User blog comment:Njalm2/The Beauty of Genjutsu/@comment-3087943-20130607230241/@comment-3087943-20130902142104

Do you even read the basic components of my comment, or is it just that you lack skills of comprehension? As I said before, the fact that the way in which one's intellect functions can be manipulated was never in dispute:

''Now, it would appear from my previous statements that I have said that it is impossible to put someone in a trance by the use of genjutsu. This is not so! Of course it is possible, as evidenced by the Temple of Nirvana technique and numerous others falling into the category of sleep-inducing genjutsu. However, those genjutsu are entirely different, and since I know you are intelligent enough to know why, I'll leave the explanation unsaid.''

I merely stated that if you want to achieve the optimal results of a genjutsu which derives its effectiveness from the causation of shock in its victims, placing the victims in a trance or dream-like state is counterproductive. If you reduce the ability of someone to think intelligently, if you turn his brain to metaphorical treacle, you reduce his capacity to perceive and comprehend stimuli with which he may come into contact. If you do that, then the whole point of showing someone false surroundings becomes void, because you show someone those false surroundings in the first place to manipulate them into arriving at a logical, but incorrect, conclusion.