Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20161120204250/@comment-734582-20161122181054

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: dude, you two guys (thekillman and beyond red) are geniuses. Thanks :)

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: I thought the seal might've had some type of affect on it, since it not only seals the chakra, but the soul too Yea kishimoto isn't very clear with his terminology, i can name at least a bunch of things called "chakra" that are nothing alike. Not the least the fact that what we call "chakra" is fake chakra and what we call "six paths Chakra" is actual chakra.

But, briefly consider this: Six Paths chakra seems to be the power from Life and Death. This seems to come from the blood and the souls of the fallen (See: Shinju grew in the blood of the slain. Six Paths chakra gives power over the soul, e.g. Rinnegan). The "Blood of the fallen" component is true, proper lifeforce (and not just chemical energy).

Regular chakra is a similar mixture, but made of physical and spiritual energy (so chemical energy of the cells, and the mental energy of the brain).

It seems Biju are made of a mixture of these four components: They're beings with a soul (Yin component of SP chakra, See Yin kurama) and beings with a body (Yang component, but also see Yang kurama). They can use their mental energy and physical energy to make regular chakra, making 4 components.

It seems to me that Biju are made from this immense spiritual and physical force. What sets Six Paths users apart is their ability to harness these two, whereas regular people can't. People had physical and mental energy before Kaguya, but couldn't mix them. Similarly, people had Lifeforce and soul, but couldn't mix them to form Six Paths chakra.

Now, it seems to me that Yin and Yang release are simply the ability to control the individual components. That is, a Yang user can control the pure chemical energy in their body to supersize or heal. Yin users can control their imaginative powers to create Genjutsu.

Six Paths Yin and Yang powers, by analogy, use power over the Soul (IE the Rinnegan rips out the soul, Hagoromo could even call them back). Six Paths Yang power uses control over lifeforce. Now it seems specific techniques can emulate this (e.g. Shiyo healing Gaara) but it comes at great cost. But a true SP user can do so freely, like how Naruto recreated Kakashi's eye or stabilized Guy. Or how Madara could not just heal himself but create biomass from nothing to heal himself. Or how Hagoromo used his power to not just take a creature's soul and split it, but could give them their own physical bodies and powers.

Now a very long and possibly boring tangent later, it seems to me that Six Paths power is not this untouchable, unattainable state (except for the chosen few) but can in fact be emulated through great power and effort.

So, Naruto's seal seems to consist of two parts, one that stops Kurama's essence (both lifeforce and soul) but lets (chemical/mental) chakra through, and one part that lets lifeforce and soul through. Minato had developed his sealing techniques to such an extent that he could even seal a piece of his own soul and a piece of Kushina's soul. However, since Naruto unsealed them, they could not possess him for long and grant him power.

From this, it seems that Six Paths power is highly detrimental to a weak user: I think the Soul component overwhelms the mind and the Lifeforce component overwhelms the body. E.g. Obito lost control over both when he tried to subjugate the Juubi, which is a giant mass of both. Similarly, Minato couldn't become Kurama's jinchuriki as the massive lifeforce would likely kill him. Naruto, being an Uzumaki child, already has naturally massive lifeforce and could physically withstand Kurama. In that sense, it's not so much a case of having enough lifeforce, but rather having sufficiently powerful lifeforce.

And i thoroughly apologize for making this a massively long post.