Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31266380-20170213121035/@comment-9782468-20170214051809

1. I think Kishi just sort of gave Minato Sage Mode, and forgot it wouldn't fit in the narrative.

2. No reason to use one bigger. It must be hard to swing such a huge swirling mass of chakra. He needed to be fast, and alas he wasn't fast enough. He may have SM, but Madara had Juubi, which is basically Nature Energy itself. Madara's sensing and abilities were far greater than Minato's.

3. Basically, I believe Minato can balance his chakra with Nature Energy perfectly, but he can't balance too much at one time. He isn't as good as Naruto, who can mix a lot of it at once. He can only handle mixing a fraction of what Naruto's capable of, but what he can mix he mixes perfectly. What results is him getting the same boost but for much less time.

4. You need your own chakra to balance with Nature Energy to for Sage Mode. You also need chakra to summon things. Minato weighed all his options, and decided that Ma and Pa wouldn't be enough and that he had enough chakra to seal some of the fox in himself and Naruto.

Plus, even if he did have enough to activate Sage Mode, he's already shown he can't maintain it for very long. And Kushina wasn't lasting forever. We all already saw how mush Naruto struggled against Kurama even with the power of Sage Mode. Minato didn't have the time or energy for a prolonged fight.

Your title isn't controversial. It's just a title stating your opinion.