Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24855911-20140913181717/@comment-24649454-20141006222126

As far as I see it, just because something is/isn't confirmed doesn't mean it is/isn't true. The 3rd databook "confirmed" Tobi was Madara so as to not give away plot. Zetsu was I the one who initially said Tsukuyomi + Amaterasu = Susanoo, which the 3rd databook confirmed. This may be true as just not seeing a character use a technique doesn't mean it's confirmed they can't use it. Such as how Sasuke had the potential to use Chibaku Tensei as soon as he got the Rinnegan, and probably the techniques of all the paths, yet we've only just seen him use Chibaku Tensei and haven't seen him use any other path techniques at all but I think it's very likely he has them, not to mention all Nature types by extension, and access to the outer path. Obito is another example as nobody thought he had MS until we saw him it after his mask broke even though he's had it for years. We still don't know Kakashi awakened the MS during the time-skip, he may have had it ever since Obito got his but just not been able to control it hence him not using it in Part 1 (ignoring real life reasons like Kishi not thinking to give Kakashi MS in part 1) Now I'm not saying Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are needed for Susanoo but I'm also not saying it's confirmed that they aren't necessary as it isn't confirmed indefinitely one way or the other. Also any confirmation by a character can't be taken as fact, as Madara claimed Black Zetsu was the embodiment of his will when really it was the embodiment of Kaguya's. I hate to say it but the only true confirmations we will get are directly from Kishi speaking as the Mangaka and not through the words of a character after the series has ended.