Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-29393962-20161111215453/@comment-734582-20170114124638

UltimaDude wrote: SPSM is not something one can awaken on his own. It doesn't seem to be more than just a Sage Mode + Six Paths power combo, so yes you can awaken it yourself. It also depends on the nature of Hashirama's sage mode (is it natural for an Ashura transmigrant to easily awaken it?). Madara didn't possess Sage Mode in his first life so he never awoke SPSM. UltimaDude wrote: He was more inclined to convincing Indra's reincarnation because they were more willing to awaken the Rinnegan, not more capable. Black Zetsu was completely impartial with the Transmigrants. It wasn't until he saw Madara that he specifically went for an Indra transmigrant. The Madara-Hashirama relation is actually very un-transmigrantlike. Not quite inverted though. Madara was a driven Indra but with Ashura's power relation, meaning that his chances of trying to steal Hashirama's power were optimal. (Weak enough to try and steal his power, curse of hatred making him easily motivated).