Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-26107879-20181031224221

@Itachi

1) Itachi knew he had to seal Nagato and waited until his vision was inhibited to even attempt to hit Nagato with Totsuka. It's clear he'll only use it when he has a 100% chance to strike the target.

2) Itachi and Naruto were having full conversations. You can't go all out against someone you want to have a full conversation with. You can't have a conversation when you're outspeeding the person. You can't converse if you're beating someone to a bloody pulp. Seeing as Naruto didn't try to do anything to harm Itachi, it's obvious he wasn't trying. There's no evidence to suggest Naruto was serious. Therefore at best, Itachi is faster than Sasuke. I mean, Kakashi kept up finely with Itachi after all and if you think I'm going to believe Kakashi is KCM speed, then lol.

3) Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes robs the target's body of it's freedom according to the Databook. Which means the target cannot move. Seeing as Orochimaru formed a hand sign and Itachi countered, cutting off his hand, Orochimaru breaking free from it's effects. It's not the Genjutsu that's actually deadly, it's how Itachi moves in before you can break free, that's deadly. Then Sasuke used it on him while they were battling for his body. As shown, Orochimaru broke free from it's effects almost instantly and tried to claim Sasuke's body. Then Sasuke's will overpowered Orochimaru. Also it was never shown how Itachi caught Orochimaru inside the Genjutsu. In the Manga, he is shown already caught within it and anything prior to Orochimaru being caught within it was never shown. The Databook also explicitly states that it uses eye contact on page 301. So Itachi obviously utilized eye contact. Even if he didn't, unless Itachi is going to kill Orochimaru before he breaks free (as he almost did against him and as he shown to do against Sasuke), then he'll just almost instantly break free again. Also, what is stopping Konan and Kimimaro from just going to him and entering their chakra into him?

4) Relying on Susanoo is a death wish. Kimimaro has the ability to conjure bones from underground. What's stopping Kimimaro from doing what he did against Gaara and striking Itachi with a blindside attack? Kabuto used an afar small variation of it. But in Kimimaro's hand's they grow large and faster than Lee. He also can get in close to force the bones to spawn under Itachi and as shown with Kabuto; make sure the bones don't grow where he doesn't want them to grow. Even if Itachi does manages to notice it and dodge it somehow, he still can't fly and will have to fight in a valley of bones. So then what's stopping Kimimaro from transporting himself to a bone behind Itachi and killing him; something that would've killed Gaara if Kimimaro had not died from his illness. Let's also not forget, like Itachi; Kimimaro was suffering from a terminal disease. So anything that Itachi is granted from not having his terminal disease, is also granted to Kimimaro who is an edo.

P.s. Totsuka Blade isn't working on Konan, she can split apart at will. Sealing a few papers isn't going to seal her away.