Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-25265296-20150827064037/@comment-26369387-20151027015402

@LoneNinja Actually, in order to awake Rinnegan, you need both Asura and Indra. Madara had DNA of Hashirama implanted on him, which resulted him getting Rinnegan. So Madara was in fact Sage+Jūbi.