Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1512913-20161101211526/@comment-734582-20161105202013

Elveonora wrote: What you propose I get is that Rinne Sharingan is not partially a Rinnegan but rather an evolution of Mangekyou Sharingan? I disagree. From the way I see it, Rinne Sharingan, the original eye, has powers of both the Rinnegan and Sharingan. Sharingan or rather Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan are merely two halves of Rinne Sharingan. The problem i have with this is twofold: Momoshiki and the Rinnegan color.

Not only is the Rinnegan colored purple (whereas Rinne Sharingan is red), but we've seen Momoshiki use a red rinnegan. If Rinne Sharingan were a true combination, it would be purple. I think that in a curious twist of fate, the Rinnegan is indeed a mutation.

I think that the Sharingan (powers over the veil between reality and imagination) is a fundamentally different power from the Rinnegan (power over life and death).

To explain my reasoning, i think the basis of Six Paths chakra is life and death. Regular chakra is a pale imitation of chemical and mental energy. Six Paths chakra comes from the soul and lifeforce itself (or: the blood and souls of the fallen. Or however you want to phrase it. Either way: yin = soul/death, Yang= body/life).

What i think happened is that the Rinnegan is a mutation where this Six paths power affected his eye and granted far superior power over it. I find it weird that Hagoromo's eye is considered Kekkei mora, which seems to mean that it's the original, complete power. This suggests that it indeed is a wholly separate dojutsu.

This idea seems supported by Madara, who's sharingan truly transformed into Rinnegan, sacrificing one power (Mangekyou) for another. I think that because of Hagoromo's greater control, Sasuke's eye has both the Rinnegan branch (power over life and death) without overwriting the Sharingan branch (power over reality and imagination).

Of course the fun and confusing part is that i do think the Rinne Sharingan is somewhat connected to the Rinnegan. But i think that the Rinnegan has power that the Rinne Sharingan does not, just as it is vice versa. The Rinne Sharingan's power fit the Sharingan line (power over reality and imagination) but not entirely the Rinnegan line (It seems to lack power over life and death).

So i hope this makes sense: Sharingan: Minor power over reality and imagination (IE power over reality perception. Can see through deception and create it). Mangekyou Sharingan: Power to change reality and fantasy (IE tsukuyome creates a new, subjective reality) Rinne Sharingan: Complete power over reality and fantasy (IE how it can completely overwrite reality with a new one, or create new subjective realities for everyone).

Rinnegan: Power over life and death. Intermediate reality powers. IE power to control souls, call souls from the afterlife, connect to other planes of existence like Limbo.

Sasuke's Rinnegan: Combines Rinnegan (power over life and death) with an advanced form of Sharingan (power over reality and imagination) to create an eye that can do both, but not to the level of a Rinne Sharingan.