Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27082825-20150116155842/@comment-26023629-20150123175420

@Iar- I'm not saying it's impossible (in fact, I think it's the most likely) but it's not as fun as the other explanations.

@Hawkeye- I disagree with the idea that the theory with the fewest assumptions is necessarily the most likely. It's a work of fiction, after all, and its internal logic has never contained an example of creating something better by mixing the same thing over and over.

It has, however, included examples of combined pieces of DNA from Hagoromo's children adding up to equal Hagoromo's abilities. I don't think it requires many more assumptions to say that Mu's clan kidnapped some folks for their experiments, and there's evidence in the story that stuff like that works. I still think that my Kaguya bloodline theory makes the most sense given that it's literally been proven to work that way with her descendants and their dojutsu.

Ok, actually let's be honest: the most likely theory is, in fact, that "kekkei tota" is just Kishi's way of making Onoki and Mu sound special. But I'm going to ignore that, because our ideas are way more fun.