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Following Madara's movements:
(Image 1) He approaches Sasuke, then in a quick instant he is standing behind the tree. (Image 2) Deidra then drops his clay-bird explosion onto Sasuke. In the frame, where the point of view is from above, you can see a shadow moving to the left.
(Image 3) Deidra and Madara are standing next to eachother, Deidra landed next to him.
(Image 4) Sasuke slices through Madara and is shocked.
What I Noticed:
(Image 1) The path of dust leads away from Sasuke towards the tree Madara went to. (Image 2) The shadow moving to the left goes in a different direction that Madara went.
* This is when Madara used a Shadow replacement technique of some sort. If you think the shadow is because of Deidra's birds, then Madara could have moved himself by his shadow along it. Think of Shikamaru, and using the shadows of other objects to move his own shadow. This is what would explain how Sasuke sliced through Madara. The reason Sasuke was surprised is because he wasn't using Sharringan at the time.
**Also note that Sasuke would have noticed the sharringan being used by Obito/Madara, because Madara was facing him. This means that the sharringan WAS NOT USED for the ("space-time"/new un-named technique).
*** To add to this. Chapter 380, Madara is preventing Naruto and the gang from getting to where Sasuke is fighting Itachi. Naruto's rasengan goes right through him. I bet that Madara is using his "clone" at this point, while his real self beats the "clam looking guy" in getting to Sasuke. Thats why that guy asked how Madara moved that fast, this adds to my notion that is is NOT space time. It was the Leaf's ASSUMPTION that is was space-time.
In conclusion. I can see this technique of Madara's not being out of reach for Nartuo. Naruto could make 1 shadowclone, and make it really strong. Instead of a knife "popping" the clone, it could just go through it.
Following Madara's movements:
(Image 1) He approaches Sasuke, then in a quick instant he is standing behind the tree. (Image 2) Deidra then drops his clay-bird explosion onto Sasuke. In the frame, where the point of view is from above, you can see a shadow moving to the left.
(Image 3) Deidra and Madara are standing next to eachother, Deidra landed next to him.
(Image 4) Sasuke slices through Madara and is shocked.
What I Noticed:
(Image 1) The path of dust leads away from Sasuke towards the tree Madara went to. (Image 2) The shadow moving to the left goes in a different direction that Madara went.
* This is when Madara used a Shadow replacement technique of some sort. If you think the shadow is because of Deidra's birds, then Madara could have moved himself by his shadow along it. Think of Shikamaru, and using the shadows of other objects to move his own shadow. This is what would explain how Sasuke sliced through Madara. The reason Sasuke was surprised is because he wasn't using Sharringan at the time.
**Also note that Sasuke would have noticed the sharringan being used by Obito/Madara, because Madara was facing him. This means that the sharringan WAS NOT USED for the ("space-time"/new un-named technique).
*** To add to this. Chapter 380, Madara is preventing Naruto and the gang from getting to where Sasuke is fighting Itachi. Naruto's rasengan goes right through him. I bet that Madara is using his "clone" at this point, while his real self beats the "clam looking guy" in getting to Sasuke. Thats why that guy asked how Madara moved that fast, this adds to my notion that is is NOT space time. It was the Leaf's ASSUMPTION that is was space-time.
In conclusion. I can see this technique of Madara's not being out of reach for Nartuo. Naruto could make 1 shadowclone, and make it really strong. Instead of a knife "popping" the clone, it could just go through it.