Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20160510012347/@comment-3965545-20160512105449

I doubt that, because if they were reflections then they would have disappeared soon afterwards.. the chakra is being sent through the rods in order to move the bodies and make them use techs, its not actually filling them back up with Chakra and that is why Nagato needed the Deva Path to come closer to him in order to use Chibaku Tensei after cutting off his chakra from the other 5 Paths, who immediately fell to the ground once he stopped sending them chakra. So no they are not reflections, they are literally cloned eyes.