Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33485854-20180912173112/@comment-33485854-20180912193557

Vladosaurus wrote: As stated, Asura inherited the Sage's body.Note the the words "Sage" and "body". By this is quite obviously referred to the body power, the yang power if you will, strong life force, affinity for sage power.A sage's body. Which is why i made the analogy of Naruto and Hashirama having "Sage bodies". And an important thing that comes with this is as you said, being able grasp Sage chakra, which has little to do with chakra control. At least not the "chakra control" meaning you talk about. I can't see and we will never see characters like Sakura or Tsunade wield SM. Look at Orochimaru. Orochimaru couldn't wield SM in the prime of his life. And sorry, i like Sakura, but she is no Orochimaru. just because they have large animals as summon like Jiraiya, it doesn't mean they are made for SM. This is a huge misconception in the fandom...

Orochimaru couldn't use Sage Mode due to the conditions of the bodies he would take over. He himself could use Sage Jutsu, by the very case his Curse Marks use his own Sage Chakra in conjunction with Jugo's enzymes. Sakura's body isn't slowly rejecting her.

Learning to interact with Natural Energy is straight forward. Learning to become one with Nature by being still, use a secondary method like Toad Oil or surviving the great Snake's bite, or fusing with a Sage Animal.

Kabuto was a perfect Sage, he only used Jugo's power to absorb Natural Energy passively even while moving.