Ive another thread in mind therefore ill rectify the amaterasu confusion in another thread, will however say that it ignites whatever the eye focuses on As stated by Zetsu and backed by C;
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Further backed by the SFX: Appearing;
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Amaterasu doesnt travel. Once the user's eye is focused on the opponent it appears
Amaterasu has been sensed twice ironically by both people who knew itachi fairly well, but more importantly both were sensors, yes zetsu and nagato are sensors.
Anyway i agree amaterasu is overrated but the reason why its overrated is because its a deadly technique as described by the databook, Zetsu and Kabuto.
Description:
"The ones reflected in these eyes turn to ash!! A black world-destroying
conflagration that scorches all on heaven and earth!!"
The Uchiha clan, originally significant as "those with the fans which manipulate
fire", traditionally specialize in Katon jutsu, but there is a legendary jutsu
unknown outside the clan. This is "Amaterasu". The appearance of these flames are jet-black. The high temperature is like the sun, and one time touching it is the last. It is said that this is named after the Goddess of the Sun as it continues to burn for seven days and seven nights. However, the Mangekyou Sharingan is necessary to activate this jutsu, and for this reason there are not many who have learned this jutsu. Therefore, the details of this jutsu are yet unrevealed...
Third Databook, page 289
Hyped by zetsu who called it the most powerful physical attack;
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Hyped again, this time by kabuto who called it the best attack;
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The reason why amaterasu is one of the best attacks is rather simply. Firstly it has no nature weaknesses. This is in relation to nature affiliation. Not even water will put it out. Secondly it burns for 7 days. Majority if not all jutsu's are used on a target once and its gone. With amaterasu it consistently burns the opponent for 7 days, unless they dispatch the area that amaterasu has hit otherwise they are a goner. Thirdly its not speed that is needed to evade amaterasu and this topic confirms that people dont understand the difference between speed and reaction time. Its reaction time and not speed that is needed to evade amaterasu, ill give you an example.
Usain Bolts is the fastest man on earth. If you watch the 100m often you'd see that he has hardly ever the first person to react to the gun. People alot slower than him have better reaction time and get out of the blocks alot quicker than him. Tyson Gay and Powell, usually react to the gun and get out of the blocks alot faster than usain bolts. They have the better reaction time, but bolts is the fastest.
Basically Gay or Powell have a better chance to evade amaterasu than Bolts if we were to make this an irl situation. Its reaction time and not speed. Do however believe that Minato possibly has the reaction time to evade amaterasu if he is looking into an uchiha's eyes like what A did.
True to the point that the user of Amaterasu needs to focus on the target but it is not an instant jutsu. It does travel and can be anticipated or can be blocked.
Take a look closely at sasuke running away from Itachi's sight and the flame going after sasuke. Sasuke's some sort of wing/monster hand is trying to block it.
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If you noticed, that monstrous hand position did not cover Sasuke but in the scan below, it was able to cover Sasuke. It means that there is time involve.
yeah well that would suggest he isn't fast on his feet. But even such a slow shinobi can be aware that amaterasu flames are coming/ or just that something is wrong
Amateratsu is t a jutsu that is cant be dodged. A did it because he is said to be as fast as the minato. perhaps naruto, A and Minato and killerbee can evade it with speed alone. Also maybe a ninja like sm jiraiya could sense the attack coming and evade it maybe and gaara sand may be fast enough to block and kakashi may be able to use kamui but he cant use this as much as an ms sharingan ninja can use Amaterasu. However the jutsu happens before most ninja even no it happens. So even defending against is with some defense jutsu is not possible for Most ninja. Once you get hit it is over. I dont think the jutsu used by Bee a bijuu power and sasuke while he had Oro power can be compared to any jutsu used bye normal ninja. If the ninja have not been mentioned above chance are they could not evade amaterasu and once your hit you are done
First of all, you must know that i'm not discrediting Amaterasu when i make this thread. I'm only there to give my analysis about this jutsu that maybe people failed to notice.
I mean, i don't understand why Amaterasu is that overestimated when we're talking about a jutsu that didn't even killed "one" person in this manga apart maybe from fodders. Each times it was used, the opponent managed to dodge it. Not saying it was easy to do, but still:
- Sasuke manage to evade it a little bit, and when it touched him, he used kawarimi no jutsu from orochimaru
- When Killer-bee was touched, he also used kawarimi no jutsu to evade it.
These 2examples shows that even when you get touched by the flammes, it's not over at all. You can "simply" use kawarimi to escape from it.
- A managed to dodge it with his speed. That means also that speed is another method to escape from it, but no one is as fast as Raikage obviously except from Minato or Naruto and maybe some others we don't know.
- Killer-Bee has also shown recently that it was capable to attack the user before he uses it:
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That shows that to use Amaterasu, there is a small preparation you need in order to concentrate a little bit before launching it. That's why experimented ninjas could notice it and prepare themselves to dodge it.
Amaterasu is an instant jutsu yes, but what people forget also to understand is that "it doesn't appear directly on the target you see" like people sometimes claim, but "it travels to reach this target". Zetsu said "it converges to a spot". Converge here means it lands to some point, so it travels. Even if it's fast obviously. And the scene with Raikage prove my point:
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Look carefully at this pic. At the start we can see that Amaterasu is where the Raikage is. If it appeared, it would have touched him at that time, which is not the case. Then the Raikage see it approaching and thanks to his speed, he dodges it easily at the last moment.
What should also enter into consideration is that "when the Raikage dodged the attack", Amaterasu continued to travel and reach the samurai who was behind:
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That again shows that "it travels" and "not appear" in the contrary of the popular belief.
One is Bee only attacked because Nagato warned him that Itachi was about to use amaterasu due to him being able to sense the air pressure.
Another flaw is that only shinobi with incredible speead and reaction like A, Minato, and Naruto can dodge it even if they notice the slight preparation for it.
Another flaw would be that just because a it hasn't killed anyone doesn't make it overrated. Rasenshuriken has NEVER killed anyone, but it's still very powerful isn't it? I agree that it's overrated, but not because it hasn't killed anyone.
The fact is amaterasu is one of the strongest ninjutsu in Naruto and only shinobi with incredible speed and reactions or have a chance to avoid it.
Well, like i've said it's not over at all since you can use kawarimi to escape from it(Bee did it, Sasuke also), but it's not easy obviously. It depends on how much you're skilled to do it.
Also i think that more you're far from the user of Amaterasu, more it will be easier for you to dodge it since you have much more time to see it coming. That's why Amaterasu is said to be a close range jutsu in the databook. It's much more efficient when you use it in close range like against Raikage also. Just take a look where Raikage was when he dodged it. He wasn't far from Sasuke at all:
Only 2 shinobi know that jutsu and that's Orochimaru and Sasuke(formely). Bee didn't use that to escape. He got lucky that Sasuke cut off one of his tentacles and escaped that way.
Sir first of all u r theory are all wrong:flaw: ....its not kawarimi no jutsu besically u dont even know what that mens if u know u wondn't put this thread anyway .....
First Sasuke used oro tech to escape from amaterasu against itachi and its not ordinary tech which low lvl ninja can use ...and its not kawari or blab bla
secondly sasuske was cooking bee in amaterasu and its keep on burning slowly but luckily sasuke cut the tail of bee through which he escaped and not to mention its more like how even if u injure naruto can heal himself with tailed beast chakra .....
3rdly raikage is fastest alive with naruto soo u cant compare every ninja to him and finally in nagato recognized that itachi is gonna use amaterasu bcs of his ability not all people are nagato
U r taking example of unique and trying to make it universal but its not take example kakashi vs amaterasu what he has ??? no chance for escaping its instantanious even take danzo example ...
just it doent kill someone doent mean its weak .....U_U
I agree with bogard. amaterasu is NOT a weak jutsu however it is not a one hit ko as the ridiculous fanboys assume. ok. one kit ko? name who has it killed? if that were the case... sasuke, jaraiyas toad stomach, karin, killer b, a, the samurai and anyone that i missed should be dead... stupid fanboys... what is your definition of one hit ko....
Amateratsu is t a jutsu that is cant be dodged. A did it because he is said to be as fast as the minato. perhaps naruto, A and Minato and killerbee can evade it with speed alone. Also maybe a ninja like sm jiraiya could sense the attack coming and evade it maybe and gaara sand may be fast enough to block and kakashi may be able to use kamui but he cant use this as much as an ms sharingan ninja can use Amaterasu. However the jutsu happens before most ninja even no it happens. So even defending against is with some defense jutsu is not possible for Most ninja. Once you get hit it is over. I dont think the jutsu used by Bee a bijuu power and sasuke while he had Oro power can be compared to any jutsu used bye normal ninja. If the ninja have not been mentioned above chance are they could not evade amaterasu and once your hit you are done
If you're hit by it, it would be difficult to quickly find a way to stop the black flames before it burns you to death. But I think there are techniques that could avoid/take it out before it touches them such as Minato's FTG but it's never been shown so it's hard to say. But like what Prince Charles stated, knowing about it would be the best advantage because as Sasuke has proved you can get away from it. It's just thinking of the right trick to use so I think Amaterasu can be dodged, in my opinion that is.
One is Bee only attacked because Nagato warned him that Itachi was about to use amaterasu due to him being able to sense the air pressure.
Another flaw is that only shinobi with incredible speead and reaction like A, Minato, and Naruto can dodge it even if they notice the slight preparation for it.
Another flaw would be that just because a it hasn't killed anyone doesn't make it overrated. Rasenshuriken has NEVER killed anyone, but it's still very powerful isn't it? I agree that it's overrated, but not because it hasn't killed anyone.
The fact is amaterasu is one of the strongest ninjutsu in Naruto and only shinobi with incredible speed and reactions or have a chance to avoid it.
Only 2 shinobi know that jutsu and that's Orochimaru and Sasuke(formely). Bee didn't use that to escape. He got lucky that Sasuke cut off one of his tentacles and escaped that way.
You are WRONG. Rasenshuriken has taken out 1 paths of pain. Kazuku. In the movies it took out the guy with 4 bloodline limits. So yea you lost ALL credibility by saying that
