Kirin is another fail against Gaara. MS Sasuke can't use Susano'o and Amaterasu at the same time without having to deactivate Susano'o afterwards, which results in a GG. If you want to argue that his Katon sets up Kirin then it'll be significantly weaker and Gaara's defenses tanked Deidara's C3 while remaining completely unscathed. Then we have the fact that intel is full and Gaara doesn't have to even allow Sasuke's Katon to reach the atmosphere, in addition to bunshins being deployed and spread out for extra precautions to confuse Sasuke as to what to target.
Horrible match up for Sasuke indeed.
Sasuke releasing Susanoo after using Amaterasu does not mean he had to deactivate. While obito mentioning him using a lot of chakra may or may not have insinuated that Sasuke was shown using Susanoo and Amaterasu in unison against the Raikage. Granite, the scale was younger he still was maniuplating the flames with another technique after. Sasuke was using three mangekyou techniques in that fight and then matured it into its incomplete form.If your simply referring to him using those techniques at the same time causing him to deactivate that also isnt true if you re-read Sasuke was using a diverse moveset to see what would work or at least that's how it appears to be[
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Another reason I don't believe that to be the case is Mangekyou Sharingan over usage looks much different and more obvious. This[
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The Viz scan could say something different but Obito only mentioned the chakra usage but the properties of the technique Danzo was using had not been revealed yet and looks as if its just showing that nothing works. Sasuke never mentioned it as weakness or a problem and Danzo never understood it as an opening of some kind.
Gaara preventing Kirin by blocking the Fireballs Sasuke uses to make it is not happening. First, because Sasuke doesn't have to aim the technique anywhere near Gaara for the clouds to cover the sky above him[
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Lastly, Gaara being unscathed is because he was no where near the explosion[
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