With the Reaper Death Seal undone, the souls of the previous four Hokage are reanimated while Orochimaru regains the part of his soul he lost years ago. Later, in the Part II during the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Orochimaru uses an Uzumaki clan mask to summon the Reaper in a risky move, and breaks the Reaper Death Seal by cutting the demon's stomach wide open. In both cases, both Hokage were forced to only take a part of their opponents down with them: Minato taking the Yin aspect of Kurama while Hiruzen is forced take the part of Orochimaru's soul within his arms in an attempt to ensure his former pupil would never perform a jutsu again.

Only the Fourth and Third Hokage executed the Reaper Death Seal during their respective battles with Kurama and Orochimaru. Once summoned, the shinigami uses the casters soul as a medium to enter the mortal world. The Reaper Death Seal requires its user to summon a shinigami using various hand seals. However, in cases where only part of the target's soul is sealed, the corresponding body part is paralyzed and suffers from extremely painful necrosis. 4 The Reaper Death Seal Represents A Users Ultimate Sealing Jutsu. Once the sealing is completed, the Reaper would consume the souls of both the user and the sealed, sentencing them to be locked in combat within its stomach for all eternity. 'Dead Demon Consuming Seal') is a suicidal forbidden Sealing Jutsu where the user summons an entity called the Reaper (死神 Shinigami ?) behind him, thrusting its arm through the user's stomach to grab the soul of the target and drag it into the user's body. Reaper Death Seal (屍鬼封尽 Shiki Fūjin ?, lit.

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