Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33308438-20180614101055/@comment-9782468-20180712180741

The point is, the snakes weren't rendered ineffective. They were only physically blocked. Which anything can do, Itachi coulda just used Susanoo itself to block those snakes.

The Yata Mirror's main gimmick is that it's supposed to be able to neutralize any attack by changing its properties. But against the snakes, it only physically blocked them, not neutralize them. There's a difference.

Just like with Juubito. He could neutralize any Ninjutsu but once there was Senjutsu, he had to physically block it. And with enough power, his physical shields could be overpowered.

So the Yata Mirror is the same thing. Sure, it was used to physically block snakes, but he couldn't neutralize them since there was no element to neutralize. So with enough power, the Yata Mirror could be overpowered, so long as it isn't using an element.