The core misunderstanding surrounding Thin Ice Breaker stems from confusing an environmental attack with an instantaneous coordinate strike. When Uro or Yuta executes Thin Ice Breaker, they physically strike the folded atmosphere. That strike generates a concussive shockwave. While that shockwave shatters the distorted pocket of space, the resulting force must still travel across the gap separating that folded pocket from the target's physical flesh.
Because the shockwave possesses kinetic energy, speed, and directional trajectory, Gojo's automated Infinity filter detects it instantly. The moment the percussive fracture travels toward Gojo's skin, it enters the infinite division of space. The shattered sky effect slows down infinitely, suspended centimeters away from Gojo's body just like Jogo's flames, Hanami's wooden spikes, or Miguel's punches.
Uro cannot fold the space that exists *inside* Gojo's body. Her technique requires her to physically grab and distort the ambient sky in front of her. Even if she grabs the space directly adjacent to Gojo's neutral barrier, the rupture itself must propagate inward. The Limitless divides that inward propagation infinitely. The ice breaks, but the shards never reach the skin.
| Technique & User | Operational Mechanism | Target of the Attack | Can It Bypass Neutral Infinity? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin Ice Breaker(Takako Uro / Yuta Okkotsu) | Folds ambient atmosphere like a surface and strikes it, generating a concussive spatial shockwave. | The manipulated surface of the surrounding sky. | No. The concussive shockwave still travels across distance and is trapped by infinite division. |
| World Cutting Slash(Ryomen Sukuna) | Extends the target of Dismantle beyond the opponent to the entire coordinate axis and fabric of existence. | Space itself, the world, and reality containing the target. | Yes. Does not travel across the intervening space; it severs the continuum where Infinity resides. |
| Standard Dismantle / Cleave(Ryomen Sukuna) | Fires flying blades of cursed energy or cuts upon physical contact. | The physical body of the opponent. | No. Blocked by neutral Infinity during the Shinjuku Showdown until altered by Mahoraga's model. |
| Domain Amplification Strike(Various Users) | Coats the user's body in an empty domain barrier to absorb and neutralize the opponent's technique. | The opponent's active cursed technique layer. | Yes. Temporarily neutralizes Infinity upon contact, though innate techniques cannot be used simultaneously. |
