Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31477926-20170702121758/@comment-7292165-20170819140252

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Orochimaru's attacks didn't bypass the Susanoo.(I don't remember YM scene so probably you are right) yeah I know. But don't you think burden of proof is on author? Shouldn't he be the one to show the limits of YM? Or its possible the sickness were backlash of the powerful ability, something which he could have explored in main series? I am pretty sure we could give YM and totsuka blade similar position as Kotoamatsukami(which again has similar dubious reputation). That doesn't matter. It shouldn't have bypassed the shield based on its hyped statement.

The burden of proof is on the author. But, believing in a statement that didn't live up to its hype is just as much of a burden because your basically jumping the gun when there was plenty of opportunities for it to be used. At least the Koto has actually displayed high feats like breaking Itachi from Kabuto's control. Has been said to be used to control Yagura in the manga, not just the Databook.

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: And if someone(*cough Itachi) didn't live long enough to show them, not my fault. The problem is, he had plenty of time to use that almighty powerful Yata Mirror in the war, like against Kabuto. We could have let it slide against Sasuke, but there is no excuse for him not using it against Kabuto.