Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20160510012347/@comment-734582-20160512155550

But of all the abilities the Rinnegan has, why would it have the power to clone eyes?

The Rinnegan can transmit chakra to it's black rods. Isn't it much simpler to say that the transmitted chakra is what causes the Rinnegan to merely reflect? Especially since we've already seen Naruto do something similar with the Shinobi Alliance, transmitting his chakra to them, giving them his chakra shroud and manipulating that even at a distance. Even after his chakra ran out, a tiny amount of chakra remained with each person, allowing him to reform the shroud later.

Then finally there's the idea that even if these Rinnegan are real eyes, why would it mean they have the original's power? Why wouldn't Madara simply give copies to Nagato? or give Nagato the original eyes and use copies for himself in stead of using other people's rinnegan? Wouldn't it be much likelier to say that these eyes only manifest the shared visions and no other powers (since those powers are transmitted by the rods)?