Gai got lucky against Kisame. He only faced him twice, the first time was Kisame's 30% chakra clone, the second time he didn't have his Samehada. 100% Kisame, with his Samehada's fusion is in whole another level. Healing, speed, mountain-sized water bubble traps... Gai won't display his 7th gate immediatly, as well as he will be too late to do it.
Not quite.
- Water bubble traps? Gai's aura while in gated form repels water [
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- Haha, fusion form? First of all, Kisame only goes fusion mode when the water dome is set up [
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- Healing? Kisame absorbs the chakra of the attack/person and converts into his own energy [
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- As far as your "it'd be too late" proposition... really? Gai was shown to open the 6th gate instantly [
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I spit on that "Buddy method" of yours, Tsukyomi only takes 1 second to rape someone for 72 consecutive hours. Once someone makes an eye contact with Itachi, he's done for. Other genjutsus might not kill any of them, but it's enough to create an opening for Itachi to lauch further attacks. If they're gonna keep saving each other from the Genjutsus, it will be a wasted time in their favor, a more-than-enough time for Itachi to analyse the situation and take them out.
Having Knowledge won't help you either, you can't defeat an S-ranked criminal with your eyes closed unless you're a sensor or a Rinnegan user who can share his vision with his summons, we have none of the listed cases in here. Tsukyomi will, at least, take out one of them.
Talk about selective reading.
I mentioned the buddy method in the case of Itachi's lower Genjutsu's; why you're mentioning Tsukuyomi despite me suggesting another route in overcoming it is beyond me. Using the buddy method will waste their time in their favour? Vice versa my friend, it's Itachi who's going to be wasting not only his time, but his chakra. He can try and use weaker Genjutsu's all day long; not only are they futile, but he's progressively depleting his stamina. As far as it allowing Itachi to create openings, you couldn't be any wronger. Itachi being a single being can only trap a single person in a Genjutsu at a time [
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one person disturb their chakra, and thus the Genjutsu is broken. During this time, I fail to see how Itachi can launch an attack when you've got 4 more Jounin standing vigilantly. Any blindsiding attacks are automatically negated by the Byakugan.
And no, having knowledge will help you. Same knowledge which helped Kakashi avoid being placed in a Genjutsu in their second altercation[
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and Wood bunshins with telepathic communication [
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On the verge of death, Itachi used one Tsukyomi, two Amaterasus, one complete susanoo and defeated Orochimaru's strongest summon. Why do poeple always underestimate Itachi's stamina reserves? Amaterasu doesn't need to be spammed in the first place. Itachhi is not Sasuke, he always analyses the surroundings and shoot his black flames in the perfect place, he doesn't spam.
Hiashi tanking AMaterasu, seriously dude? It's a flame, not a solid object. It can't be repelled nor turned off. Even if he keeps spinning, the black flames will eat his flesh to his death.
Itachi is a resourceful person. If something doesn't work the first time, he isn't using it again. Using Amaterasu during the perfect time won't stop Hiashi from seeing through it. He can see the build up of chakra in the eye, step 1. Then, the all obvious bleeding eye comes, step 2. This is more than enough time for Yamato to erect massive Mokuton constructs [
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No, just no. In a nutshell, the way Shinra Tensei
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Amaterasu, is the same way Kaiten will. Kaiten expels chakra in an outward force, repelling either the attack, or the person [
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Or perhaps Gaara's
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? Nah. It's just going to get repelled.
You're right about the susanoo not being able to land some damage without his Items, that's why it will play a defencive role in this fight. The OP took out Susanoo's offence? fine, the defence is still on. Nothing in the jounin's arsenal can break Itachi's complete susanoo, or even the ribcage.
Then he simply gets outlasted. He can't hide in his Susano'o forever. And actually, should Gai return after beating up Kisame, Hirudora turns his Ribcage into dust.