Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1512913-20170115120652/@comment-25547449-20170116235522

BeyondRed wrote: There were plenty of times in the manga that Madara and Obito could have absorbed attacks with the Rinnegan but didn't bother for whatever reason. So Kinshiki not using his own absorption ability when he could have isn't really a new thing in this series. At least we knew for sure they had rinnegan, kinshiki's case is iffy at best. His absorption ability could easily be something not related to the rinnegan.