Naruto Chapter 586

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Originally Posted by Y

It's really funny that there is absolutely nothing special about the genjutsu Itachi just used except that it works on somebody important. This is exactly what any genjutsu at all should be able to accomplish, and yet Itachi is sacrificing his eye (his immortal undead ghost eye) in order to trap Kabuto in it.

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I think that in order to fall for a genjutsu you must look at the caster, Izanami breaks this rule and that`s what makes it special.

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Originally Posted by UChessmaster

I think that in order to fall for a genjutsu you must look at the caster, Izanami breaks this rule and that`s what makes it special.

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This isn't remotely true. For the most hilarious counterexample, Kabuto himself just used a Genjutsu that wasn't applied by sight to attack them through Susanoo. Then he apparently forgot about it.

Also, the two frogs that helped Jiraiya against the fight with Pein used sound to trap three of the Paths in a genjutsu.

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Originally Posted by DB_Hunter

Also, the two frogs that helped Jiraiya against the fight with Pein used sound to trap three of the Paths in a genjutsu.

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Yes but to the last two people that posted above me, um.... the sharingan is an eye or vision ability it does not make sound. So it is a bigger deal if it can break the trademark rule of the sharingan. Still what is strange is not how this ability effected kabuto it's what the ability is doing. Kabuto may have been hit with it at the start of the fight?

Itachi has been known to cast genjutsu thru his fingers so it's not hard to believe that it didn't come from his eyes. When this technique gets explained I hope it isn't easy to set up....lately the sting of forbidden techniques have been really weak

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Originally Posted by toonice714

Itachi has been known to cast genjutsu thru his fingers so it's not hard to believe that it didn't come from his eyes. When this technique gets explained I hope it isn't easy to set up....lately the sting of forbidden techniques have been really weak

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Yes most likely it's done a completely different way, like a series of events that need to take place.

wouldnt that make it even worse than the typical genjutsu?

Yeah. What I'm saying is that ANYBODY who can use Genjutsu should be able to do this exact same thing. This forbidden bloodline technique is nothing more than a Genjutsu that actually works.