rkronin said:
that was way too fast to change minds. there are 2 possibilities. He has a second agenda or that was the most big fail in naruto's manga scenario.
This "too fast" change of mind thing is starting to bug me. :P
How is it too fast? It has been one of the major points of Shippuden - people left and right trying to convince Sasuke that he needs to change his mind. His major reason for wanting to destroy the village was out of a love for his brother, and wanting the village to pay for that.
But we don't even know if he was truly going to do it. We know he said he wanted to - but exactly how great was that resolve? Would he have been able to kill all those innocent people in the end? Personally, I don't think so.
Note that it wasn't the Hokages that changed his mind. It was Itachi. And this "change of heart" has been in the making for a long time.
Now, it could be he was lying, but I doubt that. I can be wrong. I really like the way it turned out, and personally thought it was well done.
And how quick did Sasuke take to decide to "destroy" the village? After Itachi died and Tobi fed him truth and lies, Sasuke was pretty quick to decide to go against the village.
This was scripted well, with many characters over a long period of time contributing to his change of heart.