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Because, if it’s the same soul basically being reborn over and over…how
exactly were Madara and Sasuke able to be alive at the same time?

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How does the reincarnation thing work exactly?


The official translation uses the word: “vessel”

As Naruto pointed out after the whole reincarnation scenario was presented to
him, he was Naruto, and not Asura, which was true. Rather, he was a vessel for
Asura, or at least the essence, or the will of Asura. So, he will have the
will, and by extension, the same fate as the originals and the reincarnations
before him. (although Naruto does break the cycle)

After this, Masashi gets a little bit vague as to what this actually does for
our heroes. He implies that the reincarnations are imbued with the power of
the originals, although this is never stated outright.

As to how Madara and Sasuke could both be inheritors at the same time, once
Madara uses the Rinne Rebirth on himself, he doesn’t actually become a vessel
for Indra once again, but rather is already powerful from when he was. As
Kabuto stated, he is a copy of when he was in his prime, and that Madara did
have the soul of Indra within him. So, even if he wasn’t necessarily a vessel
during the war, he was very like his former, vessel self, they don’t both have
Indra residing within them.


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