Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20191227052712/@comment-9782468-20200102190929

No, he doesn't use it quite a few times. Every single time we see him encounter Sasuke, he uses it once.

Are you actually understanding the argument? 3 techniques require him to rest. Going one more than 3 doesn't mean immediate death, people can overexert. Itachi's usual limit is 3 before needing rest. He can overexert himself, but that's painful and going too far will kill him, as shown.

In the anime, Naruto and Itachi didn't invert colours. Idk what your point is. Unless I'm missing some clip.

No, the battle doesn't contradict anything. Itachi said he could only draw with Jiraiya. That in no way is contradicted by Itachi fighting a completely different opponent.

I really don't care about your interpretation of "spam," because for use in forums it's referencing a large number of occurrences (like spam emails). Itachi never once spammed any MS tech while alive. And the difference between "spam" and "integrate" in these uses is that "spam" has a general used definition in forums. Go look at any other battle related vine, CTRL+F "spam," and you'll see. "Integrate is the used translation in a databook where it would make absolutley no sense to try to use a word for its less used definition instead of its most used definition, especially when databooks are supposed to be supplying information.

Jiraiya wouldn't be under Genjutsu if he was hit by Amaterasu. Itachi requires intense build up for Amaterasu. This build up is more than enough time for Naruto to cover the line of sight with Shadow Clones or for Jiraiya to break out of anything short of Tsukuyomi. And yes, most ninja in the series who are at high level show speed easily capable of what I said. Hell, samurai were able to just chill on fire for awhile until Gaara came up and helped them out of their armour.

Versus Orochimaru was a thrust. I don't remember him using it against Kabuto. It wouldn't make sense to use it against Kabuto, since they needed Kabuto physically there in order to undo Edo Tensei, which wouldn't be possible if he was sealed.

A thrust isn't harder to avoid because of your options, it's harder to avoid because of direction and speed and distance.

A thrust is straight to your opponent, leaving them less time to react. A swing is wide and telegraphed, leaving more time to read and react.

You can take for example, strikes in real life. A straight jab is much harder to dodge than a haymaker, just because of reaction times.