Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32104334-20171109032930/@comment-734582-20171129174519

Starscream1998 wrote: Hey guys, went away from this thread for a while and came back to...whatever this is. Somebody please explain? I think the thread has ran it's course, since the original question was long answered. Natrix Spiritual Cloak Gleam wrote: Why should itachi use mind control genjutsu let alone something as lethal as tsukuyomi if he was just fighting for accomplishing nothing? Tsukuyome is not lethal. Nobody has ever died to it. Starscream1998 wrote: Read the context. Itachi never said sharingan can beat tsukuyomi, he said beat him, which is proven false by his jiraiya hype statement. Databook puts a question mark. Databook doesnt do that if its sure of the answer. Itachi was quite clearly talking about Tsukuyome. Sasuke overcame Tsukuyome. I don't see any evidence for what you claim, i just see an attempt to hype up Itachi.

Itachi never worked against Akatsuki. He didn't oppose it. He captured Jinchuriki even when akatsuki was close to winning. He made no effort to defeat Pain or Obito. Obito lied about tons of things, from Madara's origins, his name, Itachi's real motives, Izanagi, the plan. I don't see why we should trust what he says about Itachi.

Itachi came to Konoha to capture Naruto. This wasn't fakery or obstruction (he had absolutely no reason to believe Naruto could handle a beast nor any reason to believe he would come to stop the Plan). While Itachi and Kisame could 2v1 Jiraiya, there was still a real risk of a Naruto rampage in which case they'd be fucked.

Kakashi was a real danger to Itachi (who was even shocked that Kakashi knew about the MS' weakness), hence he used Tsukuyome to take him out.