Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-26107879-20160113213002

1st) Itachi does not need to spam Amaterasu. He used it a total of three times against Sasuke two while fighting, and once to seal it inside for Obito while he was dying. Jiraiya has only three large toads, Itachi has enough usage to kill all three.

2) Itachi may have fallen to Kabutos Genjutsu but he also had his movements frozen. So it is unknown if he could have reflected the Genjutsu because the technique requires the Sharingan to observe the Genjutsu, Kabuto also was blinding Itachi as well as Itachi was not facing toward Kabuto therefore using that fight's Genjutsu in this case where Itachi can move and see, is not related.

3) Jiraiya needs to be able to get into Sage mode in order to use Sage Mode. And it does take a very long period of time at least 30 minutes. Jiraiya was running around for what seemed like hours in the fight with Pein before summoning the Toad Sages. But I gave him the benefit of the doubt and went based off the Anime's time to give jiraiya a fighting chance. Though no time was directly given its safe to assume that after fighting various summoning a great deal of time passed. Thus proving it requires a long period of time and if you state otherwise provide a fact that backs up your claim. Saying "There's no time given so it could have been" it was also not stated that Choji was actually part werewolf but that doesn't sound right.

4) We don't even know Itachi's reserves while he isn't dying from a fatal illness. Itachi has enough to do what he did against Sasuke while on deaths bed. That is enough to conjure three Amaterasu flames and kill three giant slow toads. He probably can easily just control them in all honesty. The Toads know nothing about Itachi therefore its safe to say if Kyubi who knows the power of the Sharingan and easily falls for it a few times as well as other powerful shinobi such as Orochimaru, its safe to say the toads are no exception. However Amaterasu is the quickest way therefore I use it the most. Also even if jiraiya could seal it, I doubt hes running around with enough sealing formulas to seal multiple Amaterasu flames and by looking at his profile on this site, he doesn't have any under tools, then its safe to assume that is not a factor since prep time was never given.

5) Jiraiya may or may not know enough about Itachi. but Jiraiya is a legendary shinobi figure, known throughout the world. Itachi knows enough. Since we assume Jiraiya has knowledge we can assume Itachi knows the same since he did work with Orochimaru, Jiraiya's former teammate in the Shinobi War.

My point is clear. Jiraiya needs the toad sages to win, I do not think he can distract Itachi long enough to summon them. Itachi does not need any time to win. Even if jiraiya does summon them, it still does not ensure victory. Case point.