yeah he held back against everyone that was not your claim. You said he held back more against orochimaru and kakashi then sasuke which is wrong.
1. that was my claim from the very beginning even before you entered this thread.
2. I didn't say he held back more against orochi/kakashi. I said he held back more against sasuke which is wrong.
3. what i'm saying is he put the same amount of effort he did against orochi/kakashi to sasuke.
And how conveniently you skipped the part where sasuke met the requirements to break tsukiyomi while kakashi was one shotted by very same jutsu and was doing fine before it.
I skipped it because it was obvious. an obvious point you mentioned that only strengthens my point in regards to sasuke rank.
And itachi was holding back the entire battle what makes you think he didn't let sasuke break it?
lol dude. that is the fcuking problem with the NDS. he held back, but that doesn't mean he was able to hold back his dojutsu. lmao the proof of that is in the amaterasu. sasuke even says that amaterasu would've killed him. that means itachi knew sasuke would be strong enough to counter amat, just the same he would be able to counter tsukuyomi. it's folly to take itachi's "held back" into everything.
He wanted to make sasuke struggle and actually to make him stronger as seen by the end results of battle and at the same time make it look real.
"make it look real" lmao. soooo how do you make amaterasu look real? it's obvious from a logical standpoint, that what itachi held back on wasn't his dojutsu it was his CQC and cunning skills which is what was obviously missing in comparison to his previous and edo fights. even if i'm wrong in this thread, that I know i'm right about. it's silly to believe he uses amat but holds back on tsuku.
Lol you are actually making it sound like itachi wanted to kill sasuke.
Naruto didn't want to as well yet he still use jutsus that could've easily killed sasuke. lmao
Did he not hold back with amaterasu So sasuke was running faster than his eye could track him? Lol by that logic any shinobi on the level of hebi sasuke and above can outrun itachi's amaterasu.
Circumstantial. itachi's vision was already deteriorated and considering he had MS for years it's only logical his tracking would cause issues considering he couldn't even react to the shuriken.
Plus he made the flames vanish after sasuke fell. He was making sure that sasuke goes all out so orochimaru will come out plus it will extend sasuke's limits.
yes, but by that point sasuke had already used orochi's replacement. I not trying to disprove itachi holding back, i'm trying to prove sasuke was able to counter the jutsus. besides, how is sparing sasuke with amaterasu when half his body was already turned to ashes. lmao
Jus like you said if itachi was serious he would end it quickly jus like he did with kakashi and orochimaru so you conceded your initial claim that itachi was more threatening towards sasuke compared to kakashi.
again, I didn't say that. i'm saying sasuke lasted long enough to get to amaterasu and susanoo. itachi held back against sasuke, yes. but that same held back itachi would've easily taken out kakashi much sooner than sasuke had lasted. hebi sasuke (orochi style) is sannin lvl. besides, I don't even think jiraiya used SM against hanzo when he was labelled as sannin. so technically jiraiya w/ SM is probably kage lvl
forgive grammer typo errors. tired asf