Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33308438-20180614101055/@comment-26636534-20180714000454

@Combat

I looked through the posts above and no one says that Minato is instant. Yes he is fast, but uses FTG because it is instant. I agree that Itachi is well renown for genjutsu, but there is a misconception regarding his feats in this aspect. Ephemeral used against Naruto is not a good indication of Itachi's genjutsu prowess.

Why? If I recall correctly, genjutsu is about disrupting the opponents chakra and controlling it. Naruto always poor chakra control and has not even experienced strong genjutsu before. Nor does Naruto have any skill in genjutsu. Furthermore, if Ephemeral was that powerful, Itachi would have used it against Kabuto in their fight.

Secondly, in the instance of Itachi vs Team 7, later in the fight, a shadow clone of Kakashi was able to push through Itachi's Sharingan genjutsu and continue fighting while grabbing on to Itachi. The clone overcame Itachi's genjutsu quite easily.

Thirdly, yes Minato hasn't been shown to break out of genjutsu, but genjutsu operates differently than ninjutsu. Just because ninjutsu is effective doesn't mean genjutsu is effective. Honestly, if a clone can handle Itachi's sharingan genjutsu and Ephemeral not being effective against Kabuto, I think it's safe to say that anything below Tsukuyomi is not enough to deal with Minato.