Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-9782468-20160223232833/@comment-27233105-20160227061941

- There you go again claiming you definitively know how much time Itachi may or may not have intended to distort, even after admitting he might have distorted any amount of time. If Sasuke had not broken out, how do you ABSOLUTELY KNOW that Sasuke wouldn't have imagined 12 hours, or 15, or 24, etc.?

- You seem to be so certain that it's mostly the time distortion that causes the victim to suffer so much. If that were the case, why make the victim witness something terrifying--something that causes genuine physical or mental pain? Why make them witness being stabbed or their parents being murdered?

If it were just the time distortion, why not just have Kakashi fixed to the cross for 72 hours WITHOUT stabbing him? By your significance of the time, that should have the same effect right?

- My point is the time distortion alone can't be determined as the most significant factor for the after effects of the jutsu. The time being coupled with a terrifying experience is what makes the jutsu so lethal. Then there are the other experiences within the jutsu: space distortion, color/value inversion, etc.

Since NO ONE KNOWS the extent to which Itachi intended to perform Tsukuyomi (because Sasuke broke out), we can't say he didn't intend for Sasuke to witness himself having his own eyes ripped out over and over again (BECAUSE SASUKE BROKE THE JUTSU BEFORE WE COULD SEE ITS FULL EXTENT). Is it becoming more clear now? Btw, I'm not arguing Itachi wasn't taking it easy. Of course he was, we just don't HOW MUCH he was taking it easy, or to what extent he intended to perform any of the several jutsu he performed.