Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-27233105-20160130092635/@comment-26675690-20160218084158

Okay I read roughly half of the comments in this thread and I am honestly surprised no one has mentioned this yet. Itachi and Minato are both smart people, something I hope we can all agree on. Therefore they simply look at who would better aid the war effort, Minato (the Yondaime Hokage who has SM, FTG, Rasengan and variants, Shiki Fuujin and Yin Kurama) vs. Itachi (MS user who has Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu and Armored Susanoo with Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade). They would realise that

1. KCM Minato with FTG is faster

2. KCM enhanced Rasengans (and unknowingly SM ones) that are created almost instantly are better against two Rinnegan users

3. BM Minato = BM Naruto > 5 Biju > Madara's PS = 1 Biju

4. Shiki Fuujin far more accurate and ignores all defences

All this against Itachi who provides

1. Amaterasu, something both Madara and Obito see/sense building up or just plain absorb

2. Tsukuyomi which wouldn't work on two Uchiha stronger than Itachi

3. Susanoo whose TB can't scratch Madara's PS or even touch Obito with Kamui and only contributes the Yata Mirror which is potentially indestructible for Madara to get through but Obito could literally waltz through (and the only problem with that is if the waltz exists in the Narutoverse)

Looking at these facts they both realise Minato is the better person to help fight the Uchiha menace and Itachi allows Minato to seal himself (Itachi) away with Shiki Fuujin or whatever Uzumaki fuinjutsu Minato has (since if some mummy wraps from Suna can seal away Edo Tenseis then Minato can do it easy).