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I was in a discussion today with a friend of mine about the strength of the
Mangekyo Sharingan, and the question of "can the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan
affect people without direct eye contact?". We weren't certain, and lacked the
materials to get an accurate result. Could someone help answer this question?


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Can the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan affect people without direct eye contact?


I am going by the assumption that you mean, techniques that required eye
contact previously, but after obtaining the EMS (eternal mangekyou sharingan)
no longer do.

In which case, the answer would be _no_. The EMS allows users to tap into more
techniques at less chakra cost. And more importantly, without the side effect
of turning blind. But does not, for example, allow the Amaterasu to burn
people without making eye contact. All though [It does not have to be direct
eye contact](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/48039/1458).


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I'm assuming you're referring to genjutsu, since _Amaterasu_ can burn a person
even if they aren't making eye contact, and _Susano'o_ can smash a person even
if they aren't making eye contact.

The fight between Kabuto and Sasuke and Itachi in chapter 586 suggests that
**eye contact is needed to cast genjutsu** , even if it's using an Eternal
Mangekyou. During this fight, Sasuke had an Eternal Mangekyou, and Kabuto
didn't seem terribly concerned.

> Kabuto: "Since I shut off my vision, genjutsu won't work on me. I tell you
> again, you two have no chance of winning."

However, _Izanami_ can be cast on a person even without direct eye contact.
This is explained in chapter 587:

> Sasuke: "So how? How can ocular jutsu work without eyesight?"
>
> Itachi: "The Izanami is an ocular jutsu... that works with the physical
> senses of yourself and your opponents."

_Izanami_ is very special though, so this probably isn't the norm. After all,
_Izanami_ is an incredibly powerful jutsu that blinds the Sharingan that is
used to cast it. The general expectation seems to be that ocular jutsu
requires eye contact, regardless of whether the Sharingan is regular,
Mangekyou, or Eternal Mangekyou.

* * *

Though note also that Itachi can cast genjutsu [from his
finger](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ephemeral). So even without Mangekyou,
it doesn't need to be _direct_ eye contact.


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Eternal Mangekyo simply means that the backlash caused to eyesight by use of
Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan is not experienced by the user. It doesn't
affect the technique to such a degree that if visual contact was required
earlier, it won't be later on. However, a lot of techniques of mangekyo don't
require eye contact. They will remain as it is, however as user won't feel the
side effects, it gives a bit of a power boost to the technique


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I assume you referring to use Genjutsu with Sharingan, because of physical
ninjutsu did not require eye contact with the enemy to use it, like Amaterasu,
Kamui, or etc.

Of course, it can. Even without using Eternal Mangenkyou Sharingan or ordinary
Mangenkyou Sharingan Itachi can still use his Genjutsu through his finger
(<https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ephemeral>). Danzo can also use the Genjutsu
from the Shishui's Sharingan eye that he stole to manipulate people even
though the Sharingan eye always under his headband.


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