Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1930928-20200816130234

Due to the multitude of Neji Hyūga vs Rock Lee swirling around the internet, one answer seems to be the de-facto mic drop, the Eight Gates beats everything. Well, this make sense, considering what we've seen it do. But! When you think about it, the Eight Gates has many glaring weaknesses. For example the damage it does to the body, short usage duration, death etc etc. I believe there is one more glaring weakness to the Eight Gate and would like to discuss this with you all.

Eight Gates:Are eight specific tenketsu along the chakra pathway system.

This got me thinking, what would happen if a gentle fist user were to close one of these tenketsu? What would happen to the eight gates technique? So I started looking into the mechanics of how the technique is supposed to work. From what I could surmise, it's basically a sequential building of power. So then I got to wondering what would happen if an someone opens all the up to the 5th gate and then someone else closes the 2nd gate?

This is what I think would happen.

Eight Gates vs Gentle Fist Scenario 1 The eight gates have been opened up to the 5th gate and a gentle fist user comes along and closes the 2nd gate. At that point the 4th and 5th gates should cannot be accessed, essentially limiting the eight gates user to only the 1st gate.

Eight Gates vs Gentle Fist Scenario 2 The eight gates and gentle fist users square off again, this time the gentle fist just goes for the 1st gate. GG! No eight gates for you!

The way I see it the gentle fist is a hard counter to the eight gates, which was already a glass cannon by itself. So what do you think, am I onto something? 