Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-46441687-20200805182809/@comment-39350828-20200811205051

Ninja Of War wrote: Squinty97 wrote: Bee doesn't know Minato's abilities but knows what a kunai looks like and knows his brother's Raiton armour. And yet he sacrificed a tail to get him out of the way.

In fact, Ay even apologized to Bee over it. If Bee sacrificed his tail to take a hit that Ay could've just tanked to counter Minato, then Ay woulda berated him instead. I forgot about Ay apologizing to Bee. That's another indicator in addition to Bee's actions that show Ay vulnerable to Minato.

It did seem like Ay knew of Minato though. After minato teleported to the kunai we only see A looking forward and not at the kunai to know if minato had been flowing chakra through it. When A apologizes he is still totally unaware of what was about to hit him other than possibly the fact that it was a kunai if he saw minato grab it in between panels instead of just teleporting there and doing anything else. You also have to consider that if all of this is happening in a split second B isn't fast enough to delay his response until after he sees minato start flowing chakra through his kunai. He didn't have time to properly assess the situation and furthermore, he couldn't actually be sure that if there was any difference the kunai had from a normal kunai, that it would be visible especially if it's moving at high speed and all he gets is a glance.