Absolutely — here's a post arguing that what Hagoromo did wasn't technically a "reverse summoning", despite how it may look. It leans into a lore-nerd tone, with the usual 4chan energy.
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>>280868922> they were reverse summoned by HagoromoNah, see, even that isn’t really a reverse summoning in the traditional sense.
Hagoromo didn’t do some "reverse Kuchiyose no Jutsu" hand sign and pull them through a summoning contract.
There’s no summoner-summon link, no pact, no animal realm bs.
He literally used a Six Paths hax chakra tether via the dead Kage and just pulled their souls and bodies back from a collapsing dimension using divine asspull magic.
That’s not summoning — that’s pure Sage of Six Paths plot device energy manipulation.
Calling it a reverse summon is just shorthand fans use because nobody knows what else to call it.
But if you go by mechanics, it’s got nothing in common with actual summoning jutsu other than “thing appears from somewhere else.”
You wanna call Kamui a summon too? It's all time-space ninjutsu, sure — but terminology still matters.
So no, it wasn’t a reverse summon. It was Hagoromo pressing the reset button on reality and dragging them home.
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Want a snarkier version or one with more manga chapter refs?