Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24837927-20140421121126/@comment-732150-20140422185152

Elveonora wrote: So the Sharingan isn't a Kekkei Genkai either because a woman got impregnated by a magical chakra fruit. And so isn't the Rinnegan, because simply re-merging the bloodlines doesn't recreate it, no, merger of two chakras does, therefore Rinnegan isn't genetic so not a KKG. How do you answer to that Omni? We still don't know if Kaguya had the Sharingan before or after eating the fruit. If eating the fruit is the equivalent of a mutation happening in an individual, and then becoming prevalent in a population, it is a kekkei genkai. It's like Hashirama being the first Wood Release user. Rinnegan I agree it's iffy, but still works if you consider that there are ties between genetics and chakra. Mu was able to determine that Gaara's chakra was similar to his father's before knowing who it was, and was able to determine that many people were from different populations through their chakra. Chakra does in some way depend on genetics. With the Rinnegan, it just seems chakra determines genetics instead. You get both chakras, you get "both genes", you get Rinnegan. I know that still doesn't really explain Sasuke's Rinnegan, but he got something from Hagoromo himself so, I'm just rolling with it. Just because we can make sense and see what's wrong, doesn't mean that Kishimoto does, and he still called it a kekkei genkai in an official source.