Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20170619154549/@comment-3965545-20170623004820

Itachi's hand movements and hand-seal speed are unmatched thus far, and he can also make techs with one handed seals. His bodily speed is enough to keep up with KCM Naruto in a taijutsu scuffle and that was while he was a weaker incarnation of himself(edo tensei) He doesn't need much time at all to devise strategies, find weaknesses, and exploit them. He instantly figured out how the Rinnegan has linked vision with all of its summons and etc and he instantly used his master shuriken/kunai jutsu abilities and speed to blind the Rinnegan Summons. He also figured out the easiest and best way to stop chibaku tensei and cleverly used the dust from the explosion to instantly use Susanoo and sword of totsuka seal controlled Edo Nagato. He also held back as to not kill Sage Mode Kabuto, while at different points saving EMS Sasuke, and working his way towards his two goals... Save Kabuto and release Edo Tensei and he did both. Kabuto himself said compared to the other Edo Tensei including white haired crippled Edo Nagato(not including Rinnegan and Wood Release Edo Madara of course) Itachi was on a different level. That statement did not leave out ANY of the other Edo including the past Kage Edo's Kabuto summoned. Minato's performance in the war was kind of lackluster, he did show better foot speed than Hashi, Tobi, Old Hiruzen, Sasuke and Orochimaru and I liked that they at least did that for Minato so he wasn't just shown doing the same shit as before(Nine Tails attack flashback, and Kakashi Gaiden) but outside of his FTG, Kurama usage and that one foot speed feat.. he hasn't done much to merit me thinking he could defeat a Shinobi like Itachi. Itachi isn't rash and angry like 4th Raikage, he isn't some fodder like in Kakashi Gaiden, he is not a 14 year old Obito, and he has better Genjutsu and is faster than Pre-TTJ Obito. If this was EMS Sasuke.. I give Minato the win no doubt. But a no disease, full eyesight and health MS Itachi is much different.