Originally posted by: xanbcoo
Originally posted by: Aeon
Back in the hospital scene prior to the main matches, shika put gaara in a kage mane, and what happened when naruto punched gaara in the face? shika reeled back as well.
His tech has always been a weird one to figure out every since that scene, like when he went up against Kin and knocked her out by making her hit the wall. He should've been knocked out also or when he was going to kill the Sound ninja's that were chasing them, would that have meant him dying also?

The stupid brothers are only as strong as the Sannin in brute strength, that doesn't mean they can take them in a fight.
I think it's only the motions of the ones he's holding that Shikamaru is affected by. Like when he reeled back from the punch. It's like if the other person was tripped, he'd probably be tripped too. But if the other person was stabbed or killed, I don't think he'd feel it, just go through the motions of getting stabbed. Just a guess.

oh, and, sannin level?? I'm glad I stopped watching. I'd be pissed too.
My interpretation of the kin fight is this:

Shika released the kage mane just before kin hit the wall. This explains the practicality of the shuriken he threw. It would be easy to just lean back and hit the wall regardless, but in order to have kin follow through with the lean even after the moment she is freed from the kage mane, he needed something else to keep her attention.