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Old 2013-04-06, 12:38   Link #127
james0246
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Originally Posted by JustRob View Post
All Fukasaku said was that he "forced himself back to life". This can be interpreted in a number of ways. I simply don't see how a person can force himself back to life if he's dead. When you're dead, you're dead. You can't do anything anymore. You can't think anymore.
Jiraiya experienced cardiac arrest (undoubtedly hemorrhaging as well, what with losing an arm and all). He lost consciousness. His heart stopped. He died. Somehow he regained consciousness (will? chakra?) for a brief time. That's all that happened.

I literally do not understand why this particular point is so troubling to you. Of all the magical things in the series (from a man turning himself into a puppet, to another man existing as weird white snakes, etc) your nitpicking a common trope found across multiple series, novels, movies and video games. It's baffling, so much so that I have to wonder if you are trolling.
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