Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29994364-20161028174112/@comment-26636534-20161120203736

@Kakashisologod From what I can understand, you are saying that since backup came to aid Asuma them, Itachi retreated. He retreated with Kisame again when Jiraiya showed up and didn't want to fight any of the reinforcements to preserve chakra?

@QuakingStar I think it has more to do with the certain nature of Itachi's abilities and die hard Itachi fans. It is very hard to have a discussion, especially a versus battle, with Itachi( and several other characters), when all those in favor of Itachi winning, mostly just use cop outs to say Itachi wins. This is partly due to Itachi's abilities, more importantly the unknown nature of some of his abilities(TB, YM etc). Also, these discussions always spiral out of control and become toxic, that leaves behind a bad taste.

So it's not hard to see why Itachi in versus debates has a negative connotation. I personally like Itachi, but tend to not think of him as super-powerful, even though he is. It is better to ground these characters to have a discussion rather than hype them up as god-level.