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In a manga it does mean that he can't counter it until shown otherwise. In fact, the whole "Itachi has intelligence" argument is null and void. A lot of opponents have intelligence. Danzo's guards, Fu and Torune were root members, so they had to have intelligence. Yet they failed horribly at figuring out kamui. Yamato has intelligence, but he didn't figure it out when that 8 man squad fought Obito either.
Just because someone has intelligence doesn't mean that you can automatically assume that they would be able to figure it out. That is why you have to wait until further notice.
Furthermore, arsenal is a key factor. Even if Itachi deduces the mechanics behind Kamui, that still doesn't mean that he has something to counter it in his arsenal. It is just like how part 1 Sasuke's sharingan was able to see Lee's kick coming, but that still didn't mean that he was able to dodge it.
Deduction is only half the story. Arsenal is the other half. I am saying that from what we have seen from Itachi's arsenal, he doesn't have anything that counters kamui (even if he does figure out the mechanics).
Plus, people bring up Itachi's intelligence as if Obito is some uneducated 5 year old. Obito is smart too. You act as if Itachi can be the only smart one in the battle.
Are you really comparing Itachi to some fodder ninjas? Itachi is a genius, he figured out Chibaku Tensei's weakeness and negged it with a kunai. And Kamui isn't invincible, Konan nearly killed Obito with explosive tags, he just didn't die because of Izanagi.
And any of other Obito's attacks could be avoided by Itachi. The only problem to him is kamui, but considering that Obito must become tangible to attack and he is able to become intangible for 5 minutes only, it gives Itachi the opportunity to counterattack. Itachi is fast enough for that and his taijutsu is very good too. Not to mention that Obito tricks his opponents and fool them, that's why he easily wins with Kamui, but Itachi is too smart to fall in his tricks. His feats in intelligence are far superior than Obito's. As I said, he is so smart that he quickly realized Chibaku Tensei's weakeness and he also was able to recognize Kakashi's shadow clone, for example, so he could easily prevent Obito's attacks in a close combat.
And considering that Obito must become tangible to teleport, Itachi could use amaterasu as Konan used explosive tags on Obito. Don't come with the excuse "But Obito is immune to amaterasu, he can get rid of this", because he can't do shit while teleporting. Even if he is able to get rid of the flames later, it would cause greater damage than Konan's explosive tags, since amaterasu is obviously quicker and more lethal.
PS: Minato and Konan figured out Kamui weaknesses.
Stop giving Sasuke's feats to Itachi. At the time he was alive, Itachi was far superior in strength and skill.
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