Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-46080847-20200619100348

So, there are a number of shinobi that Kabuto could've brought back but didn't, for whatever reason. There are a few I can think of that he could've but there was a decent reason, and a few that I can't think of a decent reason why he wouldn't have. Beyond that, does anyone else have more ideas for more Edo that could've been used?

Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, (literally anyone from before the founding of the Hidden Villages) - I brought this up so that idiots wouldn't try to bring this up. These people are old. Very old. Many of them live in the time of countries long since forgotten, and lived with clans where their graves were left unmarked. Finding their DNA would be next to impossible, and Kabuto isn't so ballsy as to think he could control the Rikudo Sennin.

Jiraiya - He knew that Pain's weapons, which Obito seemed to have by his refusal in saying 'don't push it', though it does seem weird to me that Orochimaru wouldn't have collected some of Jiraiya's DNA after the deadlock fight during the first part of Naruto, for when Jiraiya does finally die.

Shisui Uchiha - It's the same as above. He could've used the remnants of DNA that Obito had access to, but Obito told him to stop being greedy with his power, fearing Kabuto may turn on him.

Kushina Uzumaki - I imagine he didn't bring back Uzumaki other than Nagato because he was worried about their Fuinjutsu being able to mess with their own Edo, and potentially other Edo's.

Sakumo Hatake - This man would've been able to psychologically mess with Kakashi very well. Perhaps he thought Obito would do that, but we don't know that he thought Tobi was Obito, we just know he knew it wasn't Madara. Furthermore, this man was said to be on par with the Sannin. That's good power to have.

Fugaku Uchiha - This man would've been decent for keeping Sasuke in check, potentially, since Kabuto wasn't aware of how much Sasuke knew about the truth of his family. He was also said to be on par with the Sannin and Minato Namikaze. 