Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-26127155-20151018205638

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: Yet if Jiraiya could be taken out with a simple sharingan genjutsu (even if the caster is none other than Uchiha Itachi), then what's the point of calling him as one of the "legendary" Sanin?

I completely agree with you about the Sannin, but I feel that Kishimoto himself has been very inconsistent about the strength of the Sannin. They are either able to put up a very good fight against very strong ninja, or they are completely outclassed in order to show someone else's prowess.

The title of Sannin never stopped Orochimaru from being caught in Itachi's genjutsu (with out eye contact as well), and this power is why someone as strong as Orochimaru, craved for the sharingan.

@Ninjaofwar  9/10 seems like a huge proportion, especially since there are a lot more questions which have to be asked on Jiraiya's side than Itachi's.

Can Jiraiya avoid; Ameterasu, Tsukuyomi, Sharingan Genjutsu, Crow Clones, Yata Matagama, Totsuka blade, etc while also figuring out a way to get through the Yata mirror? Itachi's main concern would be to avoid the frog chant genjutsu, but Itachi would be able to identify Jiraiya's plot (With his intellegence, genjutsu prowess, and sharingan) and get close to Jiraiya before the genjutsu is complete (Itachi's speed, Crow clones).