Yes, that’s definitely a fragment from a better Shikamaru vs...; on the other hand, I don’t remember that battle too well, wasn’t the immortality thing an actual immortality? So by your reasoning above Shikamaru couldn’t’ve won (since it was a ninjutsu/kinjutsu).
It might have been possible to nonfatally restrain him, such as by cutting him into small pieces and tying the pieces up, and then calling for backup from someone who knows sealing jutsu.
Yes, that’s definitely a fragment from a better Shikamaru vs...; on the other hand, I don’t remember that battle too well, wasn’t the immortality thing an actual immortality? So by your reasoning above Shikamaru couldn’t’ve won (since it was a ninjutsu/kinjutsu).
It might have been possible to nonfatally restrain him, such as by cutting him into small pieces and tying the pieces up, and then calling for backup from someone who knows sealing jutsu.