Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-9782468-20200430020726

@Flatzone lol imagine grasping that it's all my personal viewpoints just now when my first reply in the entire thread started with "I don't personally consider the novels canon because they give feats outside of the character's usual abilities."

Anyways, reality is he does have the feat, in the novels. My entire argument is why that feat doesn't fit within the Manga's story. But ya know.

@Missy we in most cases do mention everything with the caveat that it says in the article "in the anime" or "in the novel" or "in the game." My main point is, this discussion isn't about the wiki's policies. It's about different viewpoints of canon regarding this feat. So for you to come in here with the whole "the wiki has a specific policy of canon" is misunderstanding the discussion. What I told you, that the wiki doesn't decide what's canon, is in reference to this discussion. So yeah, calling people liars isn't something that should be done so casually lol.

@Baby I didn't respond to that simply because I didn't think it led anywhere. I feel that Itachi's actions in a novel didn't match his motivations and character in the Manga.

The examples in that instance from Snapper2 are personally ones that I could explain for the most part.

Kakashi didn't use Genjutsu Sharingan to knock Zabuza out because it wasn't within his abilities; Zabuza was a very high-level opponent who could most likely resist a knock-out. But he could give him an illusion.

Kakashi himself noted Zabuza that they both enjoyed the theatrics of the bout, and it went against their style to cut to the chase. That's why he monologued to Zabuza first.

Kakashi first played water clone tag with Zabuza at first because that's his fighting style; to get a feel of the situation with a clone. He also notes that he did underestimate Zabuza and hadn't faced an opponent that powerful in a long time.

These things make sense within the story. They're explained and they fit Kakashi's character as shown. Itachi's feat doesn't in my opinion