i did knew prior that manga (551) that nagato being the aggressor and the prime antagonist (at that point) was going to be defeated in favor of the plot, it was quite obvious. now kishi allowed not one but two of the strongest Jinchuriki's along with a genius uchia to battle nagato, now by doing so, is'nt it quite obvious that the writer is placing emphasis on the strength of nagato and basically implying itachi could not have gotten the job done by himself?, hence itachi would've told bee and naruto to step aside and leave it to him, as a reader why is this fact so hard to accept when the obvious is right in the manga.?
now many people assumed that itachi's Yasaka Magatama was strong enough to destroy chibaku tensei which it wasn't, that technique was probably the weakest among the 3 techs thrown at chibaku tensei, why? a biju is a massive blob of chakra, naruto and bee both possess two of the strongest biju's in narutoverse, they're techniques are fueled by both "base chakra" and the biju's chakra inside of them thus their jutsu's will inevitably and always pack alot more power than an average long range tech, itachi's yasaka magatama is no exception for the power of the tech is determined by the amount of chakra he placed in it.
now many people also assumed that itachi could' have simply used three magatama and destroy chibaku, base on what i've analyzed from the manga that would have most likely be a fail, why? simple, the three (or more) magatama would have to penetrate the chibaku tensei simultaneously (at exactly the same time), because one magatama after the other wouldn't pack enough power to break the sphere of chibaku tensei, the amount of energy in one magatama is lesser than that in a chibaku, itachi himself new this and quickly came to the realization that bee naruto and him would have to release their techs at the same time to destroy chibaku. so itachi would have to somehow make three clones of susanoo then attack at the same time.
therefore if bee and naruto was not present in that setting itachi would have mostly likely been buried inside a mini moon. thus nagato is indeed superior to itachi in strength and note nagato was also partially cripple and was still very overwhelming for arguably 3 of the strongest ninja's in the present manga.
thus full strength nagato vs full strength itachi = being itachi over killed
now many people assumed that itachi's Yasaka Magatama was strong enough to destroy chibaku tensei which it wasn't, that technique was probably the weakest among the 3 techs thrown at chibaku tensei, why? a biju is a massive blob of chakra, naruto and bee both possess two of the strongest biju's in narutoverse, they're techniques are fueled by both "base chakra" and the biju's chakra inside of them thus their jutsu's will inevitably and always pack alot more power than an average long range tech, itachi's yasaka magatama is no exception for the power of the tech is determined by the amount of chakra he placed in it.
now many people also assumed that itachi could' have simply used three magatama and destroy chibaku, base on what i've analyzed from the manga that would have most likely be a fail, why? simple, the three (or more) magatama would have to penetrate the chibaku tensei simultaneously (at exactly the same time), because one magatama after the other wouldn't pack enough power to break the sphere of chibaku tensei, the amount of energy in one magatama is lesser than that in a chibaku, itachi himself new this and quickly came to the realization that bee naruto and him would have to release their techs at the same time to destroy chibaku. so itachi would have to somehow make three clones of susanoo then attack at the same time.
therefore if bee and naruto was not present in that setting itachi would have mostly likely been buried inside a mini moon. thus nagato is indeed superior to itachi in strength and note nagato was also partially cripple and was still very overwhelming for arguably 3 of the strongest ninja's in the present manga.
thus full strength nagato vs full strength itachi = being itachi over killed