Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-39350828-20200429223817

Snapper2 wrote: this still needs to be addressed
 * As for why Itachi wouldn't have killed Tobi on any number of previous occasions, that's a perilous thought process to follow. If you're going to ask why character X didn't do Y at Z time, then the series quickly falls apart. Why did Kakashi make hypnotic suggestions to Zabuza instead of knocking him out with Genjutsu: Sharingan? Why did Kakashi take the time to monologue Zabuza from a tree when he could have used Lightning Cutter immediately? Why, if his goal was to protect Tazuna and his students, would he waste time and chakra playing water clone tag with Zabuza for so long? And so on. A work of fiction necessitates that you not dwell for too long on the things a character doesn't do unless the fictional work itself chooses to dwell on things a character doesn't do.