Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180205153025/@comment-34678409-20180309102130

Nami. I wouldn't say Itachi's arsenal is mostly useless. Genjutsu might stun him momentarily since he isn't immune to Genjutsu. Amaterasu can kill shot him if used in the right way. Totsuka Blade, how is that useless? It can seal him away and would be the main counter to a full Kurama form. And Tsukuyomi has time dilution. So Menma won't be Kamui'ing when he is in the Genjutsu. And Kurama can't heal him. It's not physical damage done. It's psychological. If Itachi can land Tsukuyomi, he can trap the target in a time diluted Genjutsu state where decades can pass inside it while in reality a few seconds passed. That's why Tsukuyomi is such a powerful ability. It can kill you through stress and with a single glance.

But again. I don't see Itachi using his Mangekyo abilities early on in the fight. Nor do I see Menma using his or his Great Spiraling Ring. Why would any character use their most powerful and draining ability to start off with? That's something they would use when they needed to. Also there is no evidence Menma can spam Great Spiraling Ring. He was only able to use it once. He never did so again. Not even when he was up against the Akatsuki. Not even when he was against Naruto and losing. Not even against Kurama to help his Kurama out. I mean. If he could, why didn't Menma just float up to the sky, Great Spiral Ring Naruto and the Akatsuki, call it a day? Or why did he use the Spiral Ring against Rasenshuriken instead of the Great version? It's damage is partial Konoha, it didn't destroy the entire village like Pain's Shinra did.

Also I can see if Menma used the Great Spiral, Itachi with his visual prowess and the ability to see the concentrated mass form of Chakra, will conjure his Susanoo and can use Yata Mirror to block it.

Point is, Itachi isn't useless. He has ways he can counter just as Menma has ways to counter Itachi. I don't see either one of these individuals using the said abilities above so openly and carelessly though. It'd be a while into the fight before these trump cards are played.