Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160126181655/@comment-5936871-20160319173630

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: well not very sure about this but itachi can keep up with high speed combatants, he was able to spar with NTCM Naruto who's speed is same as the 4th raikage.infact I believe it was only because of sharingan that he can see any attack coming before hand and is able to counteract in time even against much faster opponent.(just like sasuke was able to predict naruto's movement in VOTE when they fought for first time during sasuke's recovery mission) Also that rasenshuriken not affecting raikage during battle is a moot point since the technique doesn't cause huge physical damage (not comparable to what it does to internal chakra network)instead it destroys the chakra network(that's why tsunade was talking about it being more like a poison than some physical attack). so comparing his defence by stating this feat is obsolete since if he had been alive he would have definitely died because of a damaged chakra network even if his body survived the physical damage. NTCM Naruto is even slower than V1 A when he doesn't use the Body Flicker. V1 A was smacking him around easily and Naruto kept talking about how fast he was. Naruto never made any comments about Itachi's speed during their battle. Infact, Naruto and Itachi discussed Sasuke the whole time during their brief fight. Had Naruto been 100% serious he would have easily blitzed Itachi since he is fast enough to avoid V2 A's full speed attack at point blank when he combines NTCM with BF.

Also, the Rasenshurikens that NTCM Naruto fired were so powerful and large that they exploded into swirling vortexes of destruction that left craters in the ground. Hell, even SM Naruto's Rasenshuriken was so strong that it could vaporize bodies. The Third Raikage tanking that is extremely, extremely impressive.