Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20161009021213/@comment-3568954-20161009164925

Elveonora wrote: It turned into a statue eventually from absorbing Naruto's chakra, Orochimaru didn't, his hand just turned scaly for a moment. here is the thing. we know that orochimaru actually had sage training with the white snake of the cave. but we see him leaving the cave and then keeling over and coughing, kabuto stated he didn't have the body for it. which doesn't mean he can't absorb or use it in any manner. just that he can't use a perfect sage mode. he likely knows how to absorb a small amount of natural energy. but not enough to be useful to him. and because he had the training he can perge some of it so he doesn't turn to stone. also the stone part might only happen to those who train in toad sage mode