Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31672013-20180827235851

Might be a bit a of a cliche, but he just has such an awesome skillset. Was just brainstorming how his jutsu might have developed by shippuden if he had lived and either overcome his disease, or never had it to begin with. I think it's in his best interest to rid himself of the curse mark due to it's intrinsic risks. Given his skill with CM, it's only natural that he would benefit from replacing it with Senjutsu, but I'll talk more on that later, as this is likely to take him years to master, and there are other quickers way to exponentiate his power.

Even before giving him sage mode, it would be beneficial, and probably at least a bit easier, to prioritize being able to open a few of the gates. They hold much less risk for him, specifically the lower gates. He could use the first few virtually without any risk of harming himself, due to bone density and regeneration. I can also see him developing his earth style, and believe it or not, I think wind style would suit his kekkei genkei QUITE well. How fucking terrifying would it be to see him create a similar bone to his clematis blossom drill, and then CHANNEL WIND STYLE INTO IT. Especially if he disconnected it from his body and chucked it. And, since we're exploring jutsu that complement him, fire style would only serve to enhance what wind style does for him. Imagine he forms a thick bone through which he shoots a concentrated fire jutsu, then turns it into an impromptu majestic destroyer flame jutsu using wind style?

Now back to sage mode. Not too much to say honestly. Take his already beast taijutsu, now amped with no pentalty use of the gates, and multiply it, give him sensory abilities and, if we're talking frog sage mode, though I don't find that likely, he then ALSO has frog kata range. This is not even mentioning the absolutely ridiculous things that sage mode would likely allow him to do with his bones. Kimimaro clad in thick, full body bone armour anybody? Alright, you know what? I can see why Kishi killed this guy off. 