Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221124823/@comment-27660682-20160224063413

Amaterasu spawns on the focal point of the user's vision after they have a focused on a target. You can tell when the technique is being prepped because the pupils and capliarillies dilate, and then blood begins to stream, and that moment of time, I think any high level ninja can either substitution, teleport, use a smoke bomb, put an obstacle in front of them, countless other options and they all cause amatersau to miss them. The 4th raikage is a special case because he dodged amaterasu after it was cast, which is an extreme feat of speed because it means he was able make sasukes sharingan lose focus on him completely, resulting in the flames spawning on the sau0murai behind him instead. Jiraiya can defend against amaterasu as he has knowledge on it, has smoke bombs, as well as needle jizo to protect himself. However, because amaterasu is pretty hard to avoid even so, it will still give jiraiya trouble no doubt as well as the frogs if it lands.