Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36006024-20180727165341/@comment-6769189-20180808061641

The Rasengan was kinda in his face after the shards of his mask broken away. The force of the impact itself most likely pushed obito away from Naruto, considering they were both midair at the time, but even that would have killed most other people. There is a buncha stuff between Obito getting hit and them revealing it was Obito that we didnt see.

Bear in mind Naruto also didnt have to to prepare anything other than a Rasengan to attack Obito with, and since the Rasengan wouldnt do much with a body shot, may as well make his head a vulnerable target.