Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1783334-20161013054023/@comment-734582-20161013135156

火影の意志 wrote: It must be a real sad sight seeing a bijuu sitting in purgatory, waiting to be revived/respawned. If it even happens as such. It's possible they're neither alive nor dead while "respawning" and only exist as mindless beasts once the reformation process starts. It may only be in the final stages that they regain their intelligence and basically "wake up" to find themselves having acted as animals.