Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36512555-20190816074751/@comment-9782468-20190819143636

FlatZone wrote: Hell no. Itachi would not have hurt them or killed them, but they would have been left at failure just like with Tobi. Itachi was sick and their group had a lot of hard to fight people.

His Shurikenjutsu is nearly moot because Hinata is there and can see all of the kunai. I don't doubt that Itachi can maneuver a kunai into her blind spot but there's 7 other people also watching and also Hinata would still see the kunai enter and not exit her blindspot so could just tilt her head to see it.

Kakashi has already proven that while Itachi was in better health, Itachi had to focus his attention on him. This Kakashi is stronger and Itachi in Part 2 is most likely weaker.

Yamato has control over the battlefield with his Wood, Earth, and Water Release.

Sakura, Kiba, Akamaru, and Sai all attacking would be pretty distracting.

Naruto has his unpredictable tactics that should make good use of the confusion of having 8 people fighting him at once.

Shino's bugs will not only provide options for tracking, containment, and chakra consumption, but enough of them in will make it hard for Itachi to see with his Sharingan, since the Sharingan has trouble seeing through clouds of chakra obstruction.

Tobi had ways of evading that Itachi could never hope for. So no, Itachi couldn't replicate what Tobi did. Itachi's only answers to most of the problems presented by this 8 man squad is his MS techs, but he only has like 3 of those before he's severely hampered, maybe 4.

Itachi is just overpowered here.