Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27082825-20150116155842/@comment-26023629-20150123175420

@Iar- I'm not saying it's impossible (in fact, I think it's the most likely) but it's not as fun as the other explanations.

@Hawkeye- I disagree with the idea that the theory with the fewest assumptions is necessarily the most likely. It's a work of fiction, after all, and its internal logic has never contained an example of creating something better by mixing the same thing over and over.

It has, however, included examples of combined pieces of DNA from Hagoromo's children adding up to equal Hagoromo's abilities. I don't think it requires many more assumptions to say that Mu's clan kidnapped some folks for their experiments, and there's evidence in the story that stuff like that works.