Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-5936871-20160126112547/@comment-26773508-20160130034739

MlGshinobi wrote: There is no evidence of what the minimum damage needed to destroy chibaku tensi is so all those who say itachi cant beat it himself have no basis. He had too jinchurki who needed to break it so they fired their strongest attacks to destroy it quickly. 0 evidence he can't do it by himself with multiple yasaka matagma and shadow clones if needed. Actually, ther is some evidence regarding the minimum power necessary to destroy Nagato's Chibaku Tensei: Eight-tailed Naruto. This has already been pointed out earlier by someone else (I think it was LSSJ4). And by the looks of it, Itachi's Yasakani Magatama is nowhere close to Eight-tailed Naruto.

As for the Yata Mirror, I'm only going to comment on its spatial orientation. Like LSSJ4 said, there's no evidence that Yata Mirror is omnidirectional. The only things the databooks and BZ claim is that it can adapt its elemental nature to counter the enemy's attacks. That's all fine and dandy, as long as Nagato attacks only from Itachi's front. The moment Nagato unleashes a Shinra Tensei from behind, or from the sides of his Susanoo, then Susanoo Itachi will be sent off flying hundreds of meters away. That's the weakness of the Yata Mirror. The databooks have never claimed that they're omnidirectional, so the default assumption is that it can protect from only one direction. All it takes is a single hit from a moderately powered Shinra Tensei to cause a Susanoo-wielding Itachi to cough up buckets and buckets of blood, because, you know, MS takes an enormous toll on the user's body.

As for the question regarding whether Itachi can close on to Nagato in no time or not, yes, sure he can. But he'll be immediately sent flying off thanks to Shinra Tensei. Itachi could throw a bunch of kunais first, and then close on to Nagato. The result would be the same: both the kunais and Itachi will be sent off flying to the moon, thanks to Shinra Tensei. There may be other methods through which a genius like Itachi could close in the distance in no time, but it sure won't be straightforward. And in the few seconds during which Itachi figures out a solution, Nagato would have already summoned his monsters.