Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31099706-20170327120301/@comment-734582-20170327192031

Kakashisologod1 wrote: We have to remember that he did not want to kill sasuke,that should AT LEAST make us think that it was a watered version. Yea he didn't want to kill him, which is why he showered him with Amaterasu and plucked his eyes out in genjutsu.

Itachi was fighting seriously.