Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1512913-20170121174919/@comment-26403664-20170208202506

I think she should be listed with someone with six paths senjutsu. My reasoning is that in the article where it says sage transformation, that is also applied to someone who becomes the Ten Tails jin. I think the confusion is how sage transformation and sage mode are both described. The difference is between how the body changes. Sage transformation uses nature energy, which causes the users body to transform. And Sage Mode is a technique when you absorb nature energy and mix it within your body. Whether or not sage transformation uses senjutsu, (senjutsu as in your chakra is mixed with nature energy), that is up to debate and this is where my opinion comes in. Sage Mode is essentially the perfect mix of nature energy and your chakra and one's body being able to react to the nature energy. Sage Transformation is like Jiraiya's imperfect sage mode, Jiraiya starts turning into a frog like creature because he can't perfectly mix nature energy and chakra, but he still has sage chakra. So I think Kishimoto just changed his mind about sage chakra and never bothered to explain it. What I am getting at is that sage transformation allows you to have sage chakra but it happens to change your body more drastically than sage mode. The difference between imperfect sage mode is that it's tied to your specific summoning animal and that it is actively turning you into that animal, while the sage transformation is a genetic ability that makes you animal like (if you cannot control it) and transforms you into something completely unique and with the added bonus of certain bodily abilities. For example, like Jugo's jutsu. Moving on to six paths senjutsu and transformation. Six paths senjutsu is just mixing six paths chakra with nature energy to make six paths sage chakra. Madara was capable of using senjutsu, I think it was a sage mode but it was never called that, I think Kaguya is the same way, she has six paths senjutsu, but her chakra is literally six paths senjutsu chakra. What really should be up to debate is if someone mastering sage chakra whether with six paths chakra or not makes you a sage or just using natural energy.