Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-45235418-20200316185119/@comment-26636534-20200324124706

@Jason

Susanoo can't be reformed easily, as per the wiki article, the user needs to first disperse it or evolve it to the next level. It's not near-instant.

Are you suggesting Itachi is not intelligent enough, not proficient enough with the Sharingan and has hearing loss to:

1) Hear the multiple dialogue cues from Sasuke, including the name of the technique "Kirin".

2) See Sasuke shoot Chidori into the sky (one user commented on Itachi seeing chakra, but conveniently forgot about this lol).

3) See the Kirin-dragon forming.

4) See Sasuke's hand movement.

5) See the Kirin-dragon go up into the clouds.

6) Hearing the final dialogue from Sasuke "begone with thunder/thunderclap".

So, pure reaction is not true. Headcanon? Lol, that actually happened. Feel free to backup any criticism of these events with evidence please. Please don't ignore/disregard evidence and please don't have fun by ignoring context lol.

@Brain

I'm not sure when Itachi put up Susanoo, as the reveal was meant for later, so the actual formation could have happened off-panel.