Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31099706-20170327120301/@comment-31338621-20170403011211

I made a really long post but it didn't go through. Basically someone made a really convincing point about why the Tsukuyomi used on Sasuke was a lot weaker. His or her argument was basically taking in consideration why Itachi used the illusion he did.

The most convincing point that person made, is that the illusion Itachi used on Sasuke had no end game. What exactly was Itachi going to do afterwards, if he accomplished taking out both of Sasuke's eyes in the illusion? Kill illusion Sasuke? Put Sasuke to sleep? Doing either of those things would mess up Itachi's plans and run contrary to his goals. Why is that an important point? Since the illusion had no end game, the only logical conclusion is Itachi intended for Sasuke to break it.

Secondly the pain experienced in the illusion Sasuke was under was far from the worse Itachi could have inflicted on him. Imagine Sasuke getting stabbed by many many Itachi's from the second he's in the illusion (similar to Kakashi's last moments in Tsukuyomi). As seen Sasuke had to put in a fair amount of effort to break Tsukuyomi. Also we've seen that pain can hinder attempts to break genjutsu, with Naruto. If Itachi maximized the amount of pain Sasuke felt could Sasuke have broken out it? Unlikely.