Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31338621-20190129080042/@comment-31338621-20190131200432

AsianReaper wrote:

He didn't use Genjutsu first against Kakashi. Or Jiraiya.

Preemptively striking doesn't have as much of a benefit when the opponent is Minato anyways. His sensing and reflexes are too fast for something like that. Kakashi has the sharingan and Itachi wasn't planning on fighting Jiraiya.

Reflexes don't make a difference to genjutsu, as for sensing, he could possibly sense when he's in a genjutsu, but the question is if he can break out in time.