Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-26636534-20151020154256

Itachi's crow with Shisui's eye is programmed to his own sharingan so he can't use it against Jiraiya. Though Itachi may be able to counter Jiraiya's toad chant genjutsu, and from what we've seen he can't do it by himself, in the same breath then you'd have to say that Jiraiya may be able to counter Tsukuyomi. Since both of their genjutsu was described as inescapable.

Jiraiya's genjutsu may take more prep time, but it's more dynamic since he himself doesn't cast it, meaning he can continue fighting and casting jutsu while the genjutsu is cast at the same time.

@LoneNinja, Amaterasu's speed has shown to be inconsistent and Jiraiya already encountered it, refer to an earlier post.

@Trappedinmygenjutsu ,I agree that Itachi has some fast moves and Jiraiya probably can't dodge all of them, but he can block them as well, with his lion mane jutsu and toad stomach jutsu, as for genjutsu, he already has two partners that can help him out with that. Plus Jiraiya has some moves that Itachi can't avoid e.g. his hair senbon technique.

As for the Totsuka Blade, a giant chakra blade with a imbued sealing jutsu, no-one can say for sure how fast it is and yes it is a one hit KO, but so is the rasengan, but only if it hits. I personally don't like debating the point of a jutsu hitting, since it would just be a battle of cop outs then.

No matter what jutsu they both use, I don't see them taking each other down quickly, which works in Jiraiya's favor since he has more stamina and chakra. What really makes me convinced Jiraiya would win is that, Jiraiya has intel on Itachi's abilities which according to the Jiraiya vs Pain and Pain's assault on Konoha, makes all the difference in battle.