Using anime as a retort is laughable at best, and it’s clear that he used susano’o flames because the obvious flames being emitted from his body. Something that gaikido cannot do. And there wasn’t even a barrier either, so how can you argu that when the laser beams went right passed Madara too?Except that he didn't use full Susanoo there, it's not even confirmed if that's Susanoo's shroud, in anime it's just ordinary chakra. You still didn't prove what else Madara used there if not Preta. Hand argument is laughable at best. Preta path corspe was raising both hands while creating barrier, I guess he was using different jutsu then?
Gaikido has used one hand, two hands, and no hands to absorb chakra or ninjutsu from his opponents. Edo Madara on the other hand has not. He can’t even absorb chakra from Lee’s cloak but Nagato can.
Wrong. He needed to remain connected to the jyubi to control its power. Saying that he didn’t want to is not only a bad speculation but it doesn’t make sense if the goal was to remain connected to the jyubi to fight against the SA that were trying to disconnect them from the jyubi in the first place.Yes Madara didn't react to Lee. He did not fail to absorb anything, he simply didn't try because he didn't react period.