Sasuke Uchiha, the most prominent emo anime boy in the sensational anime and manga Naruto, is a fan favorite character for a wealth of reasons. His cool demeanor, creative set of abilities, and mysterious motivations made the character stand out from the other brighter and louder characters. His eventual betrayal of his friends and the Hidden Leaf Village so that he could gain the strength to avenge his clan locked him in as one of the best anti-heroes in anime. His journey to defeat his brother Itachi, the one who massacred the Uchiha clan, and struggling to cope with the knowledge that his brother was actually working to protect the Village is some of Naruto’s best material.

Considering that both Sasuke’s and Itachi’s are heavily influenced by each other and their actions, it makes sense to compare the two brothers. While they have a lot in common in of personality, achievements, and battle techniques; the two also have just enough unique features to distinguish them. The similarities and familiarity between the two are a huge part of what makes their relationship and battles so engrossing. Starting from a similar place and similar abilities, it’s interesting to see how their powers and personalities developed because of the actions of the other.

While Sasuke was the underdog for much of the series, he now has a ton of unique features that distinguish him from Itachi. These are the 25 things everyone’s favorite edgy ninja – and the first big meme of 2019 – can do that his older brother cannot.

Here are 24 Things Sasuke Can Do (That Itachi Can't).

Use Lightning Release Jutsu

Ninjas in Naruto can use any element of jutsu, but only ninjas with an affinity for specific elements can use these techniques to their full potential. While both Sasuke and Itachi can use fire release techniques as of the Uchiha clan, only Sasuke can use lightning release attacks.

In fact, jutsu of this element quickly become a major component of his fighting style, as he gains a growing mastery of it throughout the series. While Itachi’s proficiency in his own nature affinities is nearly unparalleled, Sasuke’s lightning jutsu are some of the strongest in the series.

Gain The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan

Both Sasuke and Itachi posses the Mangekyō Sharingan, which only awaken after a member of the Uchiha clan witnesses the ing of someone close to them. However, the incredible abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan gradually cause their vision to fade and the only way to relieve this weakness is to implant another person’s Mangekyō Sharingan into their own eye sockets, forming the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Itachi never obtained this evolution in his lifetime, but Sasuke achieved it using his brother’s eyes soon after Itachi’s defeat and gained an unlimited use of his abilities.  

Manifest The Rinnegan

A complete mastery of the Mangekyō Sharingan allows a ninja to transform it into the Rinnegan, another ocular ability with its own set of powerful abilities. Sasuke is able to advance his Sharingan to the Rinnegan through training and the intervention of a pseudo-deity, while Itachi is never able to gain this ability.

The Rinnegan and its various abilities are instrumental in Naruto and Sasuke’s battle against the villainous Kaguya and necessary for his work in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. It’s impossible to turn a blind eye to this obvious difference in Sasuke and Itachi’s ocular abilities.

Manipulate The Amaterasu

While Itachi sures Sasuke when it comes to genjutsu, Sasuke bests his older brother when it comes to the Uchiha’s more overtly offensive abilities. The black flames of the Amaterasu burn anything they touch and cannot be extinguished by anything other than the will of the caster.

Sasuke is able to control these flames with far greater proficiency than his brother, and even incorporate them into his other attacks. Sasuke is perhaps the most proficient Amaterasu in the Naruto universe and therefore one of the most powerful ninja.  

Manifest The Complete Body Susanoo

Anyone who has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes is able to create a giant chakra avatar known as the Susanoo. The Susanoo is brought forth in various forms, ranging from skeletal structures to a complete body. Each stage of the Susano is increasingly demanding on the caster, and this strain prevents Itachi from creating the Complete Body Susanoo.

Sasuke, however, is able to fully manifest the Susanoo and even push it beyond this stage by incorporating lightning release jutsu. This technique is the most overt display of Sasuke’s abilities suring his brother’s.   

Work Solo

Itachi migrates from the Anbu to Akatsuki throughout his teenage and adult life and is rarely working outside of an organization for very long. Sasuke, on the other hand, works by himself for the majority of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

While Itachi’s hip in the Akatsuki is due to him secretly spying on the organization, Itachi is rarely on his own like Sasuke. This isolation is in many a kind of penance for Sasuke, as he feels he cannot be a part of the Village after all the harm he did to it during his teen years.   

Start a Family

In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Sasuke is married to Sakura and they have a daughter named Sarada. Itachi, though, exits the series before he can form any romantic relationships and start a family. Itachi dedicates himself entirely to protecting the Hidden Leaf Village and as a result, his relationships suffer tremendously.

Itachi is also so work driven that it’s possible that he actually has very little interest in romance. A family of his own is both something that Itachi can never have, might not even want, and something Sasuke deeply appreciates.  

Use The Chidori

Sasuke’s signature technique is the Chidori, a lightning release technique that requires the ability to masterfully manipulate chakra. This technique allows a to channel electricity into their palm and use it pierce through any armor to damage a foe.

Over the course of the series, Sasuke further develops his Chidori to attack people from a distance, multiple angles, and channel it into weapons. This technique is as powerful as it is versatile, and easily one of the coolest jutsu in the series. Itachi doesn’t have anything close to this attack, by any measure.

Summon Hawks And Snakes

While Itachi is able to summon crows and manipulate them, Sasuke is able to bring forth and manipulate Snakes and Hawks. Unlike most other characters in the series, Sasuke is able to summon two kinds of animals to aid him in his ninja endeavors.

These summoned creatures allow Sasuke to battle even the largest of enemies and communicate with his allies over great distances. While Itachi’s crows have their own useful abilities, like somehow preserving a human eye for months at a time, Sasuke’s summons are far more useful in most situations.  

Use Combination Attacks

While Itachi belongs to several organizations over the course of the series, he rarely fights alongside other people. Sasuke, though, fights alongside Naruto and other ninja numerous times and even develops powerful combination techniques with them.

For instance, Naruto and Sasuke are able to combine their high-level fire and wind elemental techniques to unleashed a tremendously powerful scorch release attack that magnifies the destructive power of their base attacks. Naruto and Sasuke are unbeatable when they fight together, and Itachi never had the opportunity to develop these abilities with anyone else.