Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26537507-20150829163912/@comment-25122992-20150830095840

QuakingStar wrote: Itachi was an Edo Tensei(pathetic shell of living counterpart). They were both also holding back as to not kill or mame Kabuto, as Itachi REPEATEDLY had to state. Itachi's goal was ending Edo Tensei, but as the fight progressed he gained a new goal and that goal was to save Kabuto and he did just that with Izanami. Itachi had 2 goals and he accomplished them both.. Come on, stop doing the same mistake. Yeah, Tobirama's reanimations could be much weaker from prime, but multipile times it was stated Oro and Kabuto have perfected his ED, that's why their reanimations are very close to their cabapitilies limit when alive. Even Tobi himself stated Oro reanimated him with almost the same power as alive. And Kabuto in turn said his ED is even more refined than Oro's. So reanimated Itachi definetely wasn't "the pathetic shell of himself", moreover, the benefits of this form (unlimited chakra/immortal body) granted him immunity from the main MS drawbacks (chakra drain/deteriorating vision), with his he could spam his MS jutsus without holding back, which wasn't the case when alive. It's pretty clear that during his lifetime Itachi couldn't afford himself to spam with Susanoo, but in reanimated state he used it all the time. Thus ED-Itachi is at least on the same level as Itachi alive, if not stronger.