Dont really see how he protected himself. In the end all I saw was minato and his clone getting roundhouse kicked. He still took the attack from Juubito..
Lol then you need some glasses then xD
Ok i'll explain the B+A = BA
1- On the first pic, he turned himself from the opposite direction of Jubito because he noticed Jubito traversed from the ground to attack his son behind him, and then proceeded to use the handseal to try to save his son(again not looking at Jubito's lower body in this case)
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2- On this second pic though, notice the direction that take Minato's eyes when we see Jubito's kick(left direction). It's to show that while he was still not looking at Jubito(you can see the handseal), he noticed the kick just before coming from his left position(represented by the exclamation mark)
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Again on the same pic, notice that his right hand is vertical(for forming the seal)
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But on this pic, his right hand turned horizontal. This is to show Minato changed the position of his hand in order to protect himself against Jubito's kick
But because of the power of the kick, he was still pushed back
It's basically what happened at that moment. If he really took the kick like you believe, i'd start to seriously question myself about Minato's clones durability when you know that this Jubito is capable to break through ribcage Susanoo with bare hands without even trying
