Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34752936-20180326104651/@comment-734582-20180326134551

HeroOfSacrifice wrote: If you think that,can you explain? By the way,read what I said above and counter those points. Like i said, Bee was restricted by the presence of his friends. Gyuki even mentions that they can't transform because it would kill them. In the waterbubble he was forced to fight Kisame up close because he would otherwise kill his friends. Without such restrictions, Bee could nuke Kisame. Samehada got hurt by absorbing a fireball jutsu from itachi, so it definitely has an upper limit to what it can absorb. A Bijudama would easily blow apart the water bubble.

But again, he didn't because of his friends.

As to his low versions, he only went version 1 because he didn't take him serious (as stated in the manga), and went version 2 because he didn't want to be found.

If you're concerned that Kisame would use some sort of chakra absorbtion, then he could just fight with physical force like how he levelled a forest. He also easily dodged Samehada before, so it's not like he can't match Kisame. The problem is purely that he was incapable of fighting to his strengths due to being in hiding and due to his friends being present.