Board Thread:Fanon Canon 2/@comment-2089817-20140922021242/@comment-4869113-20140922041513

But remember when she fought her children, she wasn't "her" like she appeared to be during naruto and sasuke. She was the ten tails, that beast we saw. And I don't think it's like that, in a sense. It seems a bit like moryo's seal, from that naruto shippuden movie. It separates the body from the chakra, leaving it completely void of power. The demonic statue is simply a "depowered" form of her. It's still alive, considering Madara was able to feed off its life energy during his later years, but unable to do anything without its chakra.