Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20171028231750/@comment-734582-20171105085350

AsianReaper wrote: It was set to negate his death. Madara bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh. If he set his state before the fight entirely, he would likely not be reformed with that flesh (since it's not part of the Izanagi).

My other issue is that it seems uncharacteristic of Madara to plan his demise that far ahead. He was doing everything in his power to win, and boasts to Hashirama that he won't just die like that. Even Black Zetsu seemed surprised he lost. Why would he preemptively sacrifice an eye? Seems to me that Madara realized things were getting too risky and used Izanagi to escape the fight with his plan intact.