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During the Great War, Kabuto resurrects a lot of very, very powerful shinobi
(Madara or Hashirama the 1st, e.g.). However, he doesn't bring someone as
powerful and impactful as Jiraiya.

My girlfriend pointed this out a few days ago and since now, I wasn't able to
find a reason. I see that this _Edo Tensei no Jutsu_ brings up some questions
([about more Uchiha's](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/38187/why-is-
there-no-reanimated-uchiha-fighting-in-fourth-shinobi-war) or even
[Orochimaru](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4955/why-didnt-couldnt-
kabuto-bring-orochimaru-back)) on the table, but it seems that everyone forgot
Jiraiya in this equation.

Why didn't Kabuto resurrect Jiraiya during the Great War?


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Why didn't Kabuto resurrect Jiraiya during the Great War?


Actually, this case of Jiraiya's resurrection had been brought up by Kabuto
while discussing the secrets of the Edo Tensei with Obito. He had also
mentioned about Shisui Uchiha.

The reason as to why Jiraiya _couldn't be_ revived according to [Naruto
Wikia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jiraiya):

> When the Fourth Shinobi World War starts, Kabuto Yakushi expresses interest
> in reincarnating Jiraiya to have him fight for Akatsuki, but unfortunately
> is unable to reach him **as his body rests in the lower depths of the sea**.

But in the manga, Kabuto expresses that he could obtain enough DNA (to revive
Jiraiya) from the weapons used by the Paths in their fight against Jiraiya.
But Obito comments not to push his luck, as reviving Jiraiya, as well as
Shisui, could be overkill.

_Naruto_ chapter 520, page 14:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JSClK.jpg)


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There was not much left of him.

When Tsunade was explaining the circumstances to Naruto when he returned from
a mission, he wanted to bring the body back. However, because of Konans'
explosion jutsu and the dangers of going to retrieve it and the boiling oil
jutsu he himself used, there wasn't much left to salvage and bring back to the
Hidden Leaf.

Kabuto would have had even less time as the remains were decomposing by the
time he realized Jiraya was indeed dead.


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The anime episode that refers to why Jiraiya Sensei couldn't be used for the
reanimation, is episode 264 of Shippuden, in season 5. The explanation of
starts around 17 minutes of the episode.


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