Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30415965-20180505162346/@comment-734582-20180509071708

Vladosaurus wrote: If only there were just 7 bijuu and the Sage of Seven Paths... The Six Paths refer to the "pure" buddhist paths. As pointed out by Konan, Nagato was the 7th path, the outer path. So in a sense, the Sage is the Sage of Seven Paths.

The numbers 3,6, 7 and 9 occur quite frequently, but then again they are important numbers in many works. Naruto's three-tails is the maximum power he can control. Six Tails is the number he fights Nagato with (mirroring his 6 paths). Nine Tails is what he needs to break Chibaku Tensei. Three Tails is the biju that Rin bore. The Sharingan has three Tomoe, Sasuke's MS has six and his EMS has nine. His Rinnegan has six tomoe (reflecting his six paths, rather than control over 9 biju like the Rinne Sharingan). Itachi casts Tsukuyome on Sasuke three times in-story and he breaks the third. Three generations of three sannin. Three generations of three In0-shika-cho.