Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20160527151459/@comment-734582-20160605203050

It's not a plothole. Not everything is a plothole.

I agree that with enough time Kabuto may have been able to retrieve him. But like i've said for.. i think this is number four so like i've said for four times, there's was a time restriction.

Jiraiya died, for whatever reason his body sunk to the bottom. Kabuto discovered Jiraiya was at the bottom, realized he had little chance of recovery with the war looming and all and moved to his next target. We don't even know the timing of the Edo Tensei he found, for all we know this was the point Black Zetsu told him of Madara's body and he abandoned a mere sennin for a god.

Reverse summoning is questionable. Is it possible to summon anything under any circumstances? Gamabunta could refuse to be summoned, and Jiraiya had rods which are controlled by Nagato. Would Nagato be able to force Jiraiya to deny this summon?

Trackers are questionable here, since they would stumble on the same problems as Kabuto.

chapter 383 shows clearly the large rods dragging Jiraiya down into the depths.