Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150518115443/@comment-3568954-20150615035034

LoneNinja

Orochimaru only survived because of his body shedding technique

the databooks do not contradict anything the databooks originally said that the only known method to gain the susanoo was tsukoyomi and amaterasu it was retconned later on thats not a contradiction its simply all the information that was released up until that point

Jiraiya survived the 4 tails with out having to resort to some random jutsu where in orochimaru only survived because of his body shedding technique had he not had that technique he would have died as he got chopped in half You can disregard the datebooks all you like, it doesn't change the fact that Kishimoto considered them canon and as such fact