Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33953813-20180130130057/@comment-34640038-20180213153554

You all are assuming that either Hiruzen or Minato would have been able to pull Madara's full soul out of his body entirely too easily. This is Madara Uchiha we are talking about. Hiruzen struggled to pull Orochimaru's soul and got his 'arm souls' before he died of his injuries. That alone shows that resistance can be given, and the willpower of Madara isn't something I would think is to be taken lightly so I personally don't think a Reaper Death Seal would be effective at that point, and would end in a pointless death of the user.