Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-28136690-20160519163311/@comment-24824859-20160523201006

VellichorSage wrote: Respectfully, I'd like to know what your definition of Sage Mode is, UltimaDude. Learning to use senjutsu, in my understanding, would be synonymous with learning to use Sage Mode. I'm not sure they could be divorced, i.e. "Hagoromo is learning senjutsu but not Sage Mode". I would equate that with, "Harold is inhaling oxygen but isn't a breather."

And the eyes do not always pigment various colors due to Sage Mode; Hashirama uses Sage Mode and doesn't experience this. Sage Mode is simply a way for people to use Senjutsu. It is taught by various animals, who have mastered Senjutsu. Your analogy doesn't really work here, since Sage Mode isn't the only form of Senjutsu. If the filler was actually making sense, then Hagoromo would be seen manifesting orange pigmentation around his eyes. Pigmentation appear around the eyes, when a person enters Sage Mode, this is true for all the different Sage Modes.