Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26889573-20151008053113/@comment-734582-20151010163128

Georgio722 wrote: There are no evidence saying that "learning all three grants nothing special whatsoever". There is. We've seen three different Sage Modes and none of them offer anything special. Kabuto heavily modified himself hence his Snake-look. Why would learning Sage Mode at all three places offer anything special (let alone on a rinnegan level) when the different sage modes themselves offer nothing special? Georgio722 wrote: Son Goku's name has the word "Sage" in it, because Son Goku is a character based on the character Sun Wukong from "The Journey to the West", which has the name "Great Sage Equalling Heaven" due to his power, not his ability of a Sage. That doesn't rule out that he's actually a Sage, or that monkey Sages don't exist. Remember that Hiruzen had a speaking Ape, and so far we're 2/3 on talking animals offering sage mode, with a good chance that Katsuyu offers it too.

Georgio722 wrote: I believe that the Truth Seeking Balls does not require Six Paths Chakra. It's safe to assume that the Six Paths Chakra is based on the Rinnegan, as Rinnegan users can perform Six Paths Technique, which is not something a Tenseigan user can perform even though they did perform similar techniques. Both Hamura and Hagoromo had Six paths chakra. Therefore it's already proven that Six Paths chakra has nothing to do with whether you have the Rinnegan.