Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33308438-20180614101055/@comment-34194151-20180711000638

I don't understand why people use the anime as their source of feats. The animators often take liberties with their depiction. In the manga, the Yata Mirror very clearly expanded in size to block the snakes. The shield also blocked paper bombs. Admittedly, these aren't particularly impressive attacks, but the Yata Mirror is never seen again, so you can't just use bias and assume what the Yata Mirror's upper limit is all on your own. All the descriptions say that the Yata Mirror uses the chakra natures in order to counter spiritual and physical attacks, whether its paper bombs, kunai, or snakes, for fireball jutsu it doesn't say anything about only being able to counter elemental techniques, that is headcanon.