Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29769110-20170327210757/@comment-26773508-20170425134524

Dodge it for how long? Stamina is the key issue with Itachi. Obito can't attack while he's intangible. He'll just be playing hide and seek with Madara. Anything else pre-War Obito has is ineffective against Madara. Because pre-War Obito is almost certainly NOT a mirror image of EMS Madara, while Pre-TTJ Rinnegan Obito most probably is. I've already explained why. The manga and the databook contradict each other. Sometimes, databooks trump the manga when it forcefully retcons previous manga lore. Usually, such databook retcons are followed by new manga feats and explanations that support the retcon. However, no such feats support pre-War Obito's case here.

Itachi and Obito themselves state that Obito doesn't compare to the real Madara. Ohnoki himself found it hard to believe that someone like Madara would use such roundabout methods like involving the Akatsuki and trying to use Sasuke to kidnap the 5 Kage for bargaining purposes, when the Madara he knew in his youth could have done such things all by himself.

None of pre-Rinnegan Obito's later feats suggest that this was a lie. So as powerful and cunning as pre-War Obito was, he doesn't have much that can hurt Madara. Itachi, on the other hand, will be undone by his stamina. And for the zillionth time, let us not overestimate Itachi's spiritual weapons. The Yata Mirror has virtually no feats, while the Totsuka Blade has neither been shown to seal pure chakra constructs, nor has there been any suggestion (as far as I know) that implies that the TB can do such a thing.

Also, somewhere along this thread, I read a translation about the TB being able to cut any enemy. An 'enemy' implies intent and agency i.e. something living. We saw it cut down Orochimaru's snakes. This is no guarantee that it can cut down Madara's Susanoo. So I've said this in many other threads and I'll say it here again: let us not overhype Itachi's weapons. Their descriptions and feats have far too much vagueness and ambiguity to judge them accurately.