Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31338621-20190501030435/@comment-39172349-20190503020012

Ok the Anbu thing may have been a reach, but I was making the point that at 8 or 13 he was thinking like a Hokage, and as he got older his skills matched the mentality making him a difficult opponent for any shinobi to face.

I suppose we could use part 1 Itachi before he fought Kakashi, because Kisame made it be known that Itachi had limited use with the MS.

I think what gives Itachi the edge is Minato's inability to counter any of Itachi's top tier jutsu(and I'm excluding Izanami/ Izanagi).

No disrespect to Minato, but I think Itachi would be able to figure out the Flying Raijin mechanics which would ultimately be Minato's demise.