Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34436445-20180528184455/@comment-734582-20180530160132

Kotoamtsukami op wrote: kishimoto stated he killed itachi because if itachi was allowed to progress into further stages he would kill madara and the rest of the end game villains  with ease. No he didn't. Provide an actual source. Because if i remember correctly, this was one of the hoaxes alongside the "kishimoto stated Itachi was stronger than Madara" one.

Truthseeker.0 wrote: Itachi<kabuto<CM2 Sasuke. And Kabuto is stronger than Muu. More or less. Which Kabuto? Because CM2 Sasuke sure as hell isn't stronger than the full "Dragon" kabuto.

Tzao wrote: these could would give eachother a run for their money, that's for sure, Itachi is so OP that it seems unlikely that he'd ever be defeated, but Muu definetly got the abilities to end him. Itachi isn't OP. Never was, never intended to be, never shown to be. Powerful and clever for sure, but not unreasonably or excessively so. It's the fans that blow up every statement, apply selective literal interpretations and make him sound OP. Tzao wrote: in regards to Kabuto's assesment (I'm not entirely sure if it says so in the manga, so I'm sorry if I'm wrong) of Itachi being a level above the other reincarnated shinobi Yea, Itachi got lucky but Kabuto didn't know that. He though he was being outplayed by Itachi, even though it was dumb luck. Same with Nagato: Itachi stood no chance on it's own, but it's thanks to Naruto's offhand comment that he knew how to beat him. Naruto and Bee messing up that fight gave Itachi all the information he needed on a silver platter, something that Jiraiya had to fight to the death for.