Jiraiya could take Itachi, he may not be living afterward, but even Itachi said that a fight against him would only end in death for both of them. So I am going to say Jiraiya.
Jiraiya could take Itachi, he may not be living afterward, but even Itachi said that a fight against him would only end in death for both of them. So I am going to say Jiraiya.
assertnfailure (7:40:03 PM): dude....your posts are a bunch of nonsense
Jiraiya beating Itachi is a certainty, since Itachi himself admitted so. It might be a draw if they both die, but it will definitely end with Itachi dying.
Sasori will eat Itachi alive, just because he doesnt have real eyes, and one prick from him means death. I honestly believe that Sasori is one of the strongest and deadliest in Naruto. It just so happens that the ones to fight him were the worst possible enemies for his style (excluding Tsunade, who is his imminent death)
Peace.
Maybe if we bring the Sandaime/Yondaime, I bet they could kick Itachi's ass.
Sandaime has a whole selection of jutsus to choose from, considering he was the most strongest Hokage who ever lived. If he wasn't in his old age, he could probably take down Itachi, and for a last resort, the Shinigami Forbidden Jutsu would do the trick.
Yondaime, well, because he had that "godly-speed" technique that would prove faster than Itachi's eyes (unless they work the moment he looks at their body parts). I'm thinking there's no limit to this skill, because in Kakashi Gaiden, he virtually teleported right to Kakashi and his team. Plus, if you add the Rasengan and Kage Bunshins, Yondaime would definitely beat Itachi. Again, Shinigami Forbidden Jutsu could be used as a last resort.
This topic would have been alot hotter a long time ago, like when itachi and kisame first were introduced. however, its really hard to tell right now. There really hasn't been any way to show itachi's growth over the time jump, whereas sasuke has become a total bad ass. same w\ jeraiya... he is awesome but there is no way that he can juggle training himself with his peeping, writing dirty books and his information gathering...
i think gai might be able to take itachi, and at this point i think that sasuke has a fighting chance...
I think we have to wait and see how the story plays out a little more. His objectives and priorities dont seem to be set strait, seeing as how he wasted his mangyekou to have fun torturing Sasuke instead of using it on Jiraiya and running away w/ Naruto.
I was thinking perhaps he doesn't use his sharingan to the fullest extent because it hurts his eyes as Kakashi has said, but that still doesnt explain why he wastes his oppertunities on Sasuke.
His goal for Akatsuki was to obtain the 9-tails. With everyone saying how good a chance Jiraiya has of beating Itachi, Itachi was not going to fulfilll the goal at the time.Originally Posted by Carnage
His longstanding personal goal/objective/priority is to see Sasuke reach his limits as an Uchiha. Killing the Uchiha clan started that goal and using Mangekyou on Sasuke in that situation was a reminder for Sasuke to push even harder to obtain that goal.
IMO, it's needless to say that it worked. I dont think anyone has gotten stronger pre-timejump up to now than Sasuke. The guy is high level in speed, analysis in battle, ninjutsu (remember he has a "that jutsu" too), taijutsu, and genjutsu/sharingan use. The guy is practically Akatsuki level if he isnt already.
So yeah, besides Jiraiya, I'm basically saying Sasuke currently has the best chance out of everyone to beat Itachi.
I think the point he was trying to make was that if Itachi were actually capable of killing or permanently incapacitating people by looking at them, he could have killed Jiraiya with it and then captured Naruto. Instead he used it to torture Sasuke and then to blow a hole in the wall. He could have changed either use to "kill Jiraiya" if it would have actually worked.
I think the Akatsuki leader has the best chance of beating Itachi. Because otherwise...you know...Itachi would be the leader instead of being bossed around like the bitch he is.
Well, there have been cases in other shows where the subordinate is stronger than the leader. But needless to say, Itachi has gotten weaker than he was before the time skip, so many people might have a good chance of beating him now.
Peace.
Well it makes sense that the akatsuki leader is probably stronger than him but unfortunately we have no proof yet. Same with Jiraiya, even though Itachi said that, it doesnt necessarily mean jiraiya could beat him considering weve never seen them fight each other or either of them fighting at their full strength
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BOC chose to make this statement as a way to end the discussion. Very well said. LawL
Who says itachi is weaker than before?
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
I think he is preffering to the fight with Kakashi,Naruto and Sakura. Im not counting in the old lady cuz she didnt do crap. Anyway wasn't that replacement Itachi was only on 30% of his power. And people need to stop saying that he will use Mangekyou. He will only use it in dire situations ya know. Kinda turns him blind if I got that right.
His balls shrink every time he uses it.
Sandaime wasn't the strongest of the Hokages. He was just a pure genius at jutsu's if I recall right. I would say one of the brothers were the strongest, maybe the 1st.
Back on topic, after reading other ppls views, I think Jiraiya couls beat Itachi.
There is no reason to suspect either the 1st or 2nd is stronger than the 3rd, considering he defeated both of them at once in the only confrontation we ever see (although it isn't on even terms at all).
Last edited by Y; Thu, 06-28-2007 at 10:11 PM.
^^Plus the fact that the 3rd Hokage was what, 80 at the time?
I'm pretty sure it was stated somewhere that the 3rd was the strongest Hokage.
Naruto. Zero paired Itachi up with Kisame because he believes it would require them both to beat Naruto once he starts releasing tails. I think that's the reason for Itachi's comment about avoiding a confrontation with Jiraiya-not because those two just fear Jiraiya, but because they fear having to engage him and multiple tails. Lots of us have speculated about how many tails Naruto could manage to pull out before Kyuubi has enough room to take over completely, so until we know more I'm not gonna say "Oh, Naruto will surely win with X number of tails." I'm also leaving out all the non-kyuubi techniques we've seen Naruto use in this argument(as if they'd land) because honestly, you think he's going to remember any of them if 7 or 8 tails come out?
It was stated by Kabuto that he was the strongest Kage (While he was patronizing Oro right after the battle), which I believe is amongst the several ninja villages. But amongst Konoha itself, we really dont know enough about the 4th.
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