Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26889573-20151008053113/@comment-734582-20151012075906

AsianReaper wrote: @Georgio, he trained for it. He was only able to accomplish it with sage mode, but just being in sage mode didn't give him the ability. He just practiced while he was in sage mode Agreed. The way i see it, he uses sage mode for it's enhanced endurance so he doesn't get hurt by his Rasenshuriken. Then he simply learned to throw it. Especially since Rasenshuriken doesn't seem to be a Sage Art or anything.

Georgio722 wrote: I remember Shikaku knowing the places, and the Sage Mode. In Naruto's fight with Pain, I remember Shikaku talking to Shikamaru, saying that if Naruto did achieve Sage Mode, then they would just be distracting and not helping. At this point, the Sennin were already famous for their three way deadlock inspired jutsu and styles. Secondly, the three places were called legendary, but it's never explained why, nor is it explained or confirmed that they are the only three places. It could simply be that other places exist, unknown to the ninja world. Or considering we have *ninja* cats and *ninja* dogs, they simply do not wish to be known and/or found.

Plus, Sasuke can throw his black flames though. Throwing jutsu is not something unique to sage mode, you don't *need* sage mode to throw jutsu in every case. Depending on how seriously you take certain statements, a Rasenshuriken would be about half Kakashi's chakra reserve, and he was said to have quite large reserves (His sharingan just drains a lot of it).

The Snake Sage Mode can animate the environment, something the Toad Sage Mode can't. The Toad Sage Mode can spit out oil, something the Snake Sage Mode can't. So I'm guessing each Sage Mode has their unique abilities. If Toad Sage Mode can spit oil, then maybe Snake Sage Mode can spit out venom, and Slug Sage Mode (if there is one) can spit out acid. Was it ever said to be unique to his sage mode, or is it simply a skill he learned? Kabuto extensively modified himself, so i'm very cautious to attribute things to one individual power of his. Toad Oil is unique to Myuboku (or however you spell it) and Toads simply use it as a jutsu, i never considered it unique to their sage mode.

Makes sense, but they did say Shinju is the originator of chakra so it's confusing. I've been wondering, where did they say that nature energy is actually chakra? Senjutsu requires nature energy to be mixed in with chakra to make sage chakra. At what point was nature energy ever called chakra? I vaguely recall a filler episode with nature energy, but did they call it chakra?

Remember that spiritual and physical energy can be used separately. Taijutsu uses physical energy exclusively. Similarly, Nature Energy could be used exclusively (technically, lighting a fire or breathing does that). Senjutsu simply makes Nature Energy less dangerous by mixing it.