Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20161009021213/@comment-1872728-20161009174518

Elveonora wrote: It turned into a statue eventually from absorbing Naruto's chakra, Orochimaru didn't, his hand just turned scaly for a moment. But the thing is, it only turned into a stone because Naruto continuously collected Natural Energy, whereas if it just absorbs a senjutsu, nothing happens, at least nothing shown on screen. So I'm guessing it's possible to absorb Sage Chakra to a certain amount without being affected by the side effects. Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: so I am guessing that sage mode is a chakra AND a phisycal amp, while senjutsu is just a chakra amp? Basically what UltimaDude said, and what I said in my first comment: Georgio722 wrote: Sage Mode is a mode where you can create Sage Chakra, which is made by combining Physical Energy, Spiritual Energy, and Natural Energy together.

Senjutsu is just a type of jutsu that utilises Sage Chakra.