Did Itachi know that Shisui had a Mangekyo Sharingan?


Don't take me for a fool, I know the situation, but I've been watching the
fight between Itachi and Sasuke, where he said something like this from the
old times: "Come after me, when you will obtain the same eyes as mine, being
the third to hold a MS."

He already had the Mangekyo Sharingan, so we can safely assume that he knew
the story about his "elders", hence knowing not just about Madara, but Izuna
and of course Shisui too. Obviously, he didn't know about Obito/Kakashi, but
is this a plot hole, or did Itachi really not know that along with Madara and
himself, two others already possessed that kind of Sharingan, making his
statement false, since Sasuke would've been at least the fifth person?

(I've written Shisui for purpose in the title, but we don't just have to talk
about him.)




It is not a plot hole. And he isn't necessarily wrong. He just meant the third
person _alive_. Of course he knew about Shisui, he had his eye. Of course he
knew about Izuna and Madara too since he introduced their story to Sasuke. And
he probably knew about other unnamed Uchihas too, if there were any, because
as he said the Uchihas were killing their best friends for decades to achieve
it. So I can't find any other logical explanation.

