Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-1018594-20150821001654/@comment-26773508-20150822103945

I agree that Sasuke should have had his ass whooped and only won due to Plot no Jutsu. However, Kishi is rather unconvincing when he said that Danzo was holding back. Rather, Danzo was just overconfident. Carelessly throwing away 10 Izanagis just like that is not "holding back". Case in point: after being crushed by Sasuke's Susanoo arm the first time, Danzo used his first Izanagi and attacked Sasuke from behind with a fucking kunai. It wasn't even a surprise attack, as Danzo first taunted Sasuke before attacking with the kunai. It looked like Danzo was testing the might of Sasuke's Susanoo, which was one of the dumbest moves in the entire series. Like, you just got crushed by a Susanoo arm! What more proof do you want regarding Susanoo's power? Danzo just wasted a precious Izanagi for a stupid reason.

The second dumb moment was when Danzo had to use Izanagi after getting hit by 3 or 4 small shurikens. You'd think that a Kage level shinobi would easily deflect such basic moves. But no! Plot dictates that Danzo waste Izanagi on rubbish like that.

TL;DR: Danzo carelessly wasting Izanagi looks more like overconfidence and stupidity rather than him "holding back". Kishi gives stupid reasons from time to time to justify his atrocious plot holes