Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20140523074558/@comment-5311048-20140709200518

The Winter King wrote: And no, i doubt that kishimoto will do something like that

Firstly, even if Sasuke gets the Senju DNA, one has to master it first to awaken the rinnegan

Same goes for Naruto, he'll have to master the sharingan to awaken the Rinnegan

To awaken the rinnegan you need to fully master both Uchiha and Senju DNA

Cause if that wasn't the case then Obito would have awakened the Rinnegan as well, he has a portion of Senju DNA and is great with his Sharingan and yet he didn't awaken the rinnegan

One could argue that since Obito isn't the successor/reincarnation of the sage's son thats why despite mastering the DNA he can't awaken the rinnegan, but thats mere speculation since Obito didn't master the Senju DNA

I mean even though Madara had gotten Senju DNA after The Final Valley, his rinnegan didn't awaken instantly he had to master the Senju DNA to awaken the Dojutsu

As for a personal opinion, i would like to see Hashirama take down Madara, i mean he is his rival so it would be awesome to see him do that

you forgot the part where they need to be in a near death experience, to be able to awaken the Rinnegan, in short, that what happened to Sasuke, in a whole different way.