Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45444155-20200806213256/@comment-46279039-20200807100450

Elveonora wrote: I disagree, Orochimaru indeed does have Senjutsu. We were just told that he couldn't find a proper body to handle such power. But after he gets revived by Sasuke and friends, in his original body pretty much (from his DNA and chakra) we can see him sucking his own Senjutsu chakra from Kabuto, Kabuto turning normal and Jugo clarifying that Orochimaru only sucked his own chakra and didn't hurt Kabuto. In that moment, Orochimaru's hand grows scales. In my book that pretty much confirms that on his own, Orochimaru is a Sage and can use Senjutsu, just none of his host bodies could. This means nothing, Juugo says that Orochimaru only turned off Kabuto's Sage Mode and didn't take Kabuto's chakra (and his Senjutsu), he just took some of his own chakra back. Orochimaru has never shown his Sage mode, and it should be similar to that of Kabuto and Mitsuki, with horns and the bar of color at eye level.

Using Senjutsu means that first you must have the technique that transforms you into Sage, if you are not a Sage you cannot use Sen jutsu. We don't even know if Orochimaru had finished his training at Ryuchi caves.