Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29769110-20170125141433/@comment-25122992-20170125181245

There are a lot of examples that show Itachi/Sasuke holding themselves back. For example, neither of them tried to cast Amaterasu directly on him (and since Kabuto decided not to go into the wall of flames created by Sasuke to defend Itachi, it still must be dangerous for him), neither through the usual eye method nor through Kagutsuchi/Susanoo (in Sasuke's case), or Itachi didn't deploy Totsuka Blade in combat.