Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31377172-20200228010635/@comment-9782468-20200303153331

@Ninja That's what I mean. "beating it" in my argument meant healing from it, which I'm not convinced can happen since it's mental damage and not physical. I mean we've never seen it even attempted so can't know for sure, but I think that it's more complex than funneling enough chakra into cells to heal them, which is pretty much the basis of 100 Healings, Jinjuuriki healing, and I'm assuming Hashi healing.

Amaterasu and Sword of Totsuka are ways to beat Kisame. I don't think Kisame can counter Amaterasu (though maybe Samahada can eat it since it's chakra based, but I doubt it could do it without damaging itself).

The biggest issue Itachi will face is that the only real ways he has of taking Kisame down are his most chakra-taxing techs. Kisame is pretty much not even limited by chakra. Could Itachi outsmart and outmaneuver him? I think so, but it only takes one miss for Itachi to lose a third of his chakra. And Kisame knows his opponent too and will be using widespread large-scale techs to keep his distance as much as possible.

Itachi I think would pull the win in the end though. He's used to facing people with more chakra than himself. I do think Kisame makes it one of the hardest fights Itachi's ever had though