Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-1458758-20171229124917/@comment-1458758-20180101165424

Thekillman wrote: The Paths of pain themselves are not rinnegan-exclusive powers. Some aspects notably are (e.g. Shinra Tensei / Bansho tenin), but others are just Nagato improving existing techniques. IE Nagato used a more advanced mind transfer jutsu to control his Paths, uses more advanced puppetry to make his paths, and Ashura Path itself is just summoning of advanced weapons and tools.

So the weapons that Ashura used could be reverse-engineered. And a skilled Yamanaka could also create a Six Paths technique (although those paths would obviously not have Rinnegan powers like Bansho Tenin).

Well I'm not actually sure the extent by which the Six Path techniques and the Rinnegan are interconnected. Certainly the powers of the Daeva Path are strictly Rinnegan based, as with the Hell and Preta Paths. Animal Path is just summoning moves, but then Human and Ashura are kind of sketchy.

His ability to control them isn't really any form of Puppetry as it's done through the chakra recievers, and not the puppet master technique, so while superficially similar, I think it's one that can only be done with the Rinnegan.

Human Path reads minds, this is true, but it also rips the soul right out, so while the interrogation factor is similar to Yamanaka techniques, it's again, quite different. It might be Rinnegan exclusive, but there's no denying other techniques such as the Yamanaka and some sealing techniques can achieve similar results.

The Ashura path is a really weird one, as there is basically nothing else like it in terms of technology, and judging by how the Ashura Path worked, it seems like it integrates machinery into the body, not just summoning armour and weapons. Sadly, because the origins of these weapons isn't addressed and no other Rinnegan user uses this technique, we can't tell if its Rinnegan exclusive, or just something Nagato pursued on his own.

Anyway, while I would really like to dive in depth with this, it is rather straying from the topic, so let's at least try and keep it steered towards Ao and his relationship with Kara and Ninja Tech.