Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-142748-20150411230114

Trappedinmygenjutsu wrote: The battle would be completely decided, if the battle is taken to a long range fight (than Hashirama would definitely win). As long as Itachi stays close enough to Hashirama, than his totsuka blade would be the deciding factor of the match (it's an OHKO). Even if Hashirama uses his giant wood style techniques, it is not a guarantee as Itachi could use shadow clones or genjutsu in order to deceive Hashirama into thinking he landed the deciding blow and then Itachi could finish him off with the totsuka blade (That is why I would advise Hashirama to get as far back as possible). Even at short range, Itachi is a bit of a disadvantaged against Hashirama. And he can use Mokuton Bushin's to make it harder for Itachi to find the real one ,considering only Madara was able to know the difference within canon.

Totsuka won't hit. Hashi can sense and avoid it. Does Itachi also have any feats of the factor of outrunning a Bijudama on foot? Countless people know about the eye powers of Itachi Uchiha (Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Orochimaru) and yet they still end up looking at his eyes at some point in their fight with Itachi. Saying to not look into his eyes is not as simple as it seems, as only Guy has really been able to fight Itachi (for barely any time) without looking into his eyes. Uh, Orochimaru met eye contact with no fear, he didn't even attempt not to. Sasuke has a built in defense, Kakashi does as well, and Naruto was inexperienced both times he went up against Itachi before the Pain arc. Kakashi met Itachi eye for eye without feat Post-Timeskip too due to having the MS as his built in defense.

Hashirama has fought stronger Uchiha than Itachi for decades yet never, not once was it said he was ever put in a genjutsu and Madara didn't even consider it a factor against him. Itachi was able to form his Susanoo faster than enhanced lightning could strike him while he was: OUT OF CHAKRA, legally BLIND, and DYING of a terminal illness. If that is not a feat, than I do not know if anything could be considered a feat in this universe. This displayed that his Susanoo could appear very fast as well as his reflexes in even being able to detect and stop the enhanced chakra lightning from striking him. And both Hashirama and Madara formed the Hotei Technique and Complete Body - Susanoo + Majestic Attire mid-Bijudama explosion. While Hashirama was in base. A bit more impressive. Especially since any top tier or high tier can replicate what Itachi did against Kirin. Kirin would have taken 5-6 seconds to reach the point where Itachi was standing, barely hypersonic in terms of sheer speed since Kirin fell out of the clouds.