Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31171723-20170128170340/@comment-26773508-20170208025749

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Nope, he did absorb it, the remnaints of the flame seemingly just stayed on the fallen armour. The absorption was mentioned by Hashi and/or Naruto. Indeed, the absorption was mentioned by other characters, but it seems the exact mechanism has not been explained. My conjecture is that it's either got to do with Hashi's stolen senjutsu, or Madara eventually found a way to remain immune to the black flames of Amaterasu. We must remember that Tobirama was very much familiar with Kagutsuchi, which means either Madara or Izuna, or a later MS-wielding Uchiha during Hashirama's or Tobirama's time as Hokage, wielded Amaterasu. Either way, we know that Madara somehow found a way to absorb Amaterasu before he died, but we don't know if that was EMS Madara or old-man Rinnegan Madara. So Amaterasu isn't really off the table for Itachi.

Ninja of War wrote:

Madara has shown to able to use the Transcription seal and the Juubi seal, make a summoning contract with Kurama and have vast knowledge on his own clan's abilities as well as most other clans and individuals. But aren't we being a bit hypocritical here? I'm of the opinion that EMS Madara>>>>>LIVE Itachi. But this is EDO Itachi. We all have expressed our doubts about YM and TB's supposed hype, since they clearly lack the appropriate feats. By the same token, we have yet to see EMS Madara use any sealing jutsus that is capable of undoing Itachi's Edo Tensei. So the only viable conclusion here is that EMS Madara probably isn't capable of sealing Edo Itachi, for the relevant feats have not been provided yet. Should the relevant feats be shown in the future, we would obviously change our mind. But for now, I think Edo Itachi takes this particular fight.