Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170531105724/@comment-734582-20170604072735

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: u mean the tenseigan is like sp senjutsu, and tcm is like spsm? (just trying to elaborate here) I'm not sure how to categorize it. It's a bit difficult to make very precise statements since the movie elaborates very little. It doesn't even say it's nature energy, even though the few explanations we get match Nature energy. IE the Byakugan absorb energy from the sun, which we know to be nature energy.

But yes, the Tenseigan appears to give control over gravity, the ability to float like SPSM, TSB's (Like SPSM), a chakra cloak (Not unlike Kaguya's Eighty Gods technique) and probably some stuff i forgot. The energy vessel drains energy from it's surroundings (again: Sage mode). Combine this and it seems to me that the Moon Otsutsuki possessed at least partially Juugo's KKG, where their eyes absorb nature energy passively.

These powers are comparable to Sage Mode, although they do seem to be far more refined. Similar things can be said for the (purple) Rinnegan. Kaguya possessed control over nature (But on such a level, it's not even clear if we can still call her a sage), but also control over death. The Rinnegan's powers match the powers of Six Paths chakra (easy control over elements, easy creation of jutsu, apparent power over the soul and death) but on a whole other level.

In that respect, it seems that when Kaguya's power was split between her sons, it was refined and specialized much more than it was in her.