Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-142748-20150410212019/@comment-26127155-20150411055851

Okay let me lay this out for people

Hashirama: + He easily has the stamina advantage in this fight (He is a senju as well as being an asura incarnate. + Healing factor: was shown to be able to heal from nearly anything. + He has fought Uchiha for most of his life. + All his wood style techniques (these are very over whelming against large crowds).

Itachi: + Genjutsu: his genjutsu in on a different level to other Uchiha members and his whole fighing style is based around his prowess. + Intelligence: He has been shown to figure out techniques on the fly and has studied about konoha's history. + Totsuka blade: This is an OHKO. + Yata Mirror: Able to defend against any technique.

Scenarios: (remember the 30 meter distance start). 1. Hashirama, immediately retreats and uses his large scale jutsu against Itachi. Hashirama must avoid looking at Itachi at all times (in order to avoid being caught in his genjutsu) and use his sensory abilities (not sure if this is just via sage mode) in order to detect Itachi. Hashirama must overload Itachi with: Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands, and Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees in order to keep Itachi away from him. Hashirama must draw out the fight as long as possible in order to lower Itachi's chakra levels and attack him from behind in order to avoid the yata mirror. 2. Hashirama, looks at Itachi's fingers (not his eyes) and is caught in a genjutsu. Itachi then uses his Totsuka blade in order to seal Hashirama as this bypasses Hashirama's healing factor. 3. Hashirama starts the fight off in taijutsu and from there he must avoid looking at Itachi's body while fighting. Hashirama, uses his clones to try and overwhelm Itachi and strike the decisive blow. Right as he lands the final blow against Itachi, it is revealed to crow clone and Itachi uses this opportunity to strike Hashirama with his Totsuka blade.

These are just some scenarios which would play out if these two would ever fight each other. The 30 meter distance, gives Itachi an advantage as Hashirama would attempt to fight in Taijutsu as the start of the battle (based on how he and other related senju fight in battle), while Hashirama's only chance of victory would be instantly resorting to long range combat.