Re: Minato Can Beat Itachi
Though if you look throughout the series, Itachi's Genjutsu has affected nothing but complete morons.
1. Young Sasuke (When he was all flustered, after he saw Itachi)
2. DEIDARA (DO I even need to explain why ?)
3. NARUTO ? ( LOL)
The only exceptions are Kakashi and Kabuto. Minato, being Kakashi's master and a former Hokage, would have a better understanding on the workings of the Sharingan than an average Konoha shinobi. Granted, the Tsukiyomi WOULD most likely mess up Minato. That being said, for Itachi to get him in a genjutsu he would have to pinpoint Minato to be able to even do such a thing. People would argue that the Sharingan would be able to track his movements, however that is for REGULAR movements. Minato's FTG is beyond fast, since it's basically a Space Time Migration technique. The seals act as checkpoints for him to teleport too, which would be easy for Minato to scatter around the vicinity of the battlefield.
The only thing that Itachi would have the upper hand on, is Genjutsu. Other than that, Minato outclasses him by a long shot. Taijutsu would be a problem, if Minato wasn't able to basically teleport. It's already been shown that Minato can use seals to move attacks through space and time to another location, when he did it against the bijuu blast. This would also make Ninjutsu basically irrelevant, because if Itachi was even able to keep track, Minato obviously has the ability to form seals in an instant.
Don't get me wrong, I think Itachi is one of the smartest if not the most intelligent Shinobi in the narutoverse. However, Minato showed the same type of insight when Tobi and Kurama attacked the village , which would also make him a genius as well. It's pretty obvious to say that Minato would have been regarded on Hashirama's level as a Hokage if he didn't die. But, his insight allowed him to plan for the future, which displays the mind state of another brilliant mind.