Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3232093-20140617193601/@comment-4271790-20140818201109

Ten Tailed Fox wrote: Elveonora wrote: Just because Sharingan evolves into tomoe-less Rinnegan doesn't mean it does into Kaguya's. Unless proven otherwise, Rinnegan came first, not Sharingan

Wrong, they appeared at the same time. Kaguya's Rinnegan has been called both the Sharingan and Rinnegan, not to mention possessing the Sharingan's power. @Foxie, here's where Orochimaru and Kabuto's hypothesis has a hole: Their theory, of the Sharingan evolving into the Rinnegan, only applied to a Hagoromo-powered Rinnegan (the reason I say that is because Sasuke manifested a different Rinnegan with Hagoromo's power, but nonetheless his Sharingan evolved into a Rinnegan; also Madara had Hagoromo's as well). Orochimaru and Kabuto (and all readers at the time) had ZERO knowledge on Kaguya's Sharingan-powered Rinnegan (and probably knew nothing of Kaguya's existence, just like us readers at the time). The Sharingan did not come before the Rinnegan. @Elveo is correct in the sense that the Sharingan-powered Rinnegan came first. However, you are also correct (at one point you were implying the Sharingan came first, due to Orochimaru and Kabuto's hypothesis that only applied to Hagoromo, now you're saying it came at the same time with the Rinnegan). I think due to the fact that it was never stated that Hagoromo was born with the Rinnegan and "awakened" it according to Black Zetsu, and because Hamura inherited his mothers' Byakugan, Hagoromo must of inherited the powers of the Sharingan from his mother that reflected in both of his eyes. Due to his "special chakra," he eventually awakened the Rinnegan (according to Orochimaru and Kabuto's hypothesis). At least a dual, light-purple, tomoe-less version of it.