Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200101053037/@comment-26636534-20200303121950

@Jason

A typical speed-line was indicated for Naruto back in the chunin exams against Neji. Are you gonna be consistent and tell me that Naruto back then was faster than Neji?

The problem with your breakdown, speed-line aside, is the off-screen element. We don't know exactly what happened, because it wasn't shown. A number of things could have happened, anything from Itachi dodging, to feints or even pulling a kunai. (Btw, didn't Itachi have a kunai in hand after the skirmish?)

Because it isn't directly attributed to any one action we can't say it is a feat. Although there may be some implication. And we definitely can't say that it proves a genjutsu instance.

Speed feat from a filler now? Lol, Downplay? I'm stating the obvious here.