Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20160414113102/@comment-732150-20160416182407

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Omnibender wrote: They only specified Kurama should be last. All others were fair game, no matter the order. Yet when Madara tied the Tailed Beasts with Gedo Statue chains and firsly was going to extract Kurama and Gyuki from Naruto and B, White Zetsu reminded him the TB must be sealed according to their numbers, and Madara immediately changed his task to the Shukaku's primary sealing. And other TB were subsequently sealed according to this "tails" order. Akatsuki would not have two tailed beasts sealed by the time they sealed Shukaku if tail order for all of them was absolute. Zetsu suggested sealing the other seven because Gyuki and Kurama were still in jinchuriki, and only starting with Shukaku, not going exactly as the tail number goes. Them going by tail order was a stylistic choice.