Re: Itachi is stronger than previous Hokages
By hype and feats from manga recently.Even assuming that he doesn't has Shisui's gen,he's still the strongest.
His genjutsu is
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to be immensely powerful eclipsing even Madara by reputation.The genjutsu is impossibly avoidable because it involves eye contact.Adding the fact that if you don't meet his eyes,you'll look at his
fingers.
It's incorrect to say that his genjutsu is breakable,since a long-experienced shinobi
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Susano'o >Death Reaper Seal by effectiveness.
I said it once,and I would say it again.Madara indicated that he lost to Hashirama to 'gain access of his abilities'/simply put he wasn't fighting seriously back then.Hashirama tamed Kyuubi with Mokuton.Itachi could've done the same with genjutsu.Itachi>Hashirama by feats.
I also find that Itachi's taijutsu bested all previous hokages'.
1. you are basing itachi being better on hype, feats, and reputation:
ok basing it on these is absolutely ridiculous. based on hype and reputation? thats the hype of the fans which really doesnt matter. and hype and reputation in the show? tsunade has been hyped as one of the strongest shinobi in the world and one of the strongest ever produced by the leaf. and yet a lot of fans think she is weak. kakashi has been hyped up as one of the strongest in the world and yet a lot of people can hold their own against him. hype and reputation doesnt matter whether it is by fans or by characters. feats? other than slaughter his clan in the middle of night when nobody knew what was coming what has itachi done? he never confronted madara in an attempt to fight meaning itachi knew he couldnt win. he had to go by roundabout means like placing amaterasu in sasuke to try and kill madara and that failed. 1st and 4th hokage confronted madara and won and took kyuubi from him. itachi never tried to fight him. and madara did not lose to 1st on purpose. why would he? to get DNA? he could have just beaten 1st and taken his DNA. madara only said that stuff because as itachi said he is a loser who has been shamed with defeat. if he could have beaten hashirama then he would have because he would have DNA, kyuubi, and hokage title. there was no reason for him to lose on purpose. he lost because he was beaten by superior shinobi. now back to itachi. the reason why more than likely he cant beat hokage's is because the hokage's have a long history with uchiha, especially 1st and 2nd. 1st and 2nd fought countless battles against madara and assumingly izuna. yet neither one of them were defeated by elite sharingan users. this tells me that they can counter genjutsu and MS techs. 3rd can counter them because he has been said to have mastered all jutsu in konoha and he was the GOD OF SHINOBI. you want to go by hype and reputation ok, he is the strongest shinobi in history by hype and reputation. itachi would get slaughtered, by reputation of course. 4th fought madara who had sharingan and yet madara didnt use genjutsu on him. and dont say its because he cant thats just ridiculous. he had sharingan so he can use high level genjutsu. so if genjutsu could take out hokage's easily why hasnt it? its because it cant. their are ways to defend against genjutsu. it's not invincible.
now let's talk about itachi's techs:
3 tomoe sharingan itachi and his abilities= beaten by all hokages, thats right dont underestimate tsunade
MS itachi= beaten by first 4 hokage and here's why
1. amaterasu: despite being "hyped" as undodgeable several characters have blocked or dodged it. 1st can block with wood release. 2nd can block with water or dodge with space-time. 3rd can do whatever he wants because he's GOD OF SHINOBI and by hype and reputation the strongest fighter in history. 4th can dodge with space-time.
2. tsukuyomi: despite being "hyped" as unbreakable bee was able to break sasuke's. 1st and 2nd i'm sure are experienced enough against both uchiha and genjutsu to know not to look directly in eyes. 3rd has enma who can break him out. 4th has toads that can break him out. and tsunade has katsuya to break her out. hachibi was able to break bee out of tsukuyomi so we can assume other summons can do it as wel.
3. susanoo: despite being "hyped" as the ultimate defense danzo was able to find a way around it and he was nowhere near the level of the other hokage. not to mention susanoo anchors user to ground so they can only move at slow pace. get out of range of the sowrd (which shouldnt be hard) and susanoo is usless except for defense. oh and draining itachi's chakra, making him blind, and then killing him. its also useful for those. 1st with wood release can trap susanoo and get out of range with ease. i mean really his wood release was strong enough to restrain tailed beasts i'm sure it can deal with susanoo. not to mention if he gets his tailed beasts that he had control of itachi is most certainly dead. 2nd hokage has space-time to get out of reace. not to mention he can just teleport anywhere he wants, say to the middle of susanoo where itachi is for example. boom itachi's dead because he cant move. 3rd again is GOD OF SHINOBI and by hype and reputation the strongest shinobi ever. i really dont have to make reasons why he can win because you said by hype and reputation itachi is strongest and can beat anyone. rescind that statement and i'll give reasons why 3rd would beat him. 4th again has space-time. he can get out of range or teleport directly to itachi and kill him.
it seems to me that you are basing itachi winning on the assumption that the hokage's have no defense against genjutsu and that itachi can use susanoo and amaterasu and hokage's have no defense. you assume that as soon as itachi uses MS the hokage's wont fight back? we know next to nothing of all of the hokage's abilities and yet you are going to say itachi can beat them. that is just ridiculous. itachi is strong but he was pushed to death by sasuke. all hokage's are stronger than sasuke when he "beat" itachi so i'm 100% positive all hokage's can push itachi to his death. again hype and reputation is useless. all he did was slaughter his clan in secret. thats not too impressive if you ask me. they didnt know what was coming of course they would all be killed. other than that what has itachi done? he didnt beat kakashi with ease because he used tsukuyomi which is one of his three most powerful jutsu. he used it because he didnt want to get in a fight with kakashi because he knew it would be time consuming and costly. he didnt fight jiraiya. he didnt kill oro. he got "beat" by sasuke. he couldnt kill madara. it seems to me that itachi really doesnt have any amazing feats. it seems he failed at mostly everything he tried to do. and you're going to say he's better by feats? he has no feats. 1st defeated madara and kyuubi. thats better than anything itachi did so 1st is stronger. 2nd fought on par with uchiha for years, fought kinkaku and ginkaku, and fought elite kinkaku force. thats better than anything itachi did so 2nd is stronger. 3rd is GOD OF SHINOBI so he's stronger. 4th beat madara and kyuubi which is better than anything itachi did so 4th is stronger. tsunade, well whatever i'll give you that one itachi can beat tsunade if he uses MS. don talk about feats or reputation like it makes itachi better because it doesnt. he may have been one of the most powerful shinobi in history but he really didnt do anything amazing. yeah thats dissappointing to realize i know that. i'm a huge itachi fan and i'm pissed that kishi gave him a sickness and got him killed off by a weakling by sasuke but that's just the way it goes down. in hype hokage's beat itachi. in reputation hokage's beat itachi. i mena their kage's of course they have extremely high reputations. and in abilities? well i already told you we dont know really any of the abilities of the hokage's so i dont know who's stronger. but to assume that because of MS techs and genjutsu itachi can win is a mistake.
i'm sorry about this rant your statements just kind of pushed my buttons. and it wasnt just yours i dislike how everyone thinks itachi can beat anyone when it hasnt been proven and mostly all of the people they say itachi can beat we know nothing about. again i'm sorry for seeming mean. and i just want to make it known i am an itachi fan and i think he is one of strongest in history, just not as strong as hokage's.
and saying that itachi was working for konoha so thats why he didnt face jiraiya stuff is kind of foolish. it may be true and most likely is but that doesnt mean he can beat jiraiya. we seem to base itachi's abilities on fights that never occured. stronger than madara for reasons but he never fought madara. stronger than jiraiya for reasons but he never fought jiraiya. and stronger than nagato for reasons but he never fought nagato. i'm sorry but just because a lot of people think he can beat these people doesnt mean that he can. oh and saying that itachi could have tamed kyuubi with sharingan doesnt mean he can. your entire theory is based on what itachi CAN and COULD do instead of what he DID do.