Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200101053037/@comment-26636534-20200413223941

FlatZone wrote: He was going to use Susanoo to defend himself from lightning regardless, he had to time and react to the lightning and thats the point. He was near blind and near dead so him timing and reacting it in that state is what is being emphasized. Itachi was SO near blind that ONE Susanoo usage blinded him. You keep downplaying this and for no real reason. You still didn't address your whole unsupported "Chidori attracts lightning " point. The prediction is what being emphasized. Therefore, the reaction is secondary. True, it is impressive that Itachi managed with his illness, but it definitely was not pure reaction. I don't consider Itachi predicting an attack to be a downplay though, Itachi doing that is business as usual for him.