Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-29393962-20161111215453/@comment-24824859-20170114150058

Thekillman wrote: It doesn't seem to be more than just a Sage Mode + Six Paths power combo, so yes you can awaken it yourself. It also depends on the nature of Hashirama's sage mode (is it natural for an Ashura transmigrant to easily awaken it?). Madara didn't possess Sage Mode in his first life so he never awoke SPSM. The data book flat out states that you can only get SPSM from Hagoromo, therefore you can't awaken it yourself. Thekillman wrote: Black Zetsu was completely impartial with the Transmigrants. It wasn't until he saw Madara that he specifically went for an Indra transmigrant. The Madara-Hashirama relation is actually very un-transmigrantlike. Not quite inverted though. Madara was a driven Indra but with Ashura's power relation, meaning that his chances of trying to steal Hashirama's power were optimal. (Weak enough to try and steal his power, curse of hatred making him easily motivated). BZ tampered with the Uchiha Stone Tablet in order to get Indra's reincarnates. Though he did approach the reincarnates of both Indra and Asura, he was partial to Indra's reincarnates because they were more willing to steal power due to the Curse of Hatred