Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24347194-20150211225344/@comment-25977287-20150329004114

Minato will win. Fastest ninja of all time, until the end of the 4th great ninja war.

His body flicker and FTG make it a nightmare for Itachis Sharingan to track Minatos movements. ITACHI only has up to Mangekyou level, and not eternal Mangekyou. Sasuke was struggling to track Raikages speed, Minato is even faster than that, so itachi will struggle.

Itachi doesn't have good stamina, as the databook shows. Minato has enormous stamina and chakra, because only those with enormous chakra can handle sage chakra. If Minato didn't have enormous chakra, there's no way he would have been able to practice senjutsu. Itachi cannot last in a long battle against Minato, because of Minato's speed and evasiveness, sparing Mangekyou techniques will strain and fatigue Itachi quickly. Minato is smart too, he'll notice quickly how much of a toll the Mangekyou puts on Itachi and take advantage of that.

All of Itachi's projectiles like fireball jutsu, yasaka Magatama etc, can be redirected back at him with the space time barrier. Minato also has sage mode as a last resort to completely finish Itachi. Don't listen to the people who say Minato can't use it in battle, he never said that. If Minato couldn't use sage mode in battle, then how did he use it against Madara? Contradiction much? Was that not in a battle circumstance. Minatos senjutsu surpasses even Jiraya's, considering Minato has the eye pigmentation of a true sage. Also via the use of the amphibian technique, Minato can maintain sage for extended periods of time.

Honestly, I have no doubt Minato will win. He already faced Obito and beat him singlehanded in less that 2 minutes, without breaking a sweat. Obito who is an even stronger and tricker Uchiha, with an even greater Mangekyou ability still lost to Minato, without Minato breaking a sweat or taking any damage. So no I don't believe Itachi can win one bit.