Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20160221124823/@comment-27924662-20160306061157

well the comparison between the two doesn't makes much sense! many of you are comparing itachi(without sickness) to an old jiraya who was quite past his prime also many of you are forgetting about the backlash as result of using techniques associated with mangekyo sharingan (such as how sasuke was coughing blood and in tremendous pain while using Susanoo,amaterasu) whereas jiraya never showed such backlash in anime or manga.if you compare a prime jiraya with prime itachi perhaps the situation might be totally different. jiraya might end up winning the battle, also most of you are forgetting how well jiraya uses defensive barrier techniques, he can very well catch itachi off guard and kill him. overall even with reinforcement itachi himself stated that it would be a tie even if he and kisame went on the offensive.