Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34700383-20180829185752/@comment-34700383-20180906070052

CombatIQmatters wrote: three: hokage naruto only gains sage mode pigmentation when he himself gathers the chakra, while if kurama gathers the chakra there seems to be a lack of pigmentation.

Counter: Pending LegionZero's response. This statement, while possible, has yet to be substantiated. We know that when naruto enters KSM in the last, we can clearly see the pigmentation about the eyes. We can't cite hokage naruto in the gaiden as an example, because that is not a good control for this experiment, since it's the issue we are trying to find a consensus on. a good control is finding an example where hokage naruto was clearly stated to not be using SPSM as an adult, and then showing that when kurama gathers the senjutsu, the pigmentation doesn't appear on naruto, and that proves that he is using KSM but without pigmentation, instead of SPSM + KCM. Hopefully this was clear.

That said, you have convinced me that your theory is plausible, but I still need some more substantiation. It is definitely strange that hokage naruto would be able to use SPSM if he doesn't have any ridoku senjutsu. But if the cloaks aren't reliable due to change of author or something, then it's hard to tell.

Boruto Episode 38 @11:06 is what solidifies my stance entirely. Here Naruto starts off entering his part 1initial kurama cloak, then progresses into kurama sage mode. Nothing here depicts rsm. Plus Naruto wouldn't use rsm during training against a few jonin, that's ungodly spite and not in the realm of naruto' character. This confirms my statement. This is naruto in ksm without rings around his eyes because kurama is gathering the senjutsu. There are 0 signs of Rikudo senjutsu, so there is 0 chance of this being rsm. Naruto never used a part 1 jinchuriki cloak on himself during the war, thats what he gave to the alliance.