Originally posted by Damborgson
Yet it never displayed anything close to being able to stop what Deidara dropped on the village. It got rocked by Sakuras punches and his shell got one shot by her punches. Seriously, stop.
When he was using them as large individual blunt objects, not all of it as a shield in front of what's also a tough shield.
It's silly to think that Sakura knocking away blocks of iron sand that each only made up a part of the iron sand he had out at the time is the same as using all the iron sand he has out as part of a single shield.
And if the iron sand is knocked away by the blast? It's still absorbing huge amounts of momentum in doing so.
Nor, of course, does it have to defend a huge area like Gaara did, it all only has to protect one person. He put out enough iron sand to protect just-him in deeper thickness than Gaara's sand shield, because that one had to spread out a lot and Sasori's can be a lot narrower, but thicker.
Finally I'll note there's a large difference between a direct hit, and shockwaves that have to penetrate not one but multiple defenses.
Even if the shell is broken too, that still doesn't take Sasori out.
Do you not see whats wrong with your argument? You're assuming things that didn't happen on panel or the anime. Why? This is the flimsiest argument I've ever seen. It amounts to "He probably can. Never seen him do it but he probably can."If he didn't display it/imply it, he doesn't have it. Period.
The iron sand shield is well, well within what he's shown. So he's got that.
And that he has many other human puppets with chakra powers, outright stated.
So yea, your argument there doesn't apply here. He has those capabilities.