Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-3261234-20150827133541/@comment-4646462-20150827163041

Well, it's good for an IT user to gradually submit their victims to their dreams so that they don't get any idea that something is wrong. Despite being immobilized and tied to the Tree's life energy, they still have free will.

Also Naruto's clones have fallen to the technique. Maybe they dissipated and the experience of the technique that the original Naruto learned from them is what caused him to react.

Also, did they need to draw Madara that way? Usually you see that kind of distorted look in a fast-paced animation scene.