Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151010214426/@comment-27606758-20160116022134

Ninja Of War wrote: When Hanzo was reanimated he was already really old and it was even stated that his abilities had waned over the years until he was killed by pein. So Hanzo was far from his prime when he was reanimated, he was much closer to his prime when he fought the Sannin. In any case his feats are similar to the third Hokage in the sense that he was stated to be extremely powerful in his prime, but isn't anymore. Keeping that in mind, saying Itachi could beat Hanzo is not really something we can discuss, because there is not much to go on.

Also, Naruto is not a universe where: B > C and A > B so it must be that A > C. Characters in the series get stronger and weaker as the story progresses for various reasons and have their primes at different stages.

P.S. Hanzo didn't actually defeat the Sannin, he was impressed that they managed to survive his attacks for so long, ended their battle and awarded them the title of Sannin. It's definitely true that the A B C rule doesn't apply to fights like then.

I would argue that I don't see Hanzo scratching itachi but that is an entirely different argument. Glad to know their is some intellegent people here ;p