Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33156423-20170923231447/@comment-734582-20170927100114

Elveonora wrote: No I'm not implying that, from real world perspective, there's no evidence for physical and spiritual/mental energies. Ah, you meant it like that. No, i don't think kishimoto meant some sort of special energy here. Rather, our cells have chemical energy and our minds expend energy to think. I interpreted it as meaning that. Our cells still move chemical energy around even though we don't have chakra. Together, this forms into a magical chakra substance, something that has the properties of both. That is, it's both a real and physical thing (like chemical energy) and yet can be molded like thoughts (e.g. elemental and shape transformation, jutsu, etc).

Elveonora wrote: Agree, chakra and soul are different. Yea. I think both were referred to as chakra, and there's some lack of clarity with six paths chakra. But i think we can derive from the manga that they're different things. Biju are beings comprised of chakra, yet also have souls independent of that chakra. It's not clear what happened to Kaguya's soul, but it seems that she was torn to shreds though. If her soul had been intact, Hagoromo would've seen it.

Elveonora wrote: The Tailed Beasts have souls of their own, made by Hagoromo. A piece of the Jubi's chakra was just used to make each of them, but the rest is their own. Kaguya's soul remained within the body, Gedo Mazo. I'm not entirely sure about this. Hagoromo created new beings that could think on their own and had their own identity, but it's not clear whether this was made from a piece of the Juubi's soul or not. I find it hard to believe that Hagoromo could truly create new souls.