Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34277398-20180522180427/@comment-32685487-20180611113459

His shared vision was blinded by Itachi with multiple Kunai, so yes he was blindsided as Itachi can activate Susanoo faster then even Kirin strikes which is 1/1000th of a second. So the smoke, the blinding of the shared vision and the absolute speed of Itachi's Susanoo is what blindsided Nagato. Nobody would have been able to dodge that considering it is faster than natural lightning.