<p>The official translation uses the word: “vessel”</p>

<p>As Naruto pointed out after the whole reincarnation scenario was presented to him, he was Naruto, and not Asura, which was true. Rather, he was a vessel for Asura, or at least the essence, or the will of Asura. So, he will have the will, and by extension, the same fate as the originals and the reincarnations before him. (although Naruto does break the cycle)</p>

<p>After this, Masashi gets a little bit vague as to what this actually does for our heroes. He implies that the reincarnations are imbued with the power of the originals, although this is never stated outright. </p>

<p>As to how Madara and Sasuke could both be inheritors at the same time, once Madara uses the Rinne Rebirth on himself, he doesn’t actually become a vessel for Indra once again, but rather is already powerful from when he was. As Kabuto stated, he is a copy of when he was in his prime, and that Madara did have the soul of Indra within him. So, even if he wasn’t necessarily a vessel during the war, he was very like his former, vessel self, they don’t both have Indra residing within them. </p>

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<p>Because, if it’s the same soul basically being reborn over and over…how exactly were Madara and Sasuke able to be alive at the same time?</p>

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it's not the same soul, its the same fate. if they have the original soul then they would have the original memories like when madara was brought back and remembered every thing from before dying. so madara had his own soul and sasuke had his own. they just shared the same fate to battle a brotherly figure.
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How does the reincarnation thing work exactly?
# How does the reincarnation thing work exactly?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-09-10
Because, if it’s the same soul basically being reborn over and over…how exactly were Madara and Sasuke able to be alive at the same time?

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> **username_1**: it's not the same soul, its the same fate. if they have the original soul then they would have the original memories like when madara was brought back and remembered every thing from before dying. so madara had his own soul and sasuke had his own. they just shared the same fate to battle a brotherly figure.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-25. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
The official translation uses the word: “vessel”

As Naruto pointed out after the whole reincarnation scenario was presented to him, he was Naruto, and not Asura, which was true. Rather, he was a vessel for Asura, or at least the essence, or the will of Asura. So, he will have the will, and by extension, the same fate as the originals and the reincarnations before him. (although Naruto does break the cycle)

After this, Masashi gets a little bit vague as to what this actually does for our heroes. He implies that the reincarnations are imbued with the power of the originals, although this is never stated outright.

As to how Madara and Sasuke could both be inheritors at the same time, once Madara uses the Rinne Rebirth on himself, he doesn’t actually become a vessel for Indra once again, but rather is already powerful from when he was. As Kabuto stated, he is a copy of when he was in his prime, and that Madara did have the soul of Indra within him. So, even if he wasn’t necessarily a vessel during the war, he was very like his former, vessel self, they don’t both have Indra residing within them.
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