Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31099706-20170327120301/@comment-7292165-20170412053032

Itachi definitely showed hesitation when using the Amaterasu or did I imagine Itachi's Amaterasu burning through Sasuke's fireball and just as it was about to reach Sasuke, he closed his eyes. Also, Itachi could have used Susanoo to slash down on Sasuke after he used Kirin. At that point especially, Sasuke could do nothing. As for you saying a watered down version would stall the battle more, I don't know how really. I mean he did a watered down version so Sasuke could easily break it, if that was the case. Oh and just to point out, just because it was never stated doesn't mean it true. I mean we know a lot of stuff that was stated be we know it's true, not saying for a fact this is.