Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20140911053856

Ok. So Asura and Indra reincarnate every generation or so. But has anyone noticed some weird parallels in those reincarnations? Are their certain guidelines to when it happens?

Madara was still alive during Kakashi Gaiden, which was a good 16-17 years ago and well after Hashirama's death. Hashirama and Madara are enough generations back to be Sasuke and Naruto's great-grandparents. Did they have another reincarnation in the mean time or did they have to wait until Naruto and Sasuke were born?

Also, Indra was the older brother; Sasuke is a few months older than Naruto. Does Indra always have to be the older one or does it get switched up every now and then?

Asura kinda cheated a little by reincarnating into an Uzumaki, who is only distantly related to the Senju. Would Indra also be able to reincarnate into an Uchiha relative, even if that meant no Sharingan?

Finally, Sasuke and Naruto both have no living relatives left (that we know of). If one were to kill the other, what happens? Is that the end of the Will of Fire/Curse of Hatred? Does the balance of power shift or something?

I dunno, maybe I'm reading too much into it here. Damn Kishimoto and his Open Door no Jutsu. 