That doesn't even make sense. The thicker the Mokuton, the harder it is to pierce. If thickness was an issue it wouldn't have ripped through, it would just go farther in. A strong defense blocks attacks it doesn't cause the direction of attacks to shift for no reason. Either the growth of the Mokuton pushed Danzo away or it pushed the Susanoo Arrow away, and that relates to it's speed and not it's penetrative power.
You say Susanoo Arrow from V4 Susanoo won't rip through a defense w/ a sand pyramid level of density yet Madara's V3 Susanoo ripped through Shukaku+Gaara's Sand Pyramid which is stated to be one of his thickest defenses in Databook IV, and Shukaku's influence makes it stronger, also stated in the databook.
So good luck arguing that a V4 Susanoo doesn't pierce through something like this, but weaker since this isn't Gaara+Shukaku making the pyramid this time around. Then we have the fact that Joki Boy obliterated Gaara's Sand Pyramid yet he protected the alliance from it using his Mom Shield, which Madara pierced through with Magatama and still had enough power left over to crack Onoki's Rock Golem, and his sand would have to be moving at a fast enough rate to cause the arrow to miss him completely.
It was the thickness of the Mokutan in tandem of it moving, as the Susano'o arrow pierced through it. @ bold, correct, but in this particular instance, the defense was moving. It wasn't a standstill defense. The thickness of the tree carried the arrow off course in the direction the tree was moving.
Lol, you mean SM Madaras V3 legged Susano'o? You also realize that this isn't exactly comparable to a Susano'o arrow..? Madaras SM enhanced legged V3 Susano'o busting out of Sabaku Sōtaisō Fūin say's more about it's strength, not penetrative power. It's sword lunge was strong enough to penetrate through half of the Sabaku Sōtaisō Fūin (Not the whole thing, since it came from the center), and then used it's power to bust out. Yet, a thrown Susano'o sword couldn't even pierce through Shukaku's hand [
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The Joki Boi that obliterated the sand pyramid exploded from directly within it. The Mom Shield protected the SA from a distance away from the explosion, in addition to Gaara attempting to suppress Joki Boi with additional sand before it even exploded. That's not a fair comparison. And again, busting through Gaaras defenses from the inside is a whole lot easier then doing so from the outside; because the attack doesn't have to bust through the entire defense, just the lesser portion that lays in between. Also, I'll flip this very logic on you. Kūsa Bōheki tanked C3 without a single scratch. If C3 was dropped on the stone bridge or Danzous Mokutan, it would of been obliterated, yet Sasukes Susano'o arrow could barely pierce through the former, and got it's trajectory altered by the latter. A decent size sand shield, should easily do a serviceable job protecting Gaara from the arrows.
Never said you said he'd grab it. If he goes for the bow the same exact thing happens.
If he uses Suna Arare then Susanoo tanks it and the hawk stays afloat, and no, MS Sasuke has access to Aoda unless you want to claim he made the contract in between the time after he fought Naruto and the time before he got accustomed to EMS which would make no sense.
If his clones are too weak, then they'd be easily obliterated meaning this fight isn't prolonged enough to cause Sasuke to drop of stamina issues, and sure, sand can block out the heat of the flame but if Sasuke fires towards the atmosphere this doesn't really work. How would sand cause him to lose control or disrupt his control? And what feats put C3 on par with Kirin? Even if C3 was on par with Kirin, Kirin is far more focused than C3 is so Gaara still can't block it. Though that's assuming he can even mobilize enough sand to block it in the first place.
Susano'o swats the sand, and it get's immediately reapplied.
Not sure what exactly you're implying here. How is Sasuke going to activate the higher stages of Susano'o on top of it's hawk, while it maintains flight? Even if that's possible, Suna Arare works by clumping onto the target and accumulating. So it will eventually make it's way onto the Hawk. But I hope we're not claiming that MS Sasuke coats the hawk with Susan'o now, smh. There is no proof of when Sasuke made that contract, and there is no proof that Aoda was a fully matured boss level snake at that given time, especially given Gamakichi's progression.
How are clones capable of spreading out aerially going to be easily obliterated? And wait, his Susano'o drops if he uses it tandem with Amaterasu? Otherwise, how does he get Kagutsuchi into the atmosphere? Sasuke controls Kirin from sending his raiton into the sky, IIRC. Gaara should be capable of disrupting that. Kirin isn't an entire village buster, and neither is C3. They'd both destroy a decent portion though. Kūsa Bōheki tanked C3 with zero difficulty, the DB practically said it was left unscathed. So even if Kirin is much more focused then C3, there is nothing aiding the notion that it'll bust right through Kūsa Bōheki and kill Gaara (assuming it's aimed at Gaara, and not a Bunshin). Gaara formed this defense nigh instantly btw.
You didn't address Gaara simply utilizing this [
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