Sasuke & the Uchiha Clan: An Analysis
Chapter 16
Fugaku's Advisors
I doubt Sasuke had any real relationship to Inabi, Tekka, and Yashiro, and the three advisors had almost no significance and relevance to his life, though it's probable that Sasuke at least knew of his father's top three subordinates by name. They may have briefly spoken to Sasuke a time or two (particularly if they ever visited Fugaku’s home). Otherwise, I think Sasuke didn’t know Tekka, Inabi, or Yashiro well and I doubt he interacted with them much, if at all.
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Since Fugaku was clan leader, it's possible that the three advisors may have appeared at Sasuke's home occasionally, seeking an audience with Fugaku, unless Fugaku prohibited his advisors from holding meetings in his house. Since young Itachi was once caught eavesdropping on a meeting between the quartet, perhaps afterwards Fugaku separated his work from his home life to avoid his children eavesdropping on sensitive meetings they weren’t supposed to overhear.
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As Fugaku's advisors, chances are that Sasuke was aware of their social standing in the clan on at least some level. But as the clan leader's second-born and a young child, young Sasuke likely was not of much interest to the three advisors. Young Sasuke was irrelevant to the clan’s political structure until Sasuke developed his reputation of his own volition within the clan. Conversely, Sasuke would not have had interest in the three advisors either, since Sasuke was not interested in rankings within the clan nor did he have any political aspirations.
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The only scene we saw Sasuke in the presence of Fugaku's three advisors was when Tekka, Inabi, and Yashiro confronted Itachi about Shisui's murder. That scene revealed little about Sasuke's thoughts on Fugaku's advisors, since the purpose of the scene was to illustrate Sasuke’s alarm over Itachi’s behavior. It wasn’t intended to provide insight into Sasuke’s thoughts or opinion on Fugaku’s advisors, and basically it doesn’t.
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Sasuke doesn’t wonder who those men are, which may imply that Sasuke already knows who his father’s advisors are and recognizes the three men by sight. Though it could possibly indicate shyness or fear, and that Sasuke is too intimidated and frightened to even wonder who the men are.
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Notably, Sasuke is more bothered by his brother’s behavior (and considering how out of line and violent Itachi’s actions were, who wouldn’t be?) than by Tekka, Inabi, and Yashiro accusing his brother of being a murderer. The inference is that Sasuke is in agreement with Fugaku, Tekka, Inabi, and Yashiro: Itachi was misbehaving and way out of line. Despite Sasuke’s immense loyalty to Itachi, even he sees that Itachi is the one at fault, and Sasuke is greatly alarmed at Itachi’s treatment of the advisors, yet tellingly not quite so alarmed at the advisors’ treatment of Itachi.
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The first thing mentioned in Itachi’s conversation with Fugaku’s advisors is that Itachi was not present at the last meeting, to which Sasuke inwardly thinks to himself, “so it’s true”. Which of course means that particular tidbit of news traveled to Sasuke’s ears, meaning it must be a big deal within the clan, since Sasuke himself was not attending the meeting, yet even little Sasuke, removed from clan politics as he was, already he knows the gossip from the last meeting and so knows that his older brother has shockingly not attended. Even young Sasuke understands that missing something a clan meeting is taboo, a big misstep and mistake on his brother’s part.
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Throughout Itachi’s conversation with Tekka, Inabi, and Yashiro, we see Sasuke become increasingly alarmed as the conversation goes on, until finally Sasuke is compelled to shout in alarm for Itachi to stop. Sasuke doesn’t ask the advisors to stop, or for his father to stop, but for Itachi to stop, which means that Sasuke thought Itachi was acting way out of line. And how could Sasuke not, seeing as how his brother decided to beat up three men unprovoked? Sasuke was horrified with the way his brother treated Tekka, Inabi, and Yashiro, but not by the three advisors’ treatment of Itachi nor so much by their accusations they laid on Itachi.