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Originally Posted by Kurushimi
Why would Kishimoto add that statement in if there was no meaning behind it? He put it there so we'd understand that Itachi wasn't at his best.
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To give the readers some ideas, make them think, to speculate? I'm no mangaka, but it's pretty common device.
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Originally Posted by Kurushimi
I was saying how he was even more exhausted than he was in the Deidara fight, where he was almost out of chakra.
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Were you? I swear you were saying something about him being collapsed. Where as in the Deidara fight, he fits that word more accurately.
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Originally Posted by Kurushimi
Dude, Kishimoto made it exceedingly clear that Itachi wasn't fighting anywhere near his best, and the battle was a near draw. There's no speculation that can be made that Sasuke, as he is now, is stronger than Itachi. Whether or not he will become stronger is up in the air.
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Itachi was trying his best, but he had much more potential. There's no official reason yet why he performed the way he did. But you can't take Zetsu's statements as conclusive, when they're merely speculative at the moment as well.
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Originally Posted by Kurushimi
No. Itachi would never try to take Sasuke's eyes, seeing as he only wanted to protect him. The reason for Itachi setting up this battle is uncertain. Whether he merely wanted to get close enough to give Sasuke the Mangekyou techniques to protect him from Madara, or if there was something deeper, we don't know.
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Even though he visually displayed taking his eyes during the genjutsu? It could've very much well have been a test, I mean why protect something if it is weak and will eventually succumb on its own regardless, he had to make sure his actions weren't in vain.
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Originally Posted by Kurushimi
You weren't meant to. =/
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You really didn't have to say it, I already knew it was engraved in your head. :/
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You are seriously underestimating Itachi. Itachi was able to, for the most part, keep up with Sasuke (who's much stronger than Kakashi in almost every way) and was still said to be "severely injured" (a point you don't seem to want to accept.) and was obviously still holding back as he didn't want to kill him (another point you don't seem to want to accept.)
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Speculated he took "severe damage", and even if he did, there's no reason given as of yet, how. He wasn't holding back, did he state he was holding back? You only accept it as true because that is what you want it to be, even though it is not officiated yet.