Sasuke in part 2 has caught up and this fight confirms Sasuke being better than Sasuke with his sharigan.
As a matter of factly, I don't even care about the sharingan.
Itachi gave Sasuke two "WTF?!?!?!" moments in the manga. One was when he was a kid and Itachi nailed that target, bullseye, in his blind spot...
...and in this fight when he created that bunshin in the middle of all that shuriken hurling. Sasuke's sharingan couldn't follow the seals 'cause he didn't realize what had happened until the bunshin had already been created.
Itachi has the ability to use multiple technique almost simultaneously.
Sasuke is highly skilled, but he is not on Itachi's level in that area. No one is. Maybe Minato, but I need to see it, and not be told.
I actually wish Itachi never had the sharingan, 'cause he was the greatest academy student without it. Meaning? He had supreme talent without the damned sharingan...
....imagine what kind of monster he would've been had he focused all of his energies into developing non-sharingan abilities.
The sharingan, I feel, held him back. The sharingan made him lazy, I feel. If he had to rely on his talent, and not his bloodline, I think he would've been greater....
YA'LL KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO SEE?!?!?
I wanted Madara to throw a kunai at Itachi when he was about to take Sasuke's eyes, and Itachi would've caught it with his teeth.
*falls on the floor and orgasms*
See, this should've been my manga. As a matter of fact, can someone recommend a good manga where I can see this kind of shit from a character. All of these uber jutsu's are boring, and so are the bloodline limits. The only time I ever cared about genjutsu was when Itachi casted it through his finger. THAT was amazing...
...'cause that took talent, and not reliance on his bloodline.