Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34656247-20180714075601/@comment-34194151-20180716212943

@ Jason

While this is a ficitonal universe, even Kishimoto manages to keep physics in perspective most of the time when its applicable and he isn't writing lazily. Jiraiya's sound genjutsu was extremely effective against Pain for example because he was using it in an enclosed space which could also then travel into pipes. Kabuto is optimized for cave fighting, its no coincidence he choose to stay in a cave as a hideout, it helped optimize his abilities and gave him multiple tactical advantages. I'm not yet convinced that in an open terrain, the sound of the Sage Art White rage technique (which is what actually causes the paralysis ) will be amplified enough, as in a cave sound is known to be amplified due to resonance and increased echoing. While the jutsu would still be useful, it won't restrain the sannin as bad it as it would have in a cave.

Wind techniqes, such as the one used by Temari, have been shown to drown out Tayuya's flute sound, part of that was because they were in a forest, and so the wind generated lots of sound due to the air colliding with the trees, but also because her wind was blowing back the air coming from temari's flute. In an open terrain, ma and pa wind style + fire style from gamabunata will be loud enough to stop the Sannin from hearing Kabuto's flute.