Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20171028231750/@comment-734582-20171106084149

LegionZero wrote: Well you weigh out the pros and cons of it all there is no downside. His eye was the most powerful asset he had. he also intended to obtain the Rinnegan and so sacrificing eyesight would be a major bad deal. He couldn't have known beforehand that the Rinnegan would restore his sight.

It seems to me that Izanagi was a last-moment effort to fulfill his plan. It makes no sense to me that he would set Izanagi so early since he could've used the eye and power better in battle. He also seemed confident in winning, so i don't find it logical that he'd plan to fail.

It rather seems to me that as Madara bit off the piece of flesh somewhere in the last phase of their fight, he set Izanagi so that even if he'd lose at that point, he'd win. Since at that point it was't clear who'd win, and in the end the deciding slash was made because of a single clone.