Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31338621-20190129080042/@comment-9782468-20190207211303

FlatZone wrote: That's your opinion. Itachi had to have reacted fast enough to put Susanoo up and save his life, which he did. Itachi reacted to Kirin. Enough said. It's your opinion that he only reacted when Sasuke put his hand down.

We both agree Itachi reacted and put Susanoo up on time to save himself.

However, you're insistent that he only reacted when Sasuke put his hand down, whereas I think it's more plausible that Itachi predicted the attack coming since Sasuke telegraphed the attack quite a bit.

They're both just our opinions lol. In any case, Kakashi has a similar feat of splitting a lightning bolt in two. Whether he ran at it or not is moot; even if he was staionary and only struck it with his hand, that's pretty much what Itachi did; just swap Chidori for Susanoo.