@boundless, вот более полная статья, но она частично (почти полностью) пересекается с картинкой. (статья на английском офк). Редактор за 15 лет наверно и не помнит большей части изменений, только самые важные
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The original idea for Akatsuki was that it was supposed to be a group of monsters as well and Itachi was supposed to be special as the only human among them. I'm not sure if Kishi ever said when he actually got away from the idea but Zetsu, and Kisame the only other members introduced pre-time skip both held onto their monster motif.