Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200101053037/@comment-26636534-20200409123334

Lol, well, isn't this some deja vu. Remember users, when your logic is used against you, don't double down. It's ok to admit you are wrong and move on. Learn to not do:

Exhibit A:

FlatZone wrote: I just explained to you, he said with his Sharingan he could see that Sasuke was out of chakra, Sasuke was indeed NOT out of chakra and Itachi couldn't tell otherwise.

The correct response:

CyberianGinseng wrote:

After Itachi says "I can see you're out of chakra" Sasuke himself "Yeah, I don't have any chakra left... I used it up on that fire style jutsu." https://imgur.com/8HrzyHM So by your logic, Sasuke is confused about how much chakra he has left too?

And exhibit B:

FlatZone wrote: I didn't say he was confused. The point still stands, Itachi was nearly blind and he couldn't see Sasuke but only the extreme light change. You have yet to actually disprove that at all.

Just wanna point out to those that still think that Itachi reacted to lightning, context matters here. The context being Sasuke's dialogue cues describing Kirin, namely "Technique like amaterasu that can't be dodged" and "lightning from the heavens". Sasuke shooting chidori into the sky, the Kirin-dragon forming. The final dialogue cue "Begone with the thunderclap". And Sasuke's hand motion. All of that gives context to this instance and definitely shows more than pure reaction.

The most comprehensive explanation I've seen of this instance is the "shooter pointing the gun example".

The "shooter pointing a gun" example illustrates how one can be faster/countering than the "shooter" but not faster than the bullet. If the shooter tells you he's gonna shoot you in 2 seconds, and your action to put up a shield is 1 second, you have to time your action to coincide with the timing of the shooter. Doing that successfully doesn't make you faster than a speeding bullet.

Similar with this instance, Itachi has all the cues he needed and the ability to shield himself by timing the action. Timing of the action is impressive in an of itself, but not possible without the prediction.