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When Orochimaru and the Third Hokage fight after the Chunin exam, the Third
Hokage has the Shinigami cut out part of his soul, "taking away his jutsu" by
making him lose the use of his arms. How does that work? Why does it
specifically make his arms not work? Logically, it would pull from the part
was the farthest from the chest where it was being pulled from, which would be
the feet. Why is that not what happens?


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Why does cutting out part of Orochimaru’s soul cause him to lose the use of his arms?


I've just re-watched the scene in the anime where that happened, and it looked
to me like the death god was clearly pulling on the part of Orochimaru's
spirit that controls his arms(you can see hands at the end). That just happens
to be where the death god was pulling on, and it happens to only have been
pulled out to his elbows or so.

Maybe the 3rd drew the arms out on purpose because he deemed that to be the
easiest or most effective thing to pull out first in-case he only had to
partially do the job.

There's really not much more to it than that.


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If you believe in how a soul works, then it's linked to all bodily functions.

If you were to lose the use of your legs, as long as your soul isn't damaged
you can one day use your legs regardless. In Orochimaru's case, because
Saratobi (the Third Hokage) was nearing death and was losing strength to even
hold Orochimaru's soul, and that by even using the jutsu Saratobi had ended
his own life; so, all Orochimaru needed to do was get free from his grasp to
be the victor. Thus, he aimed for Orochimaru's arms as a means to stop him
from ever using jutsu again, which would be a death sentence for him because
it would mean that he could perform whatever jutsu he uses to change bodies

Thing is, Kabuto must have came up with something to allow Orochimaru to
switch bodies and repair the damage to his soul, because even if there was
another way for Orochimaru to jump bodies, the damage to his soul would have
prevented him using his arms. I'm quite sure when he fights Naruto, and Naruto
uses the Nine-Tails' Cloak, he's using his arms (though I could be mistaken,
it's been a few months since I watched it).

As for how cutting a blob removes the use of his arms, Saratobi must have been
able to "feel out" Orochimaru's arms and pull them out. In some anime and
games, the soul has the same shape as the physical body with it being anchored
to the head and feet so when you pull from the chest it kinda looks like
you're pulling on a bow string. This could be similar; I just passed that part
off as a Kage just being awesome to begin with.


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