equal in the narrative?

Also—what's this nonsense about Madara and Itachi? Two characters who only exist to add more greatness to Sasuke's journey, don't have even a third of his depth or iconic moments, and ultimately only serve as obstacles to be overcome by the main Uchiha?

One of Sasuke's hobbies is literally training and he continues to live, in sweat and blood, carrying the burden of an entire exterminated lineage in his veins. He is synonymous with self-determination.

I know all your secrets. The end is near.

To be honest, it couldn't be any different, since Sasuke is the plot. Zoro and Vegeta could only dream of having such colossal roots in the success of their respective franchises.

There is no absolute deuteragonist that encompasses the entire plot, although some Zoro fans delude themselves into thinking that Zoro is as narratively important as Sasuke was in Naruto.