Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-734582-20150720112958/@comment-734582-20150722150107

GreatestSin wrote: everything of this little feat is a plothole because it was nowhere mentioned or hinted that kamui gives the user edo-tensei-like powers... nowhere... It's not a plothole. First of all, these two are the first known in the story to have Kamui. Kakashi died once, yet his Kamui is aimed and can't be used on himself. This is the first time Obito actually died and had any chance to perform this little Jutsu.

The only thing obito says about it is "our chakras have the power to connect both worlds". Notice that Edo Tensei is a summoning (read: Space time) technique that can cross into the Impure World. Kamui is a Space Time technique too, and we learn from Obito that he can synchronize his Kamui with a different dimension and then can access it at will. In this case, this was the first chance he had, ever, to synchronize his power with this "limbo" or whatever this crossover world is. He had already synchronized his Kamui with Kaguya's dimension. Ergo, it's within the specifications of Kamui to warp back to the Real World.

Secondly, on second thought, it seems that what Obito did is not a feat of Edo Tensei, but in fact what happens if a soul inhabits a body in general. Edo Tensei is just a specific case of a Soul being forced to possess a body. Doesn't change a thing about what i previously argued, just a different way of looking at it.

So it's not a plothole. There was never an opportunity before for Obito or Kakashi to use this specific ability.

1. kamui cant become like that since it was nowhere mentioned or hinted as such This is not even an argument. Edo Tensei wasn't mentioned to work "like that" until it did either. E.g. souls being able to free themselves. Sometimes Kishimoto foreshadows things, sometimes he doesn't. Doesn't make it a plothole.

2. lack of chakra (should have happened since he was already down after returning from kaguyas dimension) Obito casually used his Kamui powers without seeming to take much chakra. Only when trying to follow Kaguya did it take ridiculous amounts. At this point, he clearly had enough chakra left to perform the jutsu. Also, he was dead, and we know from Edo Tensei that souls have unlimited chakra, so i don't even see how this is an argument too.

it doesnt matter if edo-tensei and dimension-jumping already existed... Yet it's a plothole when it's combined, even though it's already clear that the dead just reside in a different dimension which can be accessed from the living world, and that Kamui can connect to any dimension as long as it has a chance to sync to it?