Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32466165-20170722022140/@comment-25122992-20170803194046

C`mon, you must realise that the databook uses a lot of hyperboles and metaphors that shouldn't be understood literally. Amaterasu is the most obvious example, since had it been literally as hot as son, it would've incernated all the materials almost instantly, while it was clearly shown to burn pretty slowly, slowly enough for the victim to get rid of the burning part of their body.

Susanoo has never even been attempted so be absorbed, Nagato didn't try it (Itachi's attack was a surprise attack he didn't notice), Kabuto doesn't even possess the absorption abilities and Amaterasu was absorbed at least once by Kaguya. Plus Amaterasu was nulified by Obito's TSBs twise, so it's clearly a ninjutsu made out of chakra (physical attacks cannot be nulified).

Besides, if Susanoo was a living being, then it would be able to act indepentently from the user (the same way as Naruto's Kyubi chakra cloak reacted on the danger even if Naruto himself didn't), while all its actions are clearly controlled by the user.