Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20190907005521/@comment-31338621-20191003030929

Halcyonite wrote: It’s not that the 4 tails couldn’t be blown back, it’s that it turned the force of the Shinra Tensei against Deva.

Totsuka can also be repelled and dissipated by Shinra Tensei since its an ethereal sword, and Itachi using a smokescreen feint would be difficult due to the shared vision of the paths.

At the moment I'm not looking at the chapter, but I'm pretty sure the reason Shinra Tensei was turned back on Deva was due to the fact 4 tails withstood it.

It being etheral doesn't mean it can be repelled. If Nagato could repel it, why didn't he vs it before he got sealed?