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Was it ever explained why Jiraiya wasn't brought back via Edo Tensei when just
about every other powerful ninja in history was?

From my understanding, the summoner only needs a good bit of genetic material
to bring someone back and Jiraiya's body was intact when he died.


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Why wasn't Jiraiya brought back with Edo Tensei?


The point is quite simple.

> In order to perform Edo Tensei you need a sample of DNA of the deceased. If
> you remember how Jiraiya died, he's been in the depth of the water and it's
> not feasible to recover him.

And indeed in this Wiki on [Edo
Tensei](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation),
it is stated that

> Kabuto wanted to reincarnate him, but his _"body lies at the bottom of the
> ocean where the water pressure is too great to reach. However, he claimed
> that the bloodstains on the Six Paths of Pain's weapons may provide enough
> DNA."_  
>  
>  He wanted to reincarnate Shisui Uchiha too, but he _"could not find his
> body, though he suggested that Shisui's crushed eye, which is in Tobi's
> possession, may be sufficient. Later, after learning that Shisui's other eye
> was on the battlefield, he seemed excited at the prospect of obtaining it.
> However, Itachi incinerated it."_

If you're reading the Manga, the fact about Jiraiya is stated in the Volume
55, Chapter 520, page 14, so you can read if you got there:

> Kabuto: Unfortunately, I had no luck finding Uchiha Shisui's corpse, and
> Jiraiya's body rests deep in the ocean, below unfathomable depths. Though
> Danzou's right eye and the Six Paths of Pain's weapons should still carry
> their DNA...

So, that's a pretty simple but fundamental requirement.


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