Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20140523074558/@comment-3568954-20140523092142

The Winter King wrote: And no, i doubt that kishimoto will do something like that

Firstly, even if Sasuke gets the Senju DNA, one has to master it first to awaken the rinnegan

Same goes for Naruto, he'll have to master the sharingan to awaken the Rinnegan

To awaken the rinnegan you need to fully master both Uchiha and Senju DNA

Cause if that wasn't the case then Obito would have awakened the Rinnegan as well, he has a portion of Senju DNA and is great with his Sharingan and yet he didn't awaken the rinnegan

One could argue that since Obito isn't the successor/reincarnation of the sage's son thats why despite mastering the DNA he can't awaken the rinnegan, but thats mere speculation since Obito didn't master the Senju DNA

I mean even though Madara had gotten Senju DNA after The Final Valley, his rinnegan didn't awaken instantly he had to master the Senju DNA to awaken the Dojutsu

As for a personal opinion, i would like to see Hashirama take down Madara, i mean he is his rival so it would be awesome to see him do that

You could also argue that maybe because madara did not actually have the body of the senju(likely requires the successor DNA or body) but only the eyes it took years. since Naruto actually has the full on body of the senju also the chakra of Ashura combined with the upgrade hagoromo gave them(that there is a good chance it would awaken relatively fast) you may say that one would need both the body of both clans(ie uchiha and senju mating to form a new clan) but the eye itself is what has the power of the sharingan so adding the body should speed up the process(and i could be wrong but thats just my speculation)

also you say you would like to see hashirama take him down because he is madara's rival but the truth that they are rivals because of indra and ashura so if either hashirama or naruto took him down it would essentially be them both doing it