Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20141211121709/@comment-5407586-20141212161023

Guilherme Abe wrote: Things that I still don't understand:


 * Why did Madara bite his arm?
 * How did Madara escape from Amaterasu? Preta Path was suggested to be the cause, but Madara had just lost his Rinnegan.
 * What's the relevance of Sasuke's "Choku Tomoe" Sharingan?
 * Madara bit his arm to apparently absorb Hashirama's senjutsu chakra through the wound, since without the Rinnegan he had no access to Preta Path.
 * The Amaterasu flames apparently hit only the armor, not his body, so by pulling it out Madara was no longer in danger.
 * As Madara would mention some time later (in the manga), only he and Sasuke developed the Choku Tomoe variant of the Mangekyo Sharingan. Those with the Choku Tomoe have very fluid movements. It may also be a reference to Madara and Sasuke's unique relationship (which I will not explain in fear of spoiling to those who haven't read the manga).