Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20180325094649/@comment-734582-20180326084517

Mr. Grave wrote: ^The fact tbat Danzo killed Shisui but lost to MS Sasuke makes me doubt the hype surrounding him. He didn't kill Shisui. He stole his eye. Shisui killed himself to avoid becoming a pawn in the uchiha-konoha conflict. Mr. Grave wrote: Because of his role in the narrative, it is pretty unclear when Itachi's not being serious and when he has reached his limit. This is precisely why I dislike him as a character and a fighter. I see no reason to believe he was ever not serious. It's his choices, not his powers, that mark him as a Konoha ally. The fact that he used Tsukuyome and so sacrificed some of his irreplaceable light to Kakashi and Sasuke shows that he was serious. It's a powerful jutsu that inflicts much damage, but of the mental kind. His conditioning of Sasuke would allow him to survive it, and he knew Kakashi well so he knew he'd pull through as well.

In his fights against Konoha ninja, he fought in a way that suited them best. Kakashi and Sasuke weren't injured in a way that would prevent their uses. Kurenai was fought with Genjutsu, her specialty. He fought Guy straight-up, his specialty.

Rather than 2v1 Jiraiya and defeat him, he chose to evade him all together. Yet, he knew that Naruto might rampage which is why he avoided the fight (it wouldn't be a 2v1 but a potential 2v2, against a fully unleashed Kurama, not the weaksauce of Naruto). The fact that he once more sacrificed his light to escape showed that he was serious.

The real problem is that we don't know if Shisui is the number 1 genjutsu user because of Kotoamatsukami. It's definitely superior to Tsukuyome, but is that all there is to his power?