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In the _Naruto_ anime, in episode 132, Itachi told Sasuke that if he obtains
the Mangekyo Sharingan he would be the third person to get it, but the Naruto
wikia gives a list of 18 wielders.

Why does Itachi think there are only 2 users of Mangekyo Sharingan if there
are a lot more? Did all of those users got it after Itachi, did Itachi just
ignore those users existence, is his Mangekyo Sharingan another type of
Mangekyo Sharingan or what? Could it also be a plot hole? Kakashi got his
Mangekyo Sharingan when he was young and saw a friend die. And Itachi counts
himself and Uchiha Madara as the 2 users, then, why he doesnt count other
users as Kakashi and the others listed in the wikia?

[Mangekyo Sharingan](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan)

[![18 Mangekyo Sharingan
Weilders](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmNO0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmNO0.jpg)

Why is this so?


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Why does the Naruto wikia state there are 18 wielders of the Mangekyo Sharingan, if Itachi told Sasuke he could be the third?


Itachi saying Sasuke would be the third to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan would
imply he was talking about the _Uchiha_ _**that are living**_.

The only living Uchiha in the time of _Naruto Shippuden_ were Itachi Uchiha,
Obito Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha (the real Madara was later resurrected),
although Itachi believed Obito was Madara. In the order of awakening their
Mangekyō Sharingan, it would be Obito, Itachi, and Sasuke.

**Obito** :

> Obito Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after the death of Rin Nohara
> during the Third Shinobi World War; Obito himself only had his right eye at
> the time, but the event caused his Mangekyō to simultaneously awaken in
> Kakashi Hatake, who wielded Obito's left eye.
> ([source](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan))

**Itachi:**

> Itachi Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing the suicide
> of his best friend, Shisui Uchiha, shortly before the Uchiha Clan Downfall.
> With his left Mangekyō he can use Tsukuyomi, an extremely powerful genjutsu
> that distorts the victim's perception of time.
> ([source](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan#:%7E:text=Itachi%20Uchiha%20awakened%20his%20Mangeky%C5%8D,the%20victim%27s%20perception%20of%20time.))

**Sasuke** : Is believed to have awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan either
because of Itachi's death, or because of learning the truth about Itachi.

So, we can conclude that Itachi was saying he would be the third **living
Uchiha** to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan out of the 3 Uchiha that were
currently alive. Counting all the others, Sasuke _definetely was not the
third._ Also note that the _Naruto wiki_ isn't always correct.


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Not sure but maybe Itachi was unaware of the rest of the wielders. This might
also be a possibility if you think about it


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