Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26889573-20151008053113/@comment-734582-20151011143617

Georgio722 wrote: But the thing is, they are from 1 of the 3 known Sage regions. People still know this place, even though it's practically impossible to find by normal means. So if other animals have the ability of a Sage, I think people would know. My impression was that it was actually not well known, in fact i got the impression it wasn't known at all. It seems Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were one of the few people to ever set foot in one of these three places.

Georgio722 wrote: Well, if Six Paths Chakra is the power of the afterlife, then the Nature Energy would be the power of the living. Agreed.

Georgio722 wrote: And if that's the case, then they should have equal power, because everything has a balance That i agree with too. But equal power does not mean or infer equal abilities. Sage Mode naturally strengthens the body and allows for special abilities like throwing jutsu. Six Paths chakra doesn't allow such things. It's similar in power, but different in execution. And since i don't believe that different Sage Modes allow for different abilities to begin with, i don't believe that learning three different forms allows for such a sudden, unexplained spike.

Georgio722 wrote: shinju is composed of Nature Energy and is the originator of chakra, and Nature Energy is a type of chakra, so it's logical to think that it originated from the Shinju. And that i don't agree with. Sage Mode works everywhere, even with the Shinju gone or absorbed. Why would nature energy still be there with its source gone? I think Nature energy always was there, the Shinju just gathered a lot of it.

Certain abilities (e.g. Juugo's KKG, Kimimaro's KKG) suggest that Sage Mode is only part of a true Sage Body and that a true sage has such abilities (i mean, it kind of makes sense).