Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221124823/@comment-27533631-20160320143428

An extremely close fight IMO...It really could go either way. Can someone show me Jiraiya actually being able to fight/counter genjutsu like Guy/Kakashi/Sasuke has shown to be able to do ?? If he does not then I don't see why trapping him in genjutsu at the start of the battle and finishing him off wont work. Itachi always start the battle and puts his opponent into a genjutsu already. Ok but in a situation that jiraiya can escape a genjutsu attack from itachi, how would he deal with amatarasu or tsukuyomi ? I'm assuming the battle starts at a distance, yes ? If so then all it takes is amatarasu comboed together with tsukuyomi. Ok lets say jiraiya somehow escapes those two again. Jiraiya uses his summonings and all but will be countered by itachis susanoo or amatarasu imo. Itachi could take on nagatos multiple headed dog and a couple others of nagatos summonings so itachi should be able to deal with the toads as well. Jiraiyas fire style should be matched with Itachis fire style. H2H might be a problem but in the end itachis speed and versatility should make up for this. Now lets talk sage mode. IMO once jiraiya gets sage mode on, its pretty much game over for itachi. I mean sage mode gives jiraiya too much of a strength, speed and ninjutsu advantage for itachi to be able to counter attack. However, Jiraiya cannot open sage mode instantaneously. Remember that time with pain ? He had to run for a couple of mins before being able to open sage mode. So this is where i see itachi not letting it happen, using amatarasu on him before he awakens sage mode. Some one counter my points. I look forward to this debate :)