Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34656247-20180531072459/@comment-734582-20180605070544

FlatZone wrote: Obito made it clear afterwards that if Itachi wanted to kill Sasuke, then he would have, this is literally stated by Obito in the manga. Itachi was holding back even while sick.. So there goes your headcanon. Of course he could've killed Sasuke. Right at the opening, with the Genjutsu battle, he simply could've used any of the 4 or 5 openings to kill Sasuke. Every step of the fight he simply awaited Sasuke's next move, rather than moving on his own. But what he fought with, what he used, was absolutely serious.