Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34700383-20180829185752/@comment-34700383-20180907013220

CombatIQmatters wrote: @Hagoromo

Claim is that in the last kurama gathered the sage chakra while kurama was "stationary" inside of naruto's body, and kurama then gave it to naruto, allowing him to enter KSM. This claim attempts to debunk the idea that when kurama gives him nature energy, there is no pigmentation, by citing the pigmentation shown in the movie. The supplementary claim is that naruto was on the move, and thus was not standing still when the energy was transfered to him, and thus he did not gather the energy

I attempt to challenge this claim by citing chapter 3 of gaiden, where it appears naruto entered sage mode while running and without kurama's help. The lack of a cloak and the lack of the vertical slit should prove he isn't using kurama's chakra there, but I also haven't seen a precedent for kurama gathering chakra for him while naruto isn't using his cloak. The only other time we see kurama definitely doing it is during the fight with sasuke, where kurama, in avatar form, was sitting still and gathering nature energy. You nailed it. Naruto was running and is shown entering sage mode. Paired with his feat in the last, it should be clear that Naruto was the one gathering the nature energy in those instances.