Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-45235418-20200316185119/@comment-32685487-20200324034034

He can't predict Kirin as it wasn't made of chakra, it was only controlled and aimed with a smidgen of chakra, Itachi even says he couldn't see any chakra left from Sasuke so he thought Sasuke was bluffing. Itachi only reacted to the lighting change, as the sky got brighter. Itachi quite simply reacted to it albeit only JUST in time. Otherwise he would have died right there.