Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26889573-20151008053113/@comment-734582-20151021115021

Georgio722 wrote: Agree on them having the Byakugan or not having the Byakugan? That the movie didn't show them pre-fruit. Considering what the Byakugan does (e.g. show tenketsu) i think it's extremely unlikely it existed before chakra did.

Georgio722 wrote: They're basically hinting us that the Byakugan is closely related to the Otsutsuki's. I think it's because the Byakugan is an upgrade of the eye whereas the Sharingan is the awakening of the "third eye" so to speak.

Georgio722 wrote: it's logical to think that the Rinne Sharingan is somehow connected to the Byakugan. Which also explains why the Rinne Sharingan manifested as an eye. I think the Rinne Sharingan manifests as an eye as a direct reference to the Third Eye. I also think it requires too many leaps of logic to make sense.

Georgio722 wrote: Sharingan can see chakra as well though. Plus, it can predict and copy movements by observing their "physical and vital things", like muscle and body movements. Both eyes predate Kishimoto's origin story of the eyes though. It also depends on how far you're willing to go with fitting things.

Georgio722 wrote: I personally think that Hagoromo did have the same eyes as Sasuke, but he didn't show it in full power as it wasn't necessary at the time. to be honest im not so sure. I think Hagoromo simply lacked the EMS. Madara sacrificed an eye to survive so it's likely that that prevented him from fully accomplishing his power. Furthermore, Hagoromo could've simply made it so that Sasuke's MS power wasn't lost, unlike Madara who awoke it naturally.

Georgio722 wrote: So I'm technically correct saying that the Rinne Sharingan requires both Shinju and Kaguya, since if it's not Kaguya, it could manifest some other eye. I'm honestly not so sure. It seems Kinshiki and Momoshiki had similar powers. It wasn't clear why their powers are different. The Boruto novelization implies that they're not the original eaters of the fruit, but rather that the power was split between a sensei and an apprentice, and that each time the apprentice would eat the sensei via the rinnegan powers.

it's therefore not clear if the Rinne Sharingan is unique to Kaguya, or that these powers are 50/50. I've said it before with the Rinnegan itself, it's not clear what would happen if you had 100 people eat a Chakra Chakra no mi. Would there be 100 different powers? Similar powers manifested in different ways?