Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36019309-20190114073523/@comment-734582-20190114190155

MadEyes008 wrote: If Itachi’s Tsukuyomi succeeded than it would have ruined everything and the only way he could make sure Sasuke wouldn’t lose is by holding back. This is why Itachi used it several times on Sasuke, so he could get used to it and break out. It's made fairly clear that Sasuke is capable of breaking out, even the databooks point to this. Zetsu even mentions that it's possible to break out.