Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1512913-20170121174919/@comment-734582-20170121222035

Elveonora wrote: So you agree that the back argument is BS since Naruto doesn't have it either then? Maybe it's my faulty memory, but wasn't it said ages ago that the markings are the Coffin Seal? If it is, why would Kaguya even have it? She doesn't need to seal it, it IS her after all.

Either way i think it's fairly clear those markings are the presence of the Ten Tails. The rinnegan and nine tomoe certainly aren't subtle.

As to the topic of your frustrations, it's not surprising that there's a lot of headcanon since the Fourth War introduced many unexplained or poorly explained concepts with very little to go on. I've certainly looked too far into things and drew conclusions based upon very thin information. I feel partially responsible. Still, the vast amount of threads on the whole Six Paths business to me proves that there's still a desire to understand more. Elveonora wrote: The back marking seems to be an indication of being a Ten-Tails jinchuuriki, in Naruto's case pseudo Ten-Tails jinchuuriki. If we go by the idea that both explanations of Kaguya's sealing are correct (and if Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei is any indication), then Hagoromo only possessed the Juubi's spirit half (the physical half being the Gedo in the proto-moon). Yet he was called Juubi Jinchuriki. Similarly, although Naruto only possessed half of Kurama, he nevertheless was called Kurama jinchuriki.

So when Naruto possessed the Nine Beasts, save the little chakra Hagoromo spread around, he functionally had the Juubi's spirit half. He was the Juubi Jinchuriki. The Wiki does say in the SPSM article that Naruto gained "the markings of SPSM on his back" but shouldn't that be "the Coffin Seal"?