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Originally Posted by Mystic_Gohan
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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To give them correct ideas I hope. He put it there so we'd know that Itachi was severly injured. It wasn't just a lie seeing as it's not been disproven or even contested.
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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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Wrong wording I guess.
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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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All I'm saying is that Zetsu's statement was made to inform the readers. Not to trick them.
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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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I'm a little confused. Didn't Itachi attempt to take Sasuke's eyes in Tsukiyomi? He'd know that it isn't real and was just trying to torture Sasuke into submission. Also, he obviously wasn't thinking in that way as he would've killed Sasuke long ago if he was. He killed people far stronger.
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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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Meh, I just like Itachi more. Is that a crime?
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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.
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I suppose the "holding back" thing could be speculation. >_>
But Zetsu's statement was made for a reason. Kishimoto didn't just toss it out there to get us to think. It's obvious he said it to inform us of the real reason's of Itachi's downfall. Why he was severely injured is still to be seen. Also, there is no reason to believe that statement is false, other than biasm.
Besides, even if you deny the fact that he was "severly injured" you just can't deny that he had not fought anywhere near his best, and still fought so well.