Originally posted by socool8520
I thought the consensus was around 5 minutes for Tobi, considering Konan said that he could go inatangible for around 5 mins.I assumed Itachi was willing to sacrifice the eye because he was dead anyways. Plus, he was pretty positive the tech would work. Again, this was in a battle situation. I really don't see the uses of Izanagi/Izanami outside of them. It would be pretty careless imo.
Yeah, but Tobi was shown ripping off the mask right before the explosions started, implying that he used Izanagi right then and there.
He said he wanted to show Kabuto the error in trying to be someone else, and clinging to their power.
Izanami itself isn't a battle tech though. The very reason as to why it was outlawed was due to the fact that in battle, opponents had a chance of escaping it, thus it wasn't safe for battle, never mind the fact that Itachi had a lot of trouble creating the loop in the first place. One can then deduce that Izanami can be and was used outside a battle scenario, and that it was actually designed for out-of-battle situations. Same could apply for Izanagi.