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As we know, Sasori has

> turned his body into a puppet, with a small "core of living flesh" being the
> only living part of it: ![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BGW3J.png)

[This question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/612/at-which-age-
are-ninjas-revived-with-edo-tensei) also states that when summoned by Edo
Tensei,

> the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical
> limitations they received during their lifetime.

Obviously, Sasori would fall under someone who had suffered some
physical...limitations. We know that

> after being brought back by Edo Tensei, Sasori eventually was released, and
> vanished like any other summoned shinobi (of flesh and bones), so it clearly
> wasn't another puppet: ![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0mDxT.jpg)

So how was Kabuto able to summon Sasori? If the reincarnation retains body
damage, wouldn't he only be able to reincarnate Sasori's "Living Core"? I
doubt that the process of "enchanting", which Kabuto can perform, involves re-
making the whole body.


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How was it possible to summon Sasori with Edo Tensei?


I can't find good answers but it is possible that Sasori infused his chakra
into his puppet body, and continuous usage of the body as his own, coupled
with his own memories of the human body, might have imprinted this body into
his consciousness. Well this is "mystical speculation" but it's better than a
certain funny answer I found: "Plot no Jutsu".


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Kabuto only needs small parts of a person's body to perform this jutsu, just
enough DNA to transfer the soul to a new body. You can see that Sasori's core
has some blood veins which will give kabuto the chance to obtain his DNA and
perform the jutsu. More info from the wiki on the Impure World Reincarnation
jutsu:

> To perform this technique, the user must first acquire some of the DNA of
> the person they intend to reincarnate. Kabuto remarks that this basically
> amounts to grave-robbing, although blood stains or organs salvaged after the
> target's death also work.

I also think that that wiki reference is incorrect as I haven't seen proof of
any of the resurrected ninjas displaying any of their injuries which they had
while they were alive. However this can also be because when they are under
this jutsu they are essentially immortal, regenerate quickly, have near-
unlimited chakra and regrow limbs.


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Although the Wiki does says that

> the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical
> limitations they received during their lifetime1

it also says that

> Kabuto can also **modify his summoned fighters** (...). While the technique
> usually reincarnates the deceased at the exact state they were in at the
> time of their deaths, Kabuto noted that he brought Madara back in a state
> that was "beyond his prime" and was **reincarnated much younger than when he
> died** an old man as well as **instilling him with abilities he had acquired
> in his old age**.

The best explanation (I can come up with) for this is that he was reincarnated
into an earlier body, maintaining the abilities and memories acquired until
the time of his death, much like Madara's reincarnation 2. Although I don't
think he needs to re-make the bodies of the summoned, if it meant that, it was
already proven that he could do it (it was made with Madara), so it would also
be possible to make it with Sasori.

* * *

1 This piece of data is stated in the
[Wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning%3a_Impure_World_Reincarnation),
but I do not recall if it was referenced in any manga chapter, so bear that in
mind.  
2 _Naruto_ chapter 560, page 3. Kabuto explains Madara that he brought him
_beyond his prime_.


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Edo tensei uses corpses and puts the soul of the dead person in. In the fight
between Kankuro's team and Edo Tensei Sasori and Edo Tensei Deidara, Kankuro
has Sasori's puppet body and Sasori's soul is hosted in another body. The
corpse which Sasori's soul is in can be seen when he crumbles away.


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I'm pretty sure Sasori's soul was still inactive, hence making him practically
dead, allowing edo-tensei to take place. A question however could arise such
as 'How can Sasori be resurrected if Kabuto didn't have his DNA?' Maybe he got
his hands on Lady Chiyo's DNA and ... Well, Sasori's Grandma so yeah!


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