Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9782468-20170118003542

So, I was goin through the forums and a discussion about Sage Mode was goin on and it made me wonder;

Why did Naruto need to use clones to extend his time in Sage Mode?

Sage Mode is what happens when you balance Nature Energy with your own chakra, right? So by splitting his chakra into three, he limited how much Sage chakra his clones could create, since they didn't have as much chakra of their own to balance with Nature Energy.

Why wouldn't he have gathered as much energy by himself as he could, then immediately head out to battle? That way, he wouldn't end up with those vulnerable points where he didn't have Sage Mode. He's have created just as much Sage chakra as his clones would have because he has all the chakra they would have been using to make their Sage chakra.

Idk, possible explanations for this? 