Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45444155-20200806213256/@comment-1512913-20200812113942


 * If Kabuto is any indication, the transformation happens regardless of balance, so the former it seems.
 * Jugo enzyme, those who master it don't go mad, though?
 * This is the misconception. For all we know, Jugo and his clan's ability to passively absorb natural energy and special body fluids/enzyme or whatever responsible for Sage Transformation itself might be 2 separate things. In fact, when I wrote the articles long ago, I had them separated, but then Omnibender (think it was him) merged it.

The way I understand it, Orochimaru only uses the part of Jugo responsible for the Sage Transformation in his Curse Marks, not any passive natural energy absorption... they don't go crazy like Jugo. They go crazy, yes, but because of influence of Orochimaru's chakra.

Facts: we were told the Curse Mark actually drains the user's own chakra, yet they receive chakra from it, they become in personality more like Orochimaru (at least initially) and the mark has Orochimaru's Senjutsu chakra in it.

So what we can conclude, is that the Mark drains the user and puts strain on both mind and body and gives him Orochimaru's Senjutsu chakra.

That's why Sasuke could use an extra Chidori due to its extra chakra boost, yet risked death after spending it, because his own chakra dropped almost to zero.