Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20180325094649/@comment-734582-20180412175521

Mr. Grave wrote: I felt it was just too specific to be interpreted any other way. Shikaku pondered the possibility of a mind control jutsu and his first thought was not 'Shisui!' or any other renowned shinobi of his time which had strong genjutsu - no, he immediately thought of Itachi. Shisui was renowned as "of the shunshin" indicating he wasn't really famous for Genjutsu, other than Kotoamatsukami. Itachi however was shown to be competent enough with genjutsu that he could put people under it with just a flick of his finger, and could easily fight Konoha's genjutsu expert like she was a novice. Even Bee struggled with his genjutsu, despite Sasuke's barely sticking to him.