Ya it is kind of a plot hole but I don't think Kishi had decided at that time that being sealed in the death got would limit you from being revived again. But since then, he made the choice to make that a limitation.I sorta forgot about this, it raises questions. Sandaime as it is apparently shown and even more clearly in the animated scene stops the 4ths coffin from being summoned. This would imply that the 4th was resurectable despite having been sealed in the deathgod with Kyubi. And yet later on Kabuto states none of the first 4 hokage's can be summoned due to the fact they are all sealed in death's stomach....... So.......plot hole? Or can we assume the 4ths summoning would have failed regardless of Sandaime's intervention?
Edit: Since Orochimaru had no knowledge of the deathgod sealing technique (at the time of Edo Tensei's preperation) perhaps he was unaware of the limit it placed on resurrecting Minato.
It seems that at the time, Kishi did in fact intend for Sarutobi to prevent the 3rd resurrection, but we now know that he did not in fact stop the summon, rather the 4th being in the death gods belly is what limited it.
Though the Narutowiki points out something else.....that based on Kabuto's demonstration, Orochimaru would have already created the edo of the 4th if he tried to summon it to the field with the coffin.....just goes to show that Kishi doesn't have every detail figured out 100% all the time. They may seem to be plot holes but there are years upon years separating these chapters. Either way, no hokages can be revived now.
Yeeess. I realized this myself a little while back but never mentioned it. So its guaranteed in more than one way that it can't be any previous hokage.Dont forget kabuto explain to tobi/madara about the IWR tech after showing the 6th coffin that he use to blackmail, if he lied to madara about it, it was obvious, that madara will ask "then how you resurected him (previous hokage) ?......perhaps there were another insanely powerful ninja that we dont know inside the coffin...
Only options: 1. Madara 2. Izuna 3. SO6P (unlikely)
I doubt it will be anyone we have never heard of.
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