Quote Originally Posted by AssertnFailure
However......why was oro sitting on his deathbed just prior to his confrontation with sasuke? He seemed to have been suffering similiarly to the shower scene when he was awaiting sasuke's arrival during teh chase arc, so maybe switching bodies did not in fact cure him completely from the side effects of the 3rd's seal.
He was approaching his 3-year mark, no? He probably gets extremely weak during this period. Oro was on the edge; Kabuto recognized the urgency of the situation, and in 345, he said the soul transfer should occur that day.