Quote (five33 @ 7 Jun 2011 19:00)
Itachi let sasuke live lol
Yeah pretty much. How hard would it have been for Itachi to pull out a kunai and slit Sasuke's throat? Not to mention, if Itachi didn't have that disease there's no way he would have gotten nearly as beat up as he did. Sasuke probably wouldn't have landed many hits on him.
But he basically had all of his power handed to him, starting with the cursed seal of from Orochimaru. He didn't earn his Mangekyo either. Naruto trained his ass off to learn to control his wind chakra and come up with what is arguably the most powerful wind style jutsu.