Thread:Omega64/@comment-33030270-20190912142431/@comment-10330822-20200829014432

Hey, been busy as usual. How have you been?

The Sharingan can't really "read memories" but it can hypnotize a person to make them give up that information. Recall how Itachi needed to have Kabuto say that signs for how to release Edo Tensei? Itachi couldn't just read his mind to find the signs, that's not really how the Sharingan works.

In reality, the Sharingan allows the user to control the chakra in the brain, that's how they use genjutsu to trick the mind and can hypnotize a person to give up information. And yeah, theoretically they should be able to get information out of Amado this way, but there's also the problem that certain safe guards using genjutsu can be placed to prevent that kind of hypnosis. If it doesn't work than there is a possibilty Amado won't trust them and be less forthcoming with his information. There's also the tricky part in that its never really explained how much information is readily given under hypnosis. What kind of questions need to be asked? Is the question just stictly answered? How much detail will the hypnotized give? There are the sort of questions that make it 'iffy if you can fully interrogate someone with the Sharingan unless you have very specific questions.

Really, the way they've handled Amado is fine by me, I'm more critical why the hostage situation with Shikadai is even necessary when Naruto and Sasuke would have readily taken any information whether true or false, regardless. Especially with the toad visual projections backing up the information. Just seems like the hostage stuff was contrived and just outright unnecessary.

Also, its situations like this that echo why its stupid that Naruto didn't learn Flying Thunder God Technique, because he just could have teleported the bomb necklace right off of Shikadai's neck.