Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31477926-20170702121758/@comment-30323490-20170822190851

If it wasn't used to block Kirin, than the only time he used it was when he tanked the explosive kunai and when Orochimaru's snakes tried to headbutt the Susanoo. The YM wasn't actually needed in this cases if you think about it. I mean c'mon, the Susanoo is ridiculously tough.Even the skeleton version is crazy resisted, and Itachi used the armored version. He could've easily tanked these attacks without the YM. The only exception might've been Kirin.