Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-26127155-20150413043317

Itachi is not battling all five Kage at the same time, he is fighting Hashirama. This universe is not as simple A>B and B>C so therefore A>C. Kakashi only survived the Tsukuyomi due to his sharingan (which Hashirama does not have), Kakashi wasn't exactly in good shape either after the battle so you can't act like Hashirama could easily take a Tsukuyomi. Itachi also was secretly on Konoha's side during the whole manga so he would not want to kill Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, and Might Guy (so we are unsure if Itachi released the jutsu early in order to avoid serious damage to his ex-comrade Kakashi. Itachi could have killed Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto several times in the series as he has had plenty of time to land a final blow but he doesn't want to kill any of them (so intstead he simply toyed with them using his genjutsu).

Orochimaru didn't react to dodge the technique either because he believed he could tank the hit or Itachi's reactions were much too fast for Orochimaru. What reason does Orochimaru have in order to get resealed instantly again?

If Kabuto did not know about all of Nagato's abilities than the same could be said about Itachi and therefore Itachi could have gotten away with not fighting to his fullest abilities in order to give Killer Bee and Naruto a greater chance of survival.

You still have not given a PROPER explanation as to how Hashirama would counter Itachi's genjutsu.

"Hashirama would instantly break out of ANY genjutsu that Itachi tries."

What kind of response is that? There is NO indication in the entire manga that Hashirama would be able to counter ANY of Itachi's genjutsu. Hashirama has never been shown to counter any genjutsu in the entire series. Itachi's Tsukuyomi is much more developed than any other character's tsukuyomi due to percieved manipulation of time and space, and Hashirama would be left traumatized.

Itachi deactivated his Susanoo due to his lack of chakra and he wanted to conserve his remaining reserves (Sasuke stated that Itachi was out of chakra even before using Kirin).

During the other thread, I agreed to the fact that hyperbole should be taken into context and even mentioned characters such as Hagoromo and Zetsu are more credible sources since they have existed since the start of the timeline in the manga and have continued to exist till the end of Shippuden.