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Is it necessary for, for example, Kabuto (the Edo Tensei user) to know all the
hand seals and adequate knowledge on other techniques to control and fully
utilize the reanimated person per his wish?

Or is it just a matter of "controlling a person somehow and use him"? What I
observe is even when being controlled physically, mentally the reanimated
character is reluctant (sometimes except few exceptions). Then, if the mind is
not under Edo Tensei user's control, how does controlling work?


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Does the Edo Tensei caster need to know all the hand seals to use the reanimated person?


No, it isn't needed.

Neither Kabuto nor Orochimaru can use the Wood element, they don't know and
cannot use all the Kekkei Genkai of the users they reanimated.

Controlling works by setting a goal for the reanimated person. "Kill them
all", "Fight to hold them off", "Go to that point in the battlefield". The
reanimated person will now do anything on his own to complete that goal, even
if it is against his own will.


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In order to perform any jutsu you need to perform proper handseals to
accompolish the result. Kabuto needed to know the hand seals for ET provided
he should also make himself aware of the reanimated soul's skills, too. If
these two conditions are provided, ET can perform better ( **I did say better,
not the best** ). **Remember Kabuto was recalling the skills of Nagato ET
while he confronted with Naruto, Itachi and Bee.**

ET is a forbidden jutsu and the first person to use that was Second Hokage
(Nidaime). The result was much better when Orochimaru performed it, but it
didn't give optimum result.

Kabuto's ET is kind of weird as he gave some liberty to reanimated souls. They
can think as long as the jutsu controller doesn't control their mind. In this
case they were allowed to perceive the world and react to it. Therefore (
**and this is the important part** ) if the reanimated souls motive is similar
to the person performing ET ( **in this case, I am referring to Kabuto** ),
then performer's work for controlling the souls would be less and easier as
soul's motive and performer's are same.

Kabuto's ET was scalable, too. He was sitting in the cave and visualizing the
entire war scene through Reanimated Soul.

By which I conclude that even if the mind is reluctant towards ET, their
physical movements will always be under the control of ET [ **this was the
common denominator for all ET performers (Nidaime, Orochimaru and Kabuto)** ].
Remember the Zabuza's ET where he told Kakashi that he can't control his
movements although he was barely able to think? Same goes for Asuma's ET, too.


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