Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160526105603/@comment-25122992-20160526143209

Thekillman wrote: I don't think Kurama specifies that the Gedo statue is CT'd. The latter explanation is the correct one. Hagoromo simply summoned the Gedo from the moon, used it to survive Biju extraction and then put it back where it belonged. I have a lot of doubts regarding this theory because a) Toneri said that the Gedo Statue was stolen only once, if Hagoromo already "borrowed it", even for a while, it's unlikely that Hamura's clansmen would've overlooked that; b) according to Madara, GM summoning is techically a breakdown of the seal, and if the seal was so powerful as described, I don't think it was so easy to restore it once more, especially with Hagoromo being already on his deathbed; and c) there was actually no reason for Hagoromo to summon it and put it inside of himself - I think his stamina could've allowed him to live after the extraction for a while (he's worse than Kushina or what?), but he still didn't want to live onwards, so he didn't actually need a lot of time, especially for a simple talk with the Tailed Beasts.