Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20190907005521/@comment-38812954-20190926110130

"? Nagato sees and witnesses what the Pains are doing, but it's pretty obvious based on the fact that none of them showed any Pain that Nagato isn't feeling Pain."

Yes, 'The pains are literally extensions of nagato the only senses they don't share are feeling, smell and taste. But it's not like dead bodies needed to eat."

"Also, if Nagato was affected by Frog Song then he'd be unable to control the other Pains, so no he wasn't affected by it. Only the Pain bodies were."

It's either this. The rinnegan is a shield vs the most powerful genjutsu ever that no other genjutsu can compare to. With that said. He probably dispelled it. Or, after a while it wore off as the frogs stopped singing but the effect of taking down the said pains physically still remained or as one user said konan snapped him out of it.