Gouging the Earth? Is that what you're referring to? Because that does not mean that it obliterates everything beneath the Earth. We've actually seen Atsugai used in the manga, and there wasn't some enormous crater to my knowledge.
Doesn't have to form a perfect crater to gouge the earth, merely stating what the DB says lol, the ground in the dead forest was sketchy and dry, doesn't HLM turn the ground into sand? Should be reachable by atsugai.
I never stated that he can't use them within his body. What I stated was that he cannot use them initially when they are still embedded in his back. He still needs to unstitch and maneuver them into position to fire, all of which he is not doing before 1 Thousand Snakes goes off and Oro goes under ground. Worst case scenario? Substitute 1 Thousand Snakes in for a Rashoman Gate. Same effect.
What? When they are in his back that counts as being in his body my man, no reason he can't turn around and fire just like he used them when they were in his body later on in the manga, or he adjusts their placement within his body as again they can be move around via the threads. Rashoman works, however you seem to think Kakuzu won't ambush Oro here despite him doing so when Kakashi with 3T took his eyes off him, if Oro goes after Hidan Kakuzu grabs him with threads here.
I have no idea where people get this idea that C0 barely touched Manda, lol. Sasuke used Manda to tank the fatal blast that way. Kakuzu's Katon isn't going to even get close to matching that much power.
:lol if Manda could have tanked the full blast Sasuke would have had absolutely no reason to re-summon away from the blast, he could have just sat there and tanked it. He reversed summoned, but was hit by the blast just before he left now tell me is it worse to be struck by the blast for a long period of time? Or merely a fraction of a second? Not to mention it was all force, as I've already shown you Manda was stressing Jiraiya's Katon so Kakuzu is most surely dealing damage you can't argue that.
No idea why you think bold is true or even a counter. None of that prevents Manda from just shedding and going underground. From there, Manda just grabs Kakuzu from underground when he resurfaces. Kakuzu gets no opportunity to attempt that same move.
Domu breaks Manda's teeth, and he can than use jutsu from Manda's softer insides :lol if Manda goes for digestion its an easier win than previously thought, however Kakuzu's not just going to sit there when he realizes Manda has gone underground and again a giant snake going underground is clearly able to be felt from the surface, I may have been wrong about Oro because he uses HLM but Manda most certainly doesn't. You're also forgetting Tsunade was able to intercept Manda holding a giant sword from a good distance away, Kakuzu has absolutely zero problems with Manda.
Love how you say this as if Kishi stated Hidan's Ritual works on literally any living thing.
Kishi states it needs blood, never human blood simply blood. Jashin is the way of spreading pain and destruction why this would only stop at humans is again a speculation made only by you.
Lol, what? What are you basing this off of in the manga? Hiding Mole caught Itachi off guard with the Sharingan activated. Itachi. Orochimaru is absolutely hidden while underground, and you have no evidence supporting Hidan would be able to know that much less react to it.
No it didn't, 30% Itachi reacted just fine to it so basically please stop this terrible argument the moment Oro appeares above ground he's grabbed by Kakuzu's threads :lol before he gets a chance to "bisect" Hidan with just his neck muscles :lol.
