Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20170621043245/@comment-7292165-20170622163951

@BerserkerPhantom

I am assuming that. Just like you are assuming that Itachi really meant that he and Kisame could not defeat Jiraiya, despite the new information we were given later in the series. You have to be able to adapt your thoughts otherwise you be stuck in the past, which you very much are.

And it's funny how you saying Itachi is so hacked with plot. This dude was hailed a genius at a young age and is a Uchiha. He attained the MS, which in his case, grants him MS techniques. I'll give you that him getting two of the sage's tools was for plot convenience (sealing Orochimaru), but it's not like he stayed alive long enough to use them like that. He also had his drawbacks, which is why he reframed using MS techniques if he could. To me it just seems like you are trying to find some reason to hate on Itachi.