Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32457608-20170702132834/@comment-5085906-20170709123511

Where was Shisui shown to be better than Itachi in taijutsu? We never really see them fight in canon. And the novels do seem to be canon, though I'm not sure to what extent. I mean, Hozuki Castle made its first appearance in the Kakashi Hiden novel (won't be counting the Blood Prison movie since it's clearly not canon) and then was later mentioned in the Boruto manga. Also, Steam Ninja Scrolls often ties in and makes allusions to Naruto Gaiden. But either way, whether Shisui's fight against Danzo is canon or not is not my point - what is clear and what's been mentioned plenty of times is that Danzo DID steal his eye. If Shisui was that skilled, he shouldn't have been able to even approach him.

Yes, Sasuke had susanoo which he constantly developed during the course of that battle and his Amateratsu drained a lot of chakra. Even though Danzo was concerned with Obito, he still failed to kill Sasuke plenty of times and eventually got outsmarted by him. He is really easy to read, exactly the kind of person that an experienced shinobi like Shisui should have been able to outsmart.