Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221124823/@comment-27660682-20160225215536

How is the swamp countering susanoo? You mean the swamp that drowned a large snake that was incapable of jumping out of the way and also didnt see it coming? Itachi has the sharingan that gives precognition on jiraiya's hand signs and all of his techniques. Jiraiya definitely has answers for everything itachi can throw at him individual ly, so each on their own he can deal with amaterasu, dodge totsuka, etc, but itachis fighting style is always ignored he overlays attacks. As great as jiriaya is and experienced and intelligent he is, has  no way of getting through the yata mirror,  and tsyukyomi ends the match  if it lands as well as totuska blade considering he is only able to react to what he sees coming. It will be a great battle, but it wont be a battle of stamina. Because the totsuka blade is a one shot kill sword that can penetrate through the summons, jiriaya isnt gonna be safe enough to fight the battle and prep sage mode at the same time. The only reason he had the time to do that against pain was because the animal path was the only thing fighting him and his summons was able to buy him time by fighting off the opposing summojs. If it was all 6 paths from the beginning, he wouldn't have gotten the prep time to use it.