Whheewww, I can't believe you really went and made a topic Mei after we talked about this xD Even though I said it was possible, but I wouldn't.
I really don't feel like posting links and getting technical again. I mean, sure, there is a trait claimed on the wikia. But if you look at the wikia, people have claimed fucking SWORD FIGHTING STYLES and such xD I fail to see how this is the biggest problem here.
Mei and I got into a heated, but friendly, debate about this last night. And his proof really doesn't show direct jack squat about what he wants to say.
I mean, he literally says himself that the part where they are talking about his Physical Durability on the Wikia is under PHYSICAL PROWESS and then, a paragraph and a half later, it seg-ways out of that and moves to talk about NINJUTSU and how he uses Lightning Armor. So, that alone, I don't really see what Mei is getting at xD Physical Prowess is just that, with no lightning armor being used. The Third Raikage was known for his NATURALLY thick skin. Hence the nickname the Strongest Shield.
And I'd also like to point out that there was already several heated debates about this topic back when Zojin originally claimed the ability. People from Zenaku to Raifudo, I use big names because they are smart people, had no problem with it and actually supported it. But, I guess, that is besides the point.
Now, like I said to Mei, I don't actually claim to tank a Rasenshuriken xD Not like anyone on SL really uses it besides me that one time. >_> But nonetheless, even if I couldn't, the natural durability of the Third Raikage shouldn't even be in question. Buuuttt...
Because this was made a topic of;
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/554/5That is a link that shows the Third Raikage getting struck with the Rasenshuriken.
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/554/7This link shows the aftermath. The Third Raikage no longer has his Lightning Armor up, even though it was up when the attack first struck him. Why? Because in the Naruto-Verse Wind > Lightning. So when the Rasenshuriken, which does damage on a MOLECULAR LEVEL, strikes and explodes with the Raikage attached to it, the Lightning Armor is null and void. It gets ripped to shred like paper and gives NO defense against the actual attack.
And what do we see at the aftermath of an attack that does damage on a molecular level and renders all lightning defenses useless? We don't see the Raikage having wounds reformed by paper, like an Edo Tensei would if he took damage. No, what we see is the Raikage with steam coming off his body as though he got out a really hot shower. No wounds reforming, nothing at all.
And THEN the only thing that even comes close to working against the Third Raikage, if Naruto having to make the man HIT HIMSELF with something called the STRONGEST SPEAR in an ALREADY CREATED SCAR from YEARS PRIOR.
And then you've got the Heavenly Transfer Technique, where only the Third Raikage with NO enhancements was able to travel through, basically, space and time like it was nothing. Sure, Tsunade did it with some plot armor and that super broken healing this she had. And yes, the Fourth Raikage also didn't need any Lightning Armor to teleport with the technique, but that was because of his INHERITED durability. And, if you actually look closely after he appears with Tsunade, he actually also suffered a lot of scuffs and marks along his whole body.
And hell, Mei's own link;
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/562/7Does nothing but SUPPORT the fact of his NATURAL DURABILITY >_> Not go against it.
And I feel like I need to add, here on SL, the Strongest Shield isn't a trait. When Zojin claimed it, she came up with it being a type of training you have to go through. And we all agreed with it because it was, in short, a great idea. And now, the people who have it claimed on the list are people who know not to walk around like a walking god-mod xD
I really fail to see why this is even being brought up, years later after existing. But, still xD There you go.