Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221130323/@comment-27660682-20160225203624

No it wasnt. His plan was to use the shadow clone to hold itachi in place. Itachi used taijutsu to force the clone to look into his eyes. I never said he caught naruto in tsyukyomi, he caught him in genjustu. He only needs a finger to cast genjutsu. Even if guy avoids eye contact, he still can get caught in ephemeral. Even if guy does break it, the question is will he break it in time, as itachi will be stabbing him with a kunai or totsuka blade since genjustu is simply the distraction. And the whole thing about guy breaking some other A rank genjustu is misleading, as just because two techniques are the same rank doesnt mean they do the same damage. Rasengan and chidori are both A rank, yet it was admitted by jiraiya, kakashi,  and even sasuke thatrasengan was the stronger technique. The fact that naruto wasn't able to break ephemeral is a testament to itachi's skill, as breaking genjutsu according to jiriaya is a feat of how much chakra you can use to forcibly remove the malicious genjutsu chakra. Naruto has ten times the amount of chakra itachi has, yet still couldn't focus it enough to break the genjustu. I don't see any conclusive evidence that guy would be able to break ephemeral since he doesnt have a sharingan to help, and even if he can I doubt he is doing it in time.