Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-25025726-20150411230350

Trappedinmygenjutsu wrote: The battle would be completely decided, if the battle is taken to a long range fight (than Hashirama would definitely win). As long as Itachi stays close enough to Hashirama, than his totsuka blade would be the deciding factor of the match (it's an OHKO). Even if Hashirama uses his giant wood style techniques, it is not a guarantee as Itachi could use shadow clones or genjutsu in order to deceive Hashirama into thinking he landed the deciding blow and then Itachi could finish him off with the totsuka blade (That is why I would advise Hashirama to get as far back as possible).

Countless people know about the eye powers of Itachi Uchiha (Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Orochimaru) and yet they still end up looking at his eyes at some point in their fight with Itachi. Saying to not look into his eyes is not as simple as it seems, as only Guy has really been able to fight Itachi (for barely any time) without looking into his eyes.

Itachi was able to form his Susanoo faster than enhanced lightning could strike him while he was: OUT OF CHAKRA, legally BLIND, and DYING of a terminal illness. If that is not a feat, than I do not know if anything could be considered a feat in this universe. This displayed that his Susanoo could appear very fast as well as his reflexes in even being able to detect and stop the enhanced chakra lightning from striking him. You forget that you don't have to look Itachi in the eyes to be put under a genjutsu. All he has to do is point his finger at you, and if you see that you're done for.