Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-25349026-20150409060714

Ok, I'm going to address this one at the level the people are communicating at, and them maybe Saijuuk can lock this damn thing.

Pro Minato - Hiraishin faster than Itachi, Yin Kurama, Sage Mode, being called this or that, blah blah. Nevermind that based on the "rules" you set at the beginning of this, Minato would have access to the latter two, or at least in combat.

Pro Itachi - Genjutsu in all its forms, normal speed equal, superior intellect, being called bips and bops, yada yada.

Now, how it actually works, Itachi whips out his dick aka sword of totsuka which is so big no matter where Minato Hiraishins to, will still be hit by the sheer girth of Itachi's ultimate manhood. Any puny attack made against Itachi would be negated by his sheer awesomeness aka Yata Mirror. Or Itachi puts Minato in a genjutsu, makes him think he wins, and then goes out for BBQ with Kisame cause he's bored.

Either way, aside from Hiraishin, Minato simply has not been shown to have the tools to deal with Itachi's much more impressive arsenal of skills. You can argue all day, and write your fanfics, but Kishimoto hasn't written it, so it doesn't matter. Also, IF he did write this in an interview or something in the future, that Minato would win, then that would be that.

These vs. threads get to be such a waste of internet space.