How was it possible to summon Sasori with Edo Tensei?


As we know, Sasori has

> turned his body into a puppet, with a small "core of living flesh" being the
> only living part of it: ![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BGW3J.png)

[This question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/612/at-which-age-
are-ninjas-revived-with-edo-tensei) also states that when summoned by Edo
Tensei,

> the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical
> limitations they received during their lifetime.

Obviously, Sasori would fall under someone who had suffered some
physical...limitations. We know that

> after being brought back by Edo Tensei, Sasori eventually was released, and
> vanished like any other summoned shinobi (of flesh and bones), so it clearly
> wasn't another puppet: ![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0mDxT.jpg)

So how was Kabuto able to summon Sasori? If the reincarnation retains body
damage, wouldn't he only be able to reincarnate Sasori's "Living Core"? I
doubt that the process of "enchanting", which Kabuto can perform, involves re-
making the whole body.




Although the Wiki does says that

> the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical
> limitations they received during their lifetime1

it also says that

> Kabuto can also **modify his summoned fighters** (...). While the technique
> usually reincarnates the deceased at the exact state they were in at the
> time of their deaths, Kabuto noted that he brought Madara back in a state
> that was "beyond his prime" and was **reincarnated much younger than when he
> died** an old man as well as **instilling him with abilities he had acquired
> in his old age**.

The best explanation (I can come up with) for this is that he was reincarnated
into an earlier body, maintaining the abilities and memories acquired until
the time of his death, much like Madara's reincarnation 2. Although I don't
think he needs to re-make the bodies of the summoned, if it meant that, it was
already proven that he could do it (it was made with Madara), so it would also
be possible to make it with Sasori.

* * *

1 This piece of data is stated in the
[Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation),
but I do not recall if it was referenced in any manga chapter, so bear that in
mind.  
2 _Naruto_ chapter 560, page 3. Kabuto explains Madara that he brought him
_beyond his prime_.




Although the Wiki does says that

> the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical
> limitations they received during their lifetime1

it also says that

> Kabuto can also **modify his summoned fighters** (...). While the technique
> usually reincarnates the deceased at the exact state they were in at the
> time of their deaths, Kabuto noted that he brought Madara back in a state
> that was "beyond his prime" and was **reincarnated much younger than when he
> died** an old man as well as **instilling him with abilities he had acquired
> in his old age**.

The best explanation (I can come up with) for this is that he was reincarnated
into an earlier body, maintaining the abilities and memories acquired until
the time of his death, much like Madara's reincarnation 2. Although I don't
think he needs to re-make the bodies of the summoned, if it meant that, it was
already proven that he could do it (it was made with Madara), so it would also
be possible to make it with Sasori.

* * *

1 This piece of data is stated in the
[Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation),
but I do not recall if it was referenced in any manga chapter, so bear that in
mind.  
2 _Naruto_ chapter 560, page 3. Kabuto explains Madara that he brought him
_beyond his prime_.

