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Kabuto was able to revive almost all high grade shinobi figures. But I was
just curious to know why Kabuto didn't revive Kakashi's father.

Kakashi's father, known as Konoha's White Fang, was a renowned, high ranking
Konohagakure shinobi. Did Masashi Kishimoto intentionally avoid his ET or was
there any specific reason for which Kabuto was unable to revive him?

I am asking this question mainly because Kakashi's father was **mentioned** in
many episodes. He was responsible for killing Sasori's parents, which earned
him Chiyo's hatred. He was also responsible for Konoha's mission failure for
which he took a grave step of committing suicide.

ET's characters like [**Pakura**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Pakura),
[**Chukichi**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABkichi), etc, got
resurrected. Although they were not mentioned until the Fourth Shinobi Arc
started, their ET were given more importance than Kakashi's father.


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Why wasn't Hatake Sakumo (Kakashi's father) revived?


It wasn't mentioned anywhere. Kabuto never talked about Sakumo when showing
off or discussing his reanimations.

We can only assume:

  * They never found a body, or it was so well guarded that Kabuto couldn't get a DNA sample.
  * Kabuto was sure of his victory even without Sakumo's DNA, or waited for a right moment to pull him out as a trump card.
  * Kabuto is an idiot. (He is, what the hell did he think was going to happen when he revived Madara?!).


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Sakumo's body was never found like uchiha shisui who committed sucide thats
the reason why kabuto coudn't revive sakumo and shisui.


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Sakumo's body might not have been found by Kabuto, we also know he killed
himself so his body could have been damaged badly.


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The theory that Sakumo's body was well-guarded in Konoha doesn't hold merit.
Kabuto was able to obtain Sarutobi Asuma and Dan's DNA to resurrect them, what
makes you think he couldn't have gotten Sakumo's?

Also, to the one who said Sakumo was not skilled enough... let's not forget
that he was on Sannin level. Unlike Kakashi, he did not need a borrowed
Sharingan to kick butt.

My guess is Kichi forgot about Sakumo.


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