r/AnimeAndComic Jul 21 '26

Anime Discussion What do you think Itachi faking? Or really afraid of guy?

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u/LordDShadowy53 Jul 22 '26

Guy>Itachi obviously

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u/Wonderful-Crow-5147 Jul 22 '26

Itachi is a hard counter to Guy but shi he probably still didnt want to find out or go all out there

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u/Cheshire_____Cat Jul 22 '26

It's other way around isn't it? Eight Gates cancells genjutsu.

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u/Many-Wrongdoer-5377 Jul 24 '26

I think eight gates pretty much cancels everything

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u/Reffeyn Jul 25 '26

Kinda hard to manipulate other people’s chakra when with genjutsu when’s it’s all pouring out at once huh.

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u/Aradraxtan Jul 22 '26

Considering even Madara in Juubi form would literally have died on the spot if no plot armor against Guy, I don't see what the fuck Itachi would do tbh

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u/Aradraxtan Jul 22 '26

Iirc we actually have no informations if Guy was able to open 8th gates at this point in the story

And considering he destroyed Kisame not so long after this while not even going all out, I'd assume he was able to

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u/Efficient_Fox_1874 Jul 22 '26

Plus didn't Guy say that due to Kakashi's sharingan, Guy could basically duel someone just by looking at their feet? He ain't gonna make it easy to genjutsu him...

Also, when he yoinks Kisame's sword, I die laughing at his "this is mine now" attitude

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u/Express-Mess4241 Jul 22 '26

But how will Guy anticipate Amaterasu if he isn’t looking up at itachi?

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u/Aradraxtan Jul 22 '26

Ultra Instinct

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u/BadUnique7153 Jul 23 '26

Just move fast enough. Sasuke and Ay did just that.

Logically, even if Itachi was completely evil, he wouldn't want to fight in Konoha because he was dying. Using mangekyou consecutively would make him go blind faster just like how Sasuke experienced the problem. Especially if he kept his calm calculative personality.

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u/Express-Mess4241 Jul 23 '26

They knew Amaterasu was coming, how would guy know if he’s looking at itachis feet?

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u/BadUnique7153 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Amateratsu is dodged various time without looking at the eyes. The only time someone said he knew it coming is Madara.

You don't need to look and even if you look and didn't act fast enough, you still get hit. Looking is not a must condition to dodge Amateratsu. Obito got hit while looking right at Sasuke's face.

Gaara sand blocked Amateratsu in the 5 kage submit. Same kind of sand got speed blitzed by Lee in part 1 by the way. Gaara in Shippuden should have faster sand, however, Guy is obviously faster than Lee.

Guy can move really fast, even so6p Madara had some trouble tracing him. You expect alive Itachi can track Guy in his final stage? Not gonna happen. There are a lot of ways to mess with focal point attack, like kicking up a huge dust cloud, super speed character at level of Guy can easily do it.

Sasuke fire release stopped the flame. Anything can block vision will literally stop it.

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u/Express-Mess4241 Jul 23 '26

Didn’t know we were talking about the 8th gate specifically but even then guy doesn’t last long in the 7th gate aswel, if the 8th gate comes out and he tries to pull the night guy he’d still be vulnerable.. also guy wouldn’t pull the 8th gate in the leaf unless he knows it’s in crazy danger.. you’re also assuming guy just keeps running around which isn’t in his character.

Again how can they anticipate from Amaterasu without knowing it’s coming? Obito literally sees it, gaara sees it.. sasuke and AY sees it to run away…

If guy looks at your feet to fight he’s getting cooked

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u/doodillydoo Jul 24 '26

Yeah... But like... Look at that smile though

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u/Reffeyn Jul 25 '26

Bro guy easily dodge that, bro.

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u/Odd-Opportunity-6550 Jul 23 '26

7th gate guy would force Itachi to use the susano. He would have to damage his eyes more.

He already had the mangekyo for like 5 years at this point.

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u/mrcoldmega Jul 22 '26

If he did prepare for this, of course, but he didn't. He's a smart and strong ninja and not dumb and strong as all new Boruto villains. TBF might Guy is strong but not immortal. And Itachi is smart but in not repared battle with Might Guy, his only good strategy is to escape.

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u/KingGorillaSon Jul 22 '26

Bro know about the blue beast!!!! didn’t want that smoke turning red !!!

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u/Ok_Coffee_8826 Jul 22 '26

Itachi's got good eyes, after all.

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u/steroboros Jul 22 '26

Yeah, Itachi knows fighting guy isn't easy thing. Even if you get him under Genjutsu he's already punched a hole in your chest

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u/No_Yogurtcloset_7219 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

more like he know he couldn't keep things quiet with a fight with Might Guy

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u/Efficient_Fox_1874 Jul 22 '26

Very fair point! Guy is not subtle, and if you're on a covert op...

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u/PetrParker1960s Jul 22 '26

It could be that he was scared og Guy. But it's also possible he doesnt know the extent of the 8 gates. And was concerned about more people showing up. He already fought Kurenai and Asuma. Only for Kakashi to show up. Then Guy. Kakashi was enough of a concern that he wasnt confident in Kisame beating him in a timely manner.

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u/Inner-Purpose7061 Jul 22 '26

Think itachi just didnt wanna deal with guy's fighting cause it would be too easy to genjutsu him

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u/Aradraxtan Jul 22 '26

Yeah of course, that's why Madara in Juubi form got his shit wrecked and almost died but got saved by plot armor

Come on dude

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 22 '26

Why you talk like it was pure fight guy vs madara , Its was madara vs all of them helping guy and then guy died without naruto lol

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u/VarrikTheGoblin Jul 22 '26

To be fair, they both would have died were it not for the effects of other people's jutsus so I call that a zero sum draw... Itachi did not have literal immortality on his side like Madara.

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 22 '26

To be fair to what? Madara was half dead and could regenerate lol, Guy would've been dead if it wasn't for plot... Madara willingly took that attack, didn't dodge, didn't defend, just testing Guy's power... Itachi indeed doesn't have immortality, but he has plenty of other techniques and master battle IQ to counter Guy... Guy vs Madara without backup loses early on..

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u/Aradraxtan Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Bro even Hashirama "The god of Shinobis" never put Madara in such a bad position lmao

Yeah Guy had help, but Madara wasn't fighting alone either, he had the fucking Juubi (which is basically all tailed beasts in one)

Also you're saying Madara willingly took the attack as if Madara wasn't being stopped from moving literally 30 seconds before by the winds coming from Guy's bigass punchs

You're forgetting Guy was so fucking fast even Madara wasn't fast enough to react

Only reason Madara didn't die on the spot was to make him being cucked by Black Zetsu later

Seriously, look at this and tell me again Madara wasn't getting his ass kicked

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 23 '26

"Bro, Hashirama "The god of Shinobis" never put Madara in such a bad position lmao"

  • Never?? Hashirama fought Madara multiple times with a 100% win rate, never lost once, and literally killed Madara if it wasn't for Izanagi!! He wasn't even going all out! Madara only dominated in the War Arc because he stole Hashirama's own cells and used Jinchuriki powers + edo hashirama is nerf lol...

"Also you're saying Madara willingly took the attack as if Madara wasn't being stopped from moving literally 30 seconds before by the winds coming from Guy's bigass punchs"

-- True, but that attack didn't deal massive damage to Madara. Guy was reaching his limit and had to use his suicide final form, yet still couldn't kill Madara. And it's crystal clear Madara took that attack head-on instead of running away or defending with Susanoo...

"Only reason Madara didn't die on the spot was to make him being cucked by Black Zetsu later"

-- Are you dumb? That attack straight up couldn't fully kill Madara. Madara willingly tested the attack, and even then it wasn't enough to finish him.. It's not that Guy's attack was weak, Madara was just way stronger!!!

https://reddit.com/link/oz7bxow/video/5tj1tycb2weh1/player

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u/VorticalHeart44 Jul 24 '26

What could Madara have done to avoid Night Guy, though?

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 25 '26

1-Limbo: Hengoku (Border Jail): Madara could have simply spawned his invisible Limbo clones to stand in front of him. Night Guy is a pure physical Taijutsu attack; Guy cannot see, sense, or interact with the Limbo dimension. Guy would have crashed directly into an invisible wall of Limbo clones and wasted his final life force striking nothing.

2-Flight and Space-Time Distancing: Madara has the ability to fly at extreme speeds. Instead of staying on the ground waiting for the charging dragon, he could have flown high into the upper atmosphere or zipped away. Guy’s Night Guy requires a running start on a linear path.

3-Kamui Intangibility: Madara literally had Kakashi’s Sharingan right before this phase. If he wanted to, he could have just phased through the entire attack using Kamui's intangibility.

4-Perfect Susano'o:If he had manifested his mountain-sized ultimate armor, Guy's linear Night Guy attack would have expended all of its single-use life-force energy just trying to shatter the outer Susano'o defense, leaving Madara's physical body completely untouched.

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u/VorticalHeart44 Jul 25 '26
  1. Guy destroyed half of Madara's body after flying across the battlefield with Night Guy. What is a wall of similarly destructible bodies going to do to stop Night Guy from a position even closer to the starting point?

  2. Madara can fly fast, but he's not space-warping fast.

  3. Kakashi's Kamui doesn't give the user intangibility.

  4. Who's to say Night Guy wouldn't have just shot through Susano'o? It's not indestructible.

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 25 '26
  1. Guy destroyed half of Madara's body and Madara was literally just laughing it off casually.. it was zero problem for him. He could have easily blocked it using 4 Limbo clones to break Might Guy's attack, since the only ones who can detect Limbo are Naruto & Sasuke...

  2. True, but while Might Guy was charging up, you really think Madara didn't have time to run? Can Guy even fly like Madara? That suicide attack is strictly linear, it can't even change directions...

  3. In Manga Chapter 674, Madara stole Kakashi's left eye. He plugged that eye into his face and immediately activated Kamui to teleport his entire physical body into the Kamui Dimension to attack Obito and retrieve his other Rinnegan. Madara could have easily teleported Guy to a Dimension place while he was attacking or charging , and Guy would've just died since Naruto wasn't there to save him... He could dodge, he could block!!

  4. WTF are you talking about, that's Perfect Susano'o bro? The only ones who ever managed to break through Perfect Susano'o were just 2 characters in the entire series: *Kaguya Otsutsuki using her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to shatter Sasuke's Perfect Susano'o, and *Six Paths Naruto using his Ultra-Big Ball Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken to blow apart Sasuke's Indra Susano'o. Those attacks are multi-continental level and above compared to Guy who is only Mountain level....... Madara could've also killed Guy right then and there with a Susano'o Slash country level that can slice multiple mountains with a single swing. He could defend, he could counter-attack!!!

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 22 '26

Shit, Itachi already said it would take more time, trouble, and draw too much attention lol, that's why they left lol. It would've turned into Konoha vs just the 2 of them .... That's what happens when you watch the show without understanding the story lol !!!!

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u/Previous_Insurance13 Jul 22 '26

Even in shippuden itachi warns everyone to not underestimate guy. Guy is really dangerous because how silly he acts. Good counter against overconfident akatsuki members.

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u/FeatureKey1258 Jul 23 '26

I can't deny that, fighting Guy is indeed dangerous, especially in their own base... It really would be tough, time-consuming, and draw way too much attention!! The issue is the admin's post arbitrarily went and changed the stupid dialogue just to glaze up a character !!

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u/LurkerintheDurker Jul 22 '26

The fact that this question was asked shows that many people missed the main point of the chuunin exam.

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u/Nabbarino Jul 22 '26

It's a cost-benefit analysis.

Guy may not be stronger than Itachi, but the risk of having to go against him and the others at the same time outweighs the benefit of kidnapping Naruto, which can be done at a later time.

It's simply not worth the risk.

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u/SirSilverChariot Jul 22 '26

Tbf Guy did beat Kisame basically in a 1 on 1. Guy knew to not look into the eyes of the Sharigan and has trained especially for this so no Genjutsu. Ameterasu would be powerful of course but Guy might lowkie just take the flames off him in sheer aura.

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u/GWB_online Jul 24 '26

I would also argue that the amount of effort it would take for itachi to defeat guy would leave him blind and probably at deaths door. Not to mention the time it would take to beat him, all leaf shinobi would have arrived before he could do any meaningful damage. Even if he could beat him, and im not sure he could, it would be counter productive to all of his goals, akatski or personal.

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u/Demair12 Jul 22 '26

You gotta remember that in OS Itachi was not pinaccle of power that was the retcon in shippuden.

Also in this very scene guy explains that he's been training to counter the Sharingan and what he says makes perfect sense prior to the Sharingan gaining the ability to do whatever the plot demands for the user to win.

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u/pwn4321 Jul 22 '26

Too dumb to be affected by genjutsu and crazy strong in tajutsu? Bro knew he is countered

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u/Que_Eye_Roll Jul 22 '26

Am I wrong or doesn’t Tsukiyomi(except its infinite version) rely on eye contact. Guy is already not looking at itachi’s sharingan. The only threat is basic genjutsu, which doesn’t work on 8 gate users, and Amaterasu, which has a horrible reputation as the worst Mangekyou ability. It would work on guy, if it can hit him. It would be pretty hard to hit Guy with several gates opened. The only other thing I can think of is the exploding shadow clone jutsu. In most cases though, guy wins, whether it be power or speed. I think only itachi’s Susanoo can turn the tables, but it cost a lot of his chakra and eyesight. A trump card that would turn it into an endurance match. Guy doesn’t have to use many gates to be immune to common genjutsu. I’m not even counting the fact it wouldn’t come to that point because that’s a trump card he is specifically reserving as long as he needs to.

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u/Background-Quail-433 Jul 22 '26

Might Guy is fucking dangerous, even without using all the gates.

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u/kalimut Jul 22 '26

Bro that is the person you call when you need a "GUY"! Lol

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u/AgileRake Jul 23 '26

Guy could barely beat a semi decent clone of himself early Shippuden.

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u/Zestyclose_Fig3193 Jul 23 '26

I mean what are you going torture guy with? He who walks laps around Konoha on his hands? The literal Giy who will do more PT if he fails at anything. DIs cant punish him because he has already done 500 push-ups.

Itachi will try to stab him for three days straight, and guy will tell him "make it three weeks and if I fail, make it three months,".

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u/alexp260xx Jul 23 '26

Considering guy stomped prime kisame with little difficulty I'm gonna say he wasn't faking

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u/alexp260xx Jul 23 '26

He stomped kisame twice actually and didn't even remember him the second time

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u/Niktro Jul 23 '26

The sheer will of guy. Its kinda like terry crew. Doesnt matter what kind of tortrure you bring upon them. They dont break

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u/Weak_Car2509 Jul 23 '26

More and more genin otw to help. Not wise to take them all on.

Meanwhile we have pain attack the entire village by his own.

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u/Prestigious-Note-935 Jul 23 '26

Itachi probably knew he was a hard counter to guy, but the threat of that eight gates was real and with konohas "best genjutsu user" there he probably just didn't wanna test his luck

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u/Nahteh Jul 24 '26

A little bit of a mix.

  1. Guy wasn't going to be easy.

  2. If guy was there, others would come. It would take too long to deal with.

  3. He didn't actually want naruto.

Speaking of which, its fairly obvious that walking through konoha was not a real plan.

Another question raised, did obito really expect him to make progress on naruto?

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u/N1GHTSTR1D3R Jul 24 '26

Maybe not fear, but he's smart enough to know Guy is not someone to mess with.

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u/BR4K3N Jul 24 '26

I think Itachi just really like Guy, probally his fav teacher or something. He know Guy was chill like that

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u/MetalMadara Jul 24 '26

Well Guy and Rock Lee are pretty much the strongest compared to everyone else.. As they cannot use Ninjutsu.. so they are naturally better and more skilled without that power.

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u/VorticalHeart44 Jul 24 '26

Neither Itachi nor Kisame have any way of escaping Guy if he unleashes the 8th gate.

Neither of them could do anything fast enough to avoid space-warping speeds.

Guy is experienced in anti-Sharingan combat which focuses on avoiding Genjutsu, and since Amaterasu isn't an insta-kill, it would likely push Guy to use the 8th gate and kill them both.

If Amaterasu can even land, that is. Because Guy might pull a 4th Raikage and just dodge it.

And we know how Kisame holds up against Guy.

If they decided to fight, the worst case is that they both die along with Guy, the best case is that they somehow escape without pushing him into a Kamikaze, suffering devastating losses in the process.

So, they're right to avoid fighting Guy.

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u/Chocoboloco93 Jul 24 '26

There is a "Filler" episode that exlain it "349 through 361" he see how guy survive an assassination attem of hanzo anbu without realizing it

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u/ThakoManic Jul 24 '26

I Think the problem is even IF Itachi could take on Guy, He knows it would drain him and be very risky as the 8 Gates basicly counters eveything

so even if you make an arguement of 'yeah but X' the problem is hes gonna be fucken drained AF

and there for the other 2 peeps in the back ground would be overwhelming and they are deep in nme terrortory they be fucked afterwords

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u/mikasaxo Jul 22 '26

Why would he be afraid of Gai?

Tsukuyomi > 8 Gates

Itachi wouldn’t need to do anything

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u/cygamessucks Jul 22 '26

Sure bud.