Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-26636534-20181112193807

FlatZone wrote: Kabuto said Itachi was on another level compared to the other Edo Tensei and the 3rd Raikage was one of the Edo's still on the field at the time of the statement. Kisame openly admitted he would lose to Itachi, yet Kisame can defeat Killer B in battle. It's not so simple as you are trying to make it. This isn't DBZ where a guy with a power level of 100,000 is guaranteed to win against a guy with a powerlevel of 90,000 in a straight on fight. Naruto is a more strategic and counter based fighting anime, not just "omg ill blitz god himself or maybe I'll just use my most powerful planet busting attack and win" This comes back to my earlier post about the importance of context. Kabuto's statement about Itachi is a direct result from Itachi by chance breaking free from edo control thanks to kotoamatsukami. Also, Kabuto didn't know the full extend of Madara's power, that's why he asked Madara to show him.

So once again, context is thrown away when it disadvantages Itachi (sigh).

@Jason

1) And as I said before, different panels don't always indicate the same amount of time passing. That's the problem with indirect speed comparisons.

2) I never made such a point, so I don't have to provide evidence. Regarding the Itachi's genjutsu not being effective against Kakashi's shadow clone, either way, the feat of a clone shrugging off Itachi's regular genjutsu still stands. Which is why I don't see it being a big deal.