Pro-Itachi Argument
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Actions speak louder than words: you don't turn your back on someone that
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to use your exhausting trump-card genjutsu,
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, on a broken genin (although that is something that someone that stomped Jiriaya's genius-rival
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might do...) We know Itachi has
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to Kisame about the hype he gave Jiraiya that
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his previous statement, and Kisame even
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himself. So between ridiculously false hype and databook stat totals, which are a staple argument of Jiriaya fans because Itachi has the most maximum scores of any ninja, whereas Jiraiya has very few maximum scores.Now we can move on to... Feats-stuff.
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First, if Jiraiya summon an army on top of Ma and Pa, Itachi can dodge a toad army all day
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who
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. Secondly, Itachi has
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to manipulate multiple targets, or he control summons with the Sharingan power that Minato needed a
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placed on the controller to counter. Sasuke directly stated that
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, but that it was stronger than his own at the time, being able to control the Nine Tails. It is the same ability, according to the databook, and common misnomer is that the power is an illusion, or that the summons are being tricked, is incorrect. The databook and Manda indicate that it isn't a trick, but a raw control:
As for the hyped Food Cart Destroyer or Yomi Numa for that matter, please note: Jiriaya said that his senbon technique was his
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i.e. his hardest jutsu to evade. The databook text of Food Cart Destroyer does say "right above". However, it means right above as "in a straight line above". The Japanese word is 真上 (ma-ue). There is no implication of distance, other than the mentioned several hundred-foot dive. This is why it has only ever been used on giant creatures, and not tiny ninja, because the ninja have a great deal more time to react. Moreover, the Sharingan determines the
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of a technique, and would see it coming. Moreover, Jiriaya, like Killer Bee, is an
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, and if by some miracle he achieves Hermit Mode, Itachi is able to
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to kill Jiraiya since their willpower is almost certainly less than the Nine Tailed Fox. But lets say Jiraiya starts in Hermit Mode, and that Itachi can't control Fukasaku to remove Jiriaya's head.
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Jiriaya's detection barrier is a banner for pro-Jiriaya arguers, but they frequently ignore that Jiraiya himself said that
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and without knowing
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he has to do what everyone has had to do. Either not look at Itachi at all, or look at Itachi's eyes (
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.) Having inferior intellect and knowledge of genjutsu to Orochimaru will come in handy here. But if Ma and Pa, who aren't being controlled for plot reasons, break him out, realize that it still took time for
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to break weaker genjutsu, and even
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However, Jiriaya might as well instantly reflect all of Itachi's genjutsu back on to Itachi for all the good it will do him against the rest of Itachi's arsenal.
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There are some key things everybody ignores about this feat. The Raikage spent time
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for a shunshin that Karin and C noticed. Secondly, the Raikage was tipped off by
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. Neither of these are likely for Jiraiya who will probably be
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. As a tertiary point, it's highly unlikely that Jiraiya can even match A's ushrouded reflexes. And as a quaternary point, Itachi's Amaterasu burns
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than Sasuke's thus far, and was activated while running at full speed towards a wall five feet away. And then, his ultimate jutsu:
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It's a common mistake to assume Susano'o is a primarily defensive jutsu. It's not. The databook first and foremost hypes the
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that presumably surpasses his other two techniques. It caught Orochimaru in between words, right in front of him, without him even noticing, when other speed demons get
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off. Kakashi and Danzō had to use instant jutsu to deflect Susano'o attacks because they were so fast, and Sasuke only recently attained
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of Susano'o, which the author decided was a power-up to save for later. If Jiraiya is in the vicinity when it's activated, or if he thinks he break through it, then he's dead. It's also the best defensive jutsu in the manga, changing nature and shape to allegedly counter any jutsu.
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Jiriaya does not behave like a genius. He will most likely not make an immediate tactical retreat for Hermit Mode, as Gamaken was simply
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, and Jiriaya is the guy who hopped on
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to fight him. He will most likely not make a combat team of Kage Bunshin when it would have
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instead of using one as a momentary distraction. On the other hand, Itachi most likely will use genjutsu, and his Mangekyō Sharingan techniques, which Jiraiya can't answer to. Jiraiya needs to be smarter than Itachi to have a chance of winning... but he's not.
