Amaterasu isnt as instant as we think.

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Okay,first of all i am not degrading these 2 techs in the least,they are among the top techs of naruto and are nearly unavoidable.

AMATERASU.
Speculations have been place on amaterasu,whether it is truly instant or not,as well as it's burning capacity. However,it isnt an instant technique,i'l give my reasons
1) speed: obviously,ama is one of the fastest jutsus in naruto,but it is not instant.
People seem to think that once the user looks at someone,that person is instantly on fire,not true,the raikage was able to dodge one at near point blank range,and people would say that he simply moved out of sasuke's eyesight,but he never dodged until sasuke had ALREADY shot the flames out,if it was instant,then no matter how fast you run,you wont escape,being instant>being fast. In order to dodge the flames,he had to SEE it first,then dodge,if it appeared intantyl,he wuld never have seen it to dodge it. The flames also kept on travellng,even after it missed the raikage and hit a samurai,if the flames appeared instantly,it would not have been travelling as it would only ignite the raikage and the space around him,itachi's flames were also travelling as well,sasuke could actually see the flames chasing him,but wasnt fast enough,however since itachi's eye was near blindness,the flames may not have been as potent as they should be.however,when he missed sasuke,the flames he first shot continued moving until they hit the trees and started burning,and as tree is wood,which is a fuel,it spread rapidly.

Now,lets see what is actually an instant tech,FTG.
Minato vs A: now,minato's ftg is instant,and is faster than A at full speed,A charged at minato,had his fist in minato's face basically a few milimeteres away,and minato managed to use ftg to dodge him completely,ftg is an instant tech,and as we have seen,is quite above the raikage's speed limit.minato was seen in several places a once,and able to beat a battalin in a moment,THAT is instant.

Ama vs ftg: comparing ama to ftg now,ft is an instant tecnique,ama was said to be unavoidable,except by some shinobi,no shinobi is faster than ftg,infact,naruto's bm speed which easily pisged back 5 tbb's,was still thought by kakashi to be similar to minato's ftg,but minato's ftg allowed him to be as if he was at several places at once,due to the negligible time taken by using it,if km naruto is faster than A,and A is faster than amaterasu,while ftg is comparable and even above bm naruto's speed,then in no way is amaterasu instantaneous,as the shinobi's i have stated above could dodge it,and they arent instant movers.

Amaterasu is said to be short ranged because of the speed it takes to come out,as it is nearly unavoidable by 99% of the naruto verse,however,it is still very fast at long ranges,as seen with sasuke and killer b,just not as unavoidable,it's like an arrow,shoot it out at first,it goes at extreme speed,after a distance,it begins to slow,giving far way shinobi's with good reflexes(kakashi,guy etc) time to react.

SPEED AND INTENSITY OF AMATERASU.

Now while i am clearing some things up,there are other things which people say that are'nt correct

1) Ama might not be completely instant,but in no way,are shinobi's like kakashi or guy(in base),3rd raikage,sm naruto/j-man etc,be able to dodge a direct ama attack from sasuke,maybe from itachi,but only bcos of his eyes being bad and his sickness,they might be able to sense it(sages),but that dosent mean their bodies can react,jiraiya noticed asure behind him,but couldnt react fast enough b4 he chopped his arms off,naruto in sm can't dodge the flames if it is faced at him,3rd raikage isnt fast enough,neither is kakashi,even with kamui,he cant sense the flames coming,he isnt fast enough to see and then dodge it or guy without at least 5-7 gates. The only way these shinobi will avoid it,is if they are a good distance away,however if they are close,then no way will they avoid it,their clothes might help,but that is only if the flames are left alone,as i will say in the next point.

Ama burns slowly when left alone,and if left on something that isnt combustable,if the user continously focuses his vison however,it wont burn slowly at all. Itachi instantly burnt away sasuke's fireball as his eyesight was constantly kept on,he instantly brnt through the walls of the frog,as his eyes were kept on,sasuke engulfed a bijuu in seconds with ama,as he constantly kept his eyes on the bijuu. Sasuke didnt keep his eyes on karin,or the samurai at the summit,therefore the fires burnt slowly,further proving my point. The intensity depends on the concentration,if you keep your eyes fixed at it,the flames will burn fast,if you dont,they will surn slow. So,the clothes of the above shinobi wnt help them if his eyes stay fixed.

I hope this made sense,for all who overestimate and underestimate the speed and intensity of amaterasu. What do you think?
 

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agreed, yes its fast but not as fast as people like to believe.
 

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The thing about amaterastu is the raikage avoided sasuke line of sight which caused the amaterastu to continue moving in the direction sasuke was looking. Poor samurai was just caught in the cross fire. Amaterastu appears where the user is looking and if you can get out of the user line of sight then you can in fact dodge the undodgeable. But only two or three characters at the moment can do this. I would call amaterastu a near instantaneous move but you are correct it is not instant.
 

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It is as fast as we think. People are not able to follow A's movements when he is moving with the first stage of his Raiton armor. Even when Kishimoto showed in heavy slow motion how A is moving with the maximum of his speed, we saw Amaterasu arising before him but just not being able to attach him after unfolding because latter can escape from the Sharingans sight.
 

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The Data books says its a jet like Black flame. So atleast i guess its speed is approximately super sonic level
 

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Well, its as fast as Kamui... in other words very fast... although "fast" isnt really the best word, considering that both techniques just appears on target. You can say that they are as fast as Sharingan eyesight. If you are unable to facus your eyesight on target becuase its ridiculously fast, Amaterasu is useless, Raikage being an example.
 

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Amaterasu doesn't travel.
 

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Amaterasu travels, it was shown in Itachi VS Sasuke and in Sasuke VS Raikage. Nuff said. It's a wonder some people still deny this.
 

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Amaterasu travels, it was shown in Itachi VS Sasuke and in Sasuke VS Raikage. Nuff said. It's a wonder some people still deny this.
In both cases Amaterasu appeared at first, it only travelled when it missed its orginal target. Amaterasu works just like Kamui.
 

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It isn't instant if it was instand A would be dead.

It appears fast but it only hits what the user is looking at if something is moving too fast for the user to keep up with it won't hit.
Sasuke was able to run away from it when Itachi was using it, he just ran to the side and it took Itachi ages to focus on him.

So you don't have to be as fast as A or faster to get away from it at all.


Also "as hot as the sun" is just exaggeration.
If it was even 1% as hot as the sun it would melt like half the planet in an instant so no.

It honestly doesn't even seem that much hotter than regular fire it just has the bonus of never going out on it's own, fire would burn things the same just it's easy enough to extinguish.
 

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It honestly doesn't even seem that much hotter than regular fire it just has the bonus of never going out on it's own, fire would burn things the same just it's easy enough to extinguish.

Depends. If user is actually focusing his eyesight on target it gets burned very fast, like when Itachi burned through forg stomach (which actually surprised Jiraiya) or Sasuke used it on Hachibi and Danzo.
 

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It isn't instant if it was instand A would be dead.

It appears fast but it only hits what the user is looking at if something is moving too fast for the user to keep up with it won't hit.
Sasuke was able to run away from it when Itachi was using it, he just ran to the side and it took Itachi ages to focus on him.

So you don't have to be as fast as A or faster to get away from it at all.


Also "as hot as the sun" is just exaggeration.
If it was even 1% as hot as the sun it would melt like half the planet in an instant so no.

It honestly doesn't even seem that much hotter than regular fire it just has the bonus of never going out on it's own, fire would burn things the same just it's easy enough to extinguish.

Yes u have 2 b faster than A because u can c in the data book A had 2 combine his b2 armor and his body flicker technique. The only reason Itachi was having a hard time was because he didn't want 2 hit sasukes body cuz he didn't want 2 hurt his body only his wings. R u serious? Of course it's hotter than regular fire seeing how it can burn fire itself… even water -.-
 

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In both cases Amaterasu appeared at first, it only travelled when it missed its orginal target. Amaterasu works just like Kamui.

you are contradicting urself,if it suddenly appears,then it wont travel,if it is shot,then it will travel,and kamui warps the object in sight,if it misses,it dosent travel iirc,if it travels,then it is not instant. Sasuke was at close range with the raikage,so it would mover very fast,if the raikage could see it coming,then it is not instant,killer b also used his tentacle to block it,though he still got hit,the flames are never stated to be instant,just unavoidable ue to the speed,just like kirin,though a few shinobi have the power to dodge,intercept,stop it etc.
 

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you are contradicting urself,if it suddenly appears,then it wont travel,if it is shot,then it will travel

No, you dont uderstand. It appears in initial phase, and travells further like any other technique only if its miss its original rarget.



Amaterasu appears and hits it target. You can clearly see this.


Amaterasu appears, but misses its original target. If flies further on.
 

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It is INSTANT, A was the fastest at the time, he saw his eye bleeding, braced himself, then moved out of the way at the right moment.

Timing & Speed > Amaterasu
 

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No, you dont uderstand. It appears in initial phase, and travells further like any other technique only if its miss its original rarget.



Amaterasu appears and hits it target. You can clearly see this.


Amaterasu appears, but misses its original target. If flies further on.

In the last link, you can clearly see on the down right panel that Amaterasu was already fired when Raikage still was not moving. It means that Raikage got out of Amaterasu's way AFTER it was already fired. Getting out of something's way requires speed, which requires times. It is then obvious that Amaterasu required time (little, but some) to reach Raikage in the first place.

In other words, this page is an ultimate proof that Amaterasu is not instant.

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