Yes but the clone is completely unaffected hence the SFX "Grab" in the top panel after Genjutsu took place:
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He wasn't affected which was why the clone strengthened the hold on him and shortly after that, he stated "No wonder" because he figured the effect wasn't taken place hence the clone being able to still move after that.
If the clone was affected, it won't be tightening the grip on him especially when one can't even move their body after being placed in the Genjutsu. Seen with Cee, Bee and some other cases.
Never even noticed that before. Great point. I'll concede this part, though Genjutsu never really was a factor....
But this should be useful in future arguments.
They were Edos so we won't even know what exactly happened there as we see it already existed before Naruto arrived on the battlefield...You cannot suggest that debunks it especially when it's been stated by the description to back it up perfectly. Are you suggesting his teammates survived it or it just didn't hit them when it's wasn't shown? Because Edo's would always regenerate.
Them being Edos is irrelevant. No bones are in the area near Kimimaro and his allies and all the bones are in the area where Naruto and his allies are. The damage they take wasn't the point I was trying to make. The lack of bones in said area is what I was pointing out and that is enough to debunk the DB, assuming that the DB doesn't mean something else.
To his clones? which don't necessarily have to be in the same area.
How is he going to get any clones far away enough when White Rage takes less than 3 seconds to go off? If Minato tries to spread out like this from the start, then Kabuto just responds with White Rage leaving him unable to do anything.
If Minato can teleport himself, then he definitely can teleport Naruto with him. Just a little contact( could be stepping on the other's feet just in case considering they don't know what it is) could save them.
Literally no reason for them to do something as awkward as that when they have no idea what it is, and even then Muki Tensei can separate them.
Plus if Minato's clone makes contact with Naruto's clone, he can have the real Naruto jump from white rage since he's in connection with Naruto's chakra.
No, he's not. He's only making physical contact with Naruto's body, not Naruto's chakra.
And that's assuming that when White Rage is used, they have clones set up far enough away from the detonation zone of White Rage, and even if this happens, then Kabuto simply switches to attacking with Muki Tensei, Sawarabi no Mai and Manda II to deal with any clone spam. Then he releases White Rage one more time, but only this time they can't escape.
Can that arrow get past Naruto's SM durability in a bad case scenario?
It was creating giant craters in the ground despite it being just an arrow, so I'd say yeah. That's a bigger impact that Sasuke's Susanoo arrow makes and I don't think Naruto is going to tank that, especially when Madara in Sage Mode got pierced by Sasuke's blade.
One can take advantage of this an kill him from a distance..Maybe Naruto's clone with FRS.
Mayfly lets him evade, especially if it's from a distance.
That's assuming it is released at the same time..However if White rage is released first, then they counter like I stated. If not, then Naruto and Minato proceed to kill him once frog call is released first. If it becomes tricky, then they just need to evade these techniques via Hiariashin until that sound Genjutsu is ready and mind you, most of Kabuto's techniques like Muki Tensei requires him bending down to make contact with the ground...Something that leaves him vulnerable when focusing on opponents and considering the number of clones in the battlefield that Naruto can make use of to catch him slippin.
If White Rage is released first, then everything goes as explained above. If Frog Call is released first, then Kabuto can simply use Oral Rebirth to escape whatever attack that is incoming, since the physical body is paralyzed, but you don't need to move to use Oral Rebirth as Sasuke has shown us, while Orochimaru can just merge with the environment using Mayfly, so this doesn't help them anyway.
Sakon/Ukon's ability lets him form a clone of whoever he picks from the DNA he's stolen, so that leaves Kabuto open to do whatever while the clone uses it's own Ninjutsu to fend him off. Not to mention Orochimaru is still here.
Ok then clones seem to be the only thing that'll enable him jump.
Countered above. Kabuto can either do crowd control before he uses White Rage, or do it after the first attempt fails.
