Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24847491-20140921145042/@comment-1018594-20140921180636

I'm with you, Elveonora. I think Hashirama has a basic Sage Mode, with the animal variations as a result of different teachers. The Toad, Snake and Hashirama's Sage Mode are all essentially the same thing, the only difference are the physical characteristics and certain abilities.

Naruto and Jiraiya had the Frog Kata, Kabuto is pretty much a legit snake (or dragon, as he puts it) and Hashirama can summon giant Torii, the Wood Dragon, Human and the Top Transformed Buddha....

Wait...his markings looks like a Third Eye, He uses clasped/praying hands for the majority of his jutsu and a lot of his techniques have Buddhist/Spiritual origins...

Maybe Hashirama's Sage Mode came from deep meditation or something?