Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31661816-20170403165339/@comment-734582-20170405083535

Veejay2 wrote: I don't mean to offend you or come off as a hyuga prick but I spent a considerable time thinking of this theory and I'm pretty sure that if someone had planted a explosion tag near the barrier it would have weakened the roof top that is a FACT What makes you think the barrier doesn't extend underground and below the building? It would seem like a ridiculous weakness considering it contained powerful water jutsu and a small forest growing on top of a building that clearly never was made to handle that stuff.

The barrier is a cube. Breaking the building would just make the cube fall to the floor.

Veejay2 wrote: What about Genjutsu ? If the barrier can contain a spirit, what makes you think other forms of chakra can go through?

Veejay2 wrote: What about using doton shinju zanshu since it wasn't said that the barrier went underground(to my knowledge anyway) Again, considering that the building survived powerful water jutsu and Wood Release jutsu, i think it's clear it did extend below them. It wasn't shown, but i think it's clear enough that it was. I mean, we've seen Earth Release users escape underground easily, it would be a really really weak and useless jutsu if it can't contain that. And since Orochimaru knew Hiruzen has all 7 releases....

The same argument holds for when the Edo Kage and Obito use the same barrier. Would be one heck of a weak barrier if it didn't go underground. (The exposed top is necessary since in all cases, the barrier barely held under the explosions and so by leaving the top open, the pressure can escape. Flight in Naruto is rare, digging through earth is not).