Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34277398-20190213044806/@comment-9782468-20190218081430

@Jason You argue that he did

The general argument in the Minato vs Itachi thread was Itachi would know how Minato fights because he studies. So with that logic, Itachi would know how Jiraiya fought. But if that's not the argument you made ( I forget if you did) then I'll drop it.

Jiraiya was much older than Kakashi, they'd be different generations of Kage. Itachi wouldn't wanna take Kakashi if he was trying to not kill a future Kage. Kakashi was easily a shoe in for Kage after whoever became 5th.

Might Guy was not on Jiraiya's level at this point in the story.

Your point on Tsukuyomi is interesting. Itachi's limit with Mangekyo SHaringan techs are 3 before deactivation. Why didn't Itachi use Tsukuyomi on Jiraiya if it woulda been so easy? He used Amaterasu, so obviously he had one MS tech left in him. Why not just incapacitate Jiraiya there if it was so simple?

Kakashi was a potential future Hokage, as noted by several people in the series.