Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27924662-20160817160245/@comment-25122992-20160824141755

Ajr1218 wrote: Why is this discussion so long?

Rinnegan is the only thing immune to IT. End of story.

...oh, and Black Zetsu as well. Obito was kinda presumed dead at that point anyways, and he was attached to BZ, so he didn't get hit with it. Here's just an argument about Sasuke being immune to IT without Susanoo (i.e. via his Rinnegan alone) or Susanoo being a necessary component of IT protection even for him.