{"id":4433,"date":"2022-10-15T22:11:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2022-10-15T22:11:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:11:51","slug":"what-was-the-purpose-of-kakashi-using-edo-tensei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/what-was-the-purpose-of-kakashi-using-edo-tensei\/","title":{"rendered":"What Was the Purpose of Kakashi Using Edo Tensei? The Real Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been confusion about Kakashi using Edo Tensei in Naruto. We&#8217;ll be clearing the whole concept in this article. So let&#8217;s start with the basic question.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor: pointer\">Contents Overview<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #79d11b;color:#79d11b\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #79d11b;color:#79d11b\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/what-was-the-purpose-of-kakashi-using-edo-tensei\/#What_is_Edo_Tensei_in_Naruto\" title=\"What is Edo Tensei in Naruto?\">What is Edo Tensei in Naruto?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/what-was-the-purpose-of-kakashi-using-edo-tensei\/#What_Was_the_Purpose_of_Kakashi_Using_Edo_Tensei\" title=\"What Was the Purpose of Kakashi Using Edo Tensei?\">What Was the Purpose of Kakashi Using Edo Tensei?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/what-was-the-purpose-of-kakashi-using-edo-tensei\/#Is_Edo_Tensei_the_same_as_reanimation\" title=\"Is Edo Tensei the same as reanimation?\">Is Edo Tensei the same as reanimation?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Edo_Tensei_in_Naruto\"><\/span><strong>What is Edo Tensei in Naruto?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Edo Tensei is a martial art that connects the soul of a dead person to a living body, allowing them to operate from the body as they were in the final seconds before death.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Was_the_Purpose_of_Kakashi_Using_Edo_Tensei\"><\/span><strong>What Was the Purpose of Kakashi Using Edo Tensei?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kakashi actually never used Edo Tensei, but he did die and was revived by Nagato who used <strong>Rinne Rebirth Jutsu<\/strong>\u00a0to revive everyone who was killed during the Pain invasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1984\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Naruto-Meets-Nagato.webp\" alt=\"What Was the Purpose of Kakashi Using Edo Tensei?\" width=\"802\" height=\"431\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Naruto-Meets-Nagato.webp 802w, https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Naruto-Meets-Nagato-300x161.webp 300w, https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Naruto-Meets-Nagato-768x413.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naruto talking to Nagato, which influenced Nagato to use Rinne Rebirth and bring deceased Ninjas back to life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kakashi\u2019s death did serve a purpose that he was able to get a huge burden off of his chest of <a href=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/what-happened-to-kakashis-mom\/\">telling his father<\/a> <strong>Sakumo Hatake<\/strong> that he was proud of him, which made his father\u2019s soul pass onto the next world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other users of Edo Tensei are Tobirama who created the jutsu. The others include Orochimaru and Kabuto, who used it for their personal reasons which was mainly destruction but Orochimaru also used it to help Sasuke in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This also brings up another question.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Edo_Tensei_the_same_as_reanimation\"><\/span><strong>Is Edo Tensei the same as reanimation?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/naruto.fandom.com\/wiki\/Summoning:_Impure_World_Reincarnation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edo Tensei<\/a> is similar to reanimation jutsu in many ways, but the reanimated ninja does not generally die from their injuries. They can simply bear multiple injuries, cuts, and body damage and can regenerate their body instead of passing away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended: <a title=\"Here\u2019s The REAL Reason Why Kakashi Killed Rin [Busting Myths]\" href=\"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/why-did-kakashi-kill-rin\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Here\u2019s The REAL Reason Why Kakashi Killed Rin [Busting Myths]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been confusion about Kakashi using Edo Tensei in Naruto. We&#8217;ll be clearing the whole concept in this article. So let&#8217;s start with the basic question. What is Edo Tensei in Naruto? The Edo Tensei is a martial art that connects the soul of a dead person to a living body, allowing them to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[2,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narutoexplained.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}