Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30881771-20170604165052/@comment-2112031-20170605175456

LovelyFox wrote: Ravenlot 27 wrote:

These aren't really comparable cases. Itachi and Nagato still possessed their eyes at the moment of their death, these eyes were extracted by Tobi only later on from their corpses, while at the moment of his death, Madara already gave away his Rinnegan and was living quite a while without it. And if you ask why the moment if the death is so important - Nagato's reanimated state (crippled and with white hair caused by Rinne Tensei use) is completely mirrorring the state he was in right before he died.

I wonder why Itachi wasn`t revived blind then. If Edo Tensei isn`t able to heal "special" injuries, Itachi`s blindness should have been remained with ressurection. I think what Ravenlot meant is that the Edo Tensei appear exactly the way they were at the moment of death. Itachi still had his eyes when he died and, as such, he still had his eyes when he was resurrected.

Personally, I don't really think that's how it works. I think resurrected Kekkei Genkai users retain their powers regardless of what happened to their actual bodies. As an Edo Tensei, Hizashi still had his Byakugan, even though the Hyuga clan's curse seal had sealed it away at the moment of his death.