Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20140523074558/@comment-5311048-20140709210752

GZulu wrote: ...near death experience? nah...all I got was that it took Madara's body THAT FREAKING LONG to integrate the Senju...ahem...Asura power to awaken the Rinnegan.

If....that is IF Naruto somehow acquired the EMS from Sasuke, Naruto WOULD eventually awaken the Rinnegan all on his own.

Why do you guys insist on this pissing contest?

if you read the manga, Madara explained to Obito he unlocked it after Senju DNA, had a near death experience, which then awoken the Rinnegan, and as I said, Sasuke was almost the same, just no Senju DNA, just the Six paths portent power.