Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25294339-20141101162145/@comment-4685024-20141101231102

I do want to point out two things...

1. It was never stated that the user of Rinne Rebirth automatically dies, Konan just said that if Nagato used it in his state (i.e. after using so much chakra and energy in the Invasion of the Leaf) he would die, implying that he would be able to use Rinne Rebirth and live if not otherwise.

2. Nagato clearly stated that he can only revive the recently deceased, so he obviously could not revive Rin, nor could he revive Yahiko for he was not skilled in using the Rinnegan to its full potential when Yahiko died.

Rin was also not the reason why Obito helped with Project Tsuki no me. He did it because of all the unending and unavoidable pain and hatred in the world, as he explained to Kakashi during their battle in the Kamui realm. Rin's death spurred him into action, but was not the reason.

As for the Pain Path ranking, I still say Outer/Naraka>Deva>Preta

Deva>Preta; Preta can easily be defeated if you don't specialize in Ninjutsu, while taking down the Deva Path is difficult no matter what you use.

Outer/Naraka>Deva; No matter how much power you have, the ability to revive the dead trumps it in my book. I am not sure whether to give the top spot to Outer or Naraka since it is the Outer Path that uses Rinne Rebirth, but it is Naraka Path that summons the King of Hell that is needed to use Rinne Rebirth.