Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180205153025/@comment-34752936-20180225111443

Literally everyone here says that Itachi will win and I agree. Well,it's time for the smart one to come in. Let's talk about Itachi's speed.We have seen he has the ability to anticipate and defend himself from such attacks such as Bees unique sword dance which tore apart sasuke. We have also seen part 2 kakashi keep up with Itachi taijutsu and speed wise however Itachi handspeed for forming seals is incredibly fast.

I would put his speed feats on par or slightly better then your average kage level shinobi except for the likes of nins such as raikage, bee, naruto, gai and etc. the seven sword style does not utilize high speed movement in that you cross long distance quickly. It utilizes high speed striking, which is countered with reactions, something that Itachi is top tier at. As a weaker version of himself(Edo Tensei) he was the same speed as Sasuke(Able to match Kurama Chakra Cloak Naruto in speed in the Jinchuriki vs Nagato and Itachi fight). More information is that in the Itachi vs Sasuke fight,his speed was so incredible and fast that he appeared right infront of Sasuke and kicked him. Sasuke didn't even keep up with Itachi with his speed in that fight. Of course,Itachi was holding back. And yes, Itachi stated that tsukuyomi can only be broken by a relative sharingan user, but there are many things that were stated and ended up contradictory. At the end of the day, tsukuyomi is still a genjutsu. A tailed beast's mind is separated from the mind of a jinchuriki, yet they share the same plane. It's not like the tailed beast will also be put under the genjutsu.

Itachi also stated this in part one, which was waay before the whole idea of jinchuriki-tailed beast cooperation. There are so many contradictions between the two parts...But Tsukuyomi is not a normal genjutsu,it would not be an easy task to break out of Tsukuyomi, which would give Itachi plenty of time to end Menma and with his susano'o sword,he would slit his throat...boom~ Itachi wins. Ninja of War,I have given you two ways how Itachi would win.