Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-26302001-20150403084620

It would work, for only a second which is all Itachi would need. With Izanami he doesn't even need eye contact or physical contact and being a jinchuriki or having a dojutsu can't save you from it. Itachi could trap him in Izanami and then kill, or seal him while he was in it.