Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-26127155-20150413082207

Even if the data book states that Itachi's stamina is 2.5 at that time. he was shown to be able to use techniques much more frequently by the time he fought Sasuke at the Uchiha hideout. The genjutsu used in that fight could easily replace the shadow clones used in the scenarios stated previously if Itachi wanted to conserve his chakra.

Even in the Sasuke fight before he 'went over the edge' Itachi was able to kill Orochimaru and the giant snake he was connected to. Both Nagato and Orochimaru have been shown to dodge other techniques at fast pace yet both of them were sealed with relative ease by Itachi.

Hashirama wouldn't be able to heal himself from the traumatic damage so quickly after being directly hit by the Tsukuyomi. As I have stated previously, the Totsuka blade does not need to counter the Shinsusenju (as it does not cover Hashirama's body) and Itachi can just strike Hashirama which would end the fight. It is also unknown if Shinsusenju and other mokuton techniques could be absorbed by the Totsuka blade since they are technically living beings as well (similiar to Orochiamaru's eight headed snake) which would be a major advantage for Itachi, if this theory works (but is not necessary for the fight).

The Itachi used in this fight is not some magical version of Itachi. It is Itachi using strategies that Itachi would come up with and using the abilities that Itachi displayed throughout the series. I have not given any ridiculous attributes as: I haven't made any of Itachi's justu some continental busting moves and I haven't made Itachi's natural physical strength or durability even relevant in the fight. Itachi has been proven to have incredible speed and reflexes and I have even tried to limit how much these aspects of his fighting style are influenced in the battle in order to give HASHIRAMA an advantage.

You are the one creating a magical Hashirama who somehow knows the ability of someone who was born decades after Hashirama had already died. Hashirama has never countered a genjutsu, never seen Totsuka blade or Yata Mirror and you assume that he can magically counter every single move Itachi has instantly and easily like Itachi just learnt how to be a ninja.

The more that we "discuss" about who would win, it is becoming clearer and clearer that Itachi would have a greater chance of winning (Hashirama still could win), and it is now becoming more about how blind and terminally ill Itachi has to be, to fight Hashirama in his prime (with prior knowledge on Itachi).