Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25977287-20150704114842/@comment-25977287-20150705120426

BeyondRed wrote: It's possible to gather natural energy without automatically entering Sage Mode. We saw this with Naruto's shadow clones that were left at Mount Myōboku and when Madara absorbed senjutsu chakra from Hashirama while he wasn't in Sage Mode. So perhaps Minato had already gathered the natural energy but didn't enter Sage Mode until the last moment because, as he himself said, he can't maintain it for very long. Naruto infused those clones in sage chakra before he left, that's what was said. And those clones were sitting perfectly still. Miantos scnerio is different, he was moving, you can't do that.

Your Madara example makes no sense. Madara simply absorbed hashiramas senjutsu power. He could do this because of the Hashirama face on his chest, the two would be compatible.

You cannot gather nature energy, move, and then enter sm later. It doesn't work that way.

@JMac14

Not sure what you are talking about. Minatos chakra was at 100%. He was an Edo tensei.