Thread:Berserkchart486/@comment-25152698-20160122201512/@comment-25152698-20160126014412

Are you confused by how the needles did not directly lead the "clone" to erupt into a log?

From my most recent post:

He had been fighting back a certain urge, suspending chakra to maintain a specific form.

So, depending on the amount of chakra used, the form can be stressed for a longer period of time, to work toward the shinobi's benefit. This is seen initially during the bell test when Sasuke heaves several shuriken into Kakashi, who bleeds out, falls back, and then poofs after he has secured a position for himself, and again, by Sasuke himself, when Temari drills through his airborne frame with a dozen kunai. Here, Sasuke does not replace himself after he has fallen to the ground from a long drop, and even afterwards, he stays there, waiting for Temari to approach him, so as to hand himself an advantage.

Those were the two sources I checked before I made my post, because I wanted to see whether or not a "clone" was capable of bleeding, which they are. But, if you reallllllly want, I suppose I can go fishing out for more canon examples where the "clone" of the log is capable of taking a lot of damage before it disperses.

Oh, and I'm sure it should account to something that this is Shibui's most well versed technique, one that he has mastered to another level, no? But either way, chat timings are always off for me; I find it best, for the both of us, if we continue with our discussion here, unless of course, you reallllllly want me to come on chat, then I suppose I can try and inch some meeting in sometime tomorrow afternoon.