Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33308438-20180614101055/@comment-26636534-20180704145301

CombatIQmatters wrote: He had clearly not seen itachi use it, so it can be concluded that itachi used it while sasuke was blinded by the lightning strike, which is how I came to the conclusion that he was able to react to lightning. Sure, itachi knew it was coming as well obviously, but he waited till the last possible moment to actually use susanoo to defend himself. This is also supported by the fact that in neither the manga or anime, there is no susanoo formed as kirin comes out of the sky, which means itachi's reflexes are insane. Except it isn't. You say yourself that Itachi knew it was coming. You even say yourself that Sasuke was blinded by Kirin. Again, he predicted an obvious attack that he knew he couldn't dodge. So he blocked it instead with Susanoo. @Asian already explained the difference of action to a prediction and pure reaction.