Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1512913-20170121174919/@comment-1872728-20170210090906

Elveonora wrote: Nah, just because Hagoromo's chakra is called six paths chakra doesn't mean that he started it. There's also another reason. Since Rinne Sharingan has 9 tomoe, and Sharingan has 3 tomoe, it's only normal for Rinnegan to have 6 tomoe (as shown with Sasuke). This means that the amount of tomoe also signifies which type of chakra they have (ie. 3 tomoe = Three Paths, 6 tomoe = Six Paths, 9 tomoe = Nine Paths). Makes sense to me anyway.