Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
Genjutsu does matter if Sasuke wasn't able to break out of the genjutsu then he would have lost plain and simple. You can't simply say genjutsu doesn't matter its just like any other battle they are using techniques and each one is countering the others technique, it wouldn't make a difference if they were using shuriken, shadow clones or chidoris is still an actual battle.

You've misinterpreted my statement. Yes a Genjutsu causes a level of mental strain and if you can overload your opponent with it then they may pass out and you win. However, the events shown in a genjutsu are never real so you can show ANYTHING happening to someone and it means nothing. I hate the aspect of them where we see Sasuke's eye torn out and then they go just kidding reset it was a genjutsu. That aspect of how when people fight with them the viewer can see absolutely anything and then have everything we see be worthless over and over again is just dumb essentially this fight is 2 people standing there having a staring contest.

Also if your genjutsu is dispelled you have nothing to show for it. If you on the other hand wound your opponent then you still have blood loss, pain and possibly you disable a part of them like a arm or a leg. I'm glad its been used fairly sparingly and these Itachi Sasuke chapters with a genjutsu sparing match are just painful. Now if you want to make them more meaningful then you should have the person countering it during the genjutsu. For instance Itachi goes to pluck Sasuke's eye and Sasuke makes them switch places and is shown plucking Itachi's eye forcing him to end the genjutsu and recoil. The way this was done I'd atleast expect Sasuke to really have gone curse seal level 1 to prevent it instead of just standing there with Itachi looking pathetic.

Plus as far as the eye techniques go I'm pretty sure we have never been told anything that wasn't contradicted almost immediately post time skip.