Obito couldn't pick and choose body parts he sent away with Kamui

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It seems to be a common misconception even now, but Obito did not in fact have the capability of picking and choosing which parts of his body he sent to the Kamui dimension when he activated his intangibility.

Rather, when he activated the technique, his entire body became intangible and not just the parts he chose. If any object made contact with his now untouchable body while the jutsu was active, the body section was AUTOMATICALLY sent to the Kamui dimension. He did not manually remove them, they were sent away automatically.

The best example is when Obito fights Naruto, Bee, Gai and Kakashi where he attempts to teleport Naruto away but cannot because he would otherwise be taking hits from Gai's nunchucks. Another good example is when Fuu and Torume fight Obito:

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You can see here that in order to avoid damage taken from the Kunai, he activates his intangibility, thus rendering him unable to proceed with his attack on Fuu. Torume even identifies the ability as doing just that the very next page.

So please don't continue to believe Obito can manually pick and choose which body parts he sends to the Kamui dimension and which he does not at will, because he cannot. If this was already obvious to you, than I apologize for wasting your time. Thanks for reading.
 

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Thats true. Before I thought you made a thread about Do Kamui automatic or not.
There was a panel of an exchange between Obito and Madara where it was unclear if he pushed Madara away while avoiding his attack with Kamui at the same time. In the thread you are referring to, I asserted that such an action should not have been possible based on what we knew about his use of the Jutsu. I've always held to the fact he couldn't pick and choose which parts of his body he sent away.
 
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It doesn't seem to be the case here.​

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Actually it is the exact same case. I was going to reference this exact scenario too, but I thought it'd be overkill.

Put simply, his intangibility over his whole body only transports body parts overlapped by physical objects in the real world. So the only part of his body sent over is the part overlapped by Naruto's arm. This is all done automatically, of course.
 

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Actually it is the exact same case. I was going to reference this exact scenario too, but I thought it'd be overkill.

Put simply, his intangibility over his whole body only transports body parts overlapped by physical objects in the real world. So the only part of his body sent over is the part overlapped by Naruto's arm. This is all done automatically, of course.
Forget it, you're right.

Now I see a scan of his whole body becoming intangible when Bijūdama was thrown at him.​

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LOL you can show them the fourth databook, where it says that kamui is done unconsciously and they will still not believe you.


However I think he does have some control.

How does he go under ground without some control over it?

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LOL you can show them the fourth databook, where it says that kamui is done unconsciously and they will still not believe you.


However I think he does have some control.

How does he go under ground without some control over it?

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I thought a bit about this and I can only think he's able to prevent himself from falling through the ground normally. By that I mean that he would naturally fall through the ground while phasing, but he's able to stop it from happening.

Yet, he can also move upwards out of the ground as well, so perhaps he can propel himself somehow while phasing. I don't know but either way, it doesn't break the rules of the jutsu, just complicates its possible applications.
 

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To add to this, the best example was when Kid Obito tried to touch Rin Rin Rin's face. Instead of touching it, he ended up slipping through her like how Chidori did.
 
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