Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-180211-20160525212441

According to the databook, Six Paths Sage Mode was a state granted to Naruto by Hagoromo. Nothing about the tailed beasts' chakra was ever mentioned in its section, so we assume that their chakra is not required for the mode.

However, Madara mentions that Naruto has unlocked Six Paths Senjutsu, and when he does so, the Rinnegan+9 tomoe marking on Naruto's back is shown (which is the same marking that appears on the backs of Hagoromo and jinchuurikiis of the Ten-Tails), and he does not have this marking until he activates the cloak, i.e. it is definitely important and an indicator of something. Once he activates the cloak, Naruto gets the marking, and acquires the Truth-Seeking Balls, which as we know, can also appear when a person acquires the Ten-Tails' power. Furthermore, the Truth-Seeking Balls are mentioned to be similar to the Tailed Beast bomb.

So is it possible that while Six Paths Sage Mode may not require the chakra of the tailed beasts, Six Paths Senjutsu does? Specifically that it requires the chakra of Kaguya/Ten-Tails/9 tailed beasts/Hagoromo/Hamura? And that Naruto may not have been using Six Paths Senjutsu in Six Paths Sage Mode until he had activated the chakra cloak? 