A common complaint of the war arc is that the excessive amount of Edo Tensei summons bloated the arc too much. I would have imposed a population cap on the amount of people Kabuto can use Edo Tensei on, and I think the following people are the only ones who should have been reanimated:
The Akatsuki
The strongest Kage of each village (excluding the Hokage), so Muu, the 3rd Raikage, the 3rd Kazekage, and the 2nd Mizukage. I don’t get why Kabuto chose to reanimate Rasa instead of the 3rd Kazekage when the 3rd was stated to be the strongest. Obviously Kishimoto did it to give Gaara an emotional fight, but it doesn’t make much sense from an in-universe perspective).
A famous non-Kage shinobi from each village. For Iwagakure, do the Explosion Release guy (don’t remember his name) since I don’t think we were ever introduced to a non-Kage, non-Akatsuki Iwagakure shinobi that was stronger. For Sunagakure, do the Scorch Release girl. For Kumogakure, do Kinkaku and Ginkaku. I don’t really like them, but Kishi does need a way to asspull the Ten Tails being revived without Naruto losing Kurama. Maybe they could just be combined into one character. For Kirigakure, do Mangetsu since he was the leader of the Seven Swordsmen. Zabuza may make more sense from a fanservice perspective, but Mangetsu is the more logical choice for Kabuto to make. For Konohagakure, do Sakumo, Kakashi’s dad.
The Jinchuriki don’t need to be revived. Obito can just control the Tailed Beasts directly, and the Jinchuriki by themselves are trash, except for Yagura. Honestly wouldn’t mind if Kishimoto just skipped the BM Naruto vs Tailed Beasts fight entirely since it was a powerscaling nightmare with half of Kurama inexplicably being much stronger than every other Tailed Beast. Even if we follow the logic of more tails = more power, why was just half of Kurama so much stronger than Gyuki?
The Akatsuki
The strongest Kage of each village (excluding the Hokage), so Muu, the 3rd Raikage, the 3rd Kazekage, and the 2nd Mizukage. I don’t get why Kabuto chose to reanimate Rasa instead of the 3rd Kazekage when the 3rd was stated to be the strongest. Obviously Kishimoto did it to give Gaara an emotional fight, but it doesn’t make much sense from an in-universe perspective).
A famous non-Kage shinobi from each village. For Iwagakure, do the Explosion Release guy (don’t remember his name) since I don’t think we were ever introduced to a non-Kage, non-Akatsuki Iwagakure shinobi that was stronger. For Sunagakure, do the Scorch Release girl. For Kumogakure, do Kinkaku and Ginkaku. I don’t really like them, but Kishi does need a way to asspull the Ten Tails being revived without Naruto losing Kurama. Maybe they could just be combined into one character. For Kirigakure, do Mangetsu since he was the leader of the Seven Swordsmen. Zabuza may make more sense from a fanservice perspective, but Mangetsu is the more logical choice for Kabuto to make. For Konohagakure, do Sakumo, Kakashi’s dad.
The Jinchuriki don’t need to be revived. Obito can just control the Tailed Beasts directly, and the Jinchuriki by themselves are trash, except for Yagura. Honestly wouldn’t mind if Kishimoto just skipped the BM Naruto vs Tailed Beasts fight entirely since it was a powerscaling nightmare with half of Kurama inexplicably being much stronger than every other Tailed Beast. Even if we follow the logic of more tails = more power, why was just half of Kurama so much stronger than Gyuki?