Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26537507-20160118182432/@comment-9782468-20160119203411

There's really no confirmation that Wind Release would neutralize Explosion Release anyways, considering the Lightning Release component isn't actually confirmed.

Even if we do say that Lightning is a part of Explosion Release, there's no guarantee that it would be neutralized by a Wind attack. Wind doesn't flow through objects the way Lightning does. So how do we know that the Lightning aspect would be neutralized by Wind in the same way that the Earth was neutralized by Lightning?

That also brings me to the off-topic question of: If Explosion is Earth and Lightning, why is it weak to Lightning if Lightning is one of the components? You'd think that considering it's been mixed well already, it wouldn't have an issue with lightning. But whatever.

Anyways, I'm not entirely sure Itachi would be able to neutralize the bombs the way Sasuke could. Like I said, I think Itachi would win. I just think Deidara would give him a really, really good fight. Especially with most of Itachi's Genjutsu rendered useless (he could probably still use Tsukuyomi, but he needs to be close for that).