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This is purely me pitching ideas; I am in no way saying this is concrete. Just a concept as to how Slug sage mode users could enter the sage mode. Everyone has been making threads with less of a purpose than this, please be nice!
To the fan-fiction section joke over users, it's not funny anymore.
After seeing all of these threads for the new year. I decided I myself should make a theory for my team, of course (Sakura and Tsunade). Though it’s been said that kishi said the manga is ending this year around summer. I’ve been reading different stories here and there and I decided to not let the ending of the manga stop me from sharing a theory. As unreasonable it might seem to people I rather do it, just in case.
So by the time I put this up on the base I bet people would be already coming into the thread to ‘set me straight’ and ‘make me know my place’, well I’ll just leave these here for you.
*You should not try to deny the information that we have been getting but instead. Embrace it and know that it’s coming. I will not be specific in this thread to any character in particular but you should know all who possess slug contracts. *
Okay, so slug sage mode is something that I think is closer than before now as we are approaching the latter parts of the manga. It’s been speculated many times and there are many theories on who could use it and whatever. Today, however I am going to focus specifically on what I think is required for SSM, how I think it could be performed and why I think it would not be something used initially by its users.
Requirements: Seal.
How one could enter Slug sage mode:
How one could manage and execute the natural energy being received:
Before looking at my methods and before saying you need huge amounts of chakra, i believe Pa said you need huge amounts to be able to draw on the the natural energy not balance it. Unless this is a mis translation of interpretation on my part.
Method 1:
Method 2: Not entirely loving this one
Drawbacks of using Slug sage mode:
Potential abilities/benefits.
This is purely me pitching ideas; I am in no way saying this is concrete. Just a concept as to how Slug sage mode users could enter the sage mode. Everyone has been making threads with less of a purpose than this, please be nice!
To the fan-fiction section joke over users, it's not funny anymore.
After seeing all of these threads for the new year. I decided I myself should make a theory for my team, of course (Sakura and Tsunade). Though it’s been said that kishi said the manga is ending this year around summer. I’ve been reading different stories here and there and I decided to not let the ending of the manga stop me from sharing a theory. As unreasonable it might seem to people I rather do it, just in case.
So by the time I put this up on the base I bet people would be already coming into the thread to ‘set me straight’ and ‘make me know my place’, well I’ll just leave these here for you.
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*You should not try to deny the information that we have been getting but instead. Embrace it and know that it’s coming. I will not be specific in this thread to any character in particular but you should know all who possess slug contracts. *
Okay, so slug sage mode is something that I think is closer than before now as we are approaching the latter parts of the manga. It’s been speculated many times and there are many theories on who could use it and whatever. Today, however I am going to focus specifically on what I think is required for SSM, how I think it could be performed and why I think it would not be something used initially by its users.
Requirements: Seal.
Slug sage mode first requires a contract with the slugs. The slugs seem to operate in a particular way in the human world seeing as they require their user to have formed the byakugou seal before they can be called upon.
Just as you would be arranged to have a contract with any summon. I believe katsuya then passes on the byakugou seal as an additional requirement. As seen in the picture below, we see how katsuya is happy Sakura finally was able to activate the byakugou seal.
I think primarily the slugs absolutely cannot be summoned to be of much use without the byakugou seal. Now you are probably wondering what I am getting at with the byakugou seal. I am basically saying the byakugou seal is testament to being able to handle the slug sage mode.
The byakugou seal is said to be the pinnacle of chakra control. Achieving it in itself must be proof enough of a capable ninja to wield their version of sage mode. I theorize this means a user of the byakugou seal is capable of balancing nature energy along with their physical and spiritual energy.
Just as you would be arranged to have a contract with any summon. I believe katsuya then passes on the byakugou seal as an additional requirement. As seen in the picture below, we see how katsuya is happy Sakura finally was able to activate the byakugou seal.
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I think primarily the slugs absolutely cannot be summoned to be of much use without the byakugou seal. Now you are probably wondering what I am getting at with the byakugou seal. I am basically saying the byakugou seal is testament to being able to handle the slug sage mode.
The byakugou seal is said to be the pinnacle of chakra control. Achieving it in itself must be proof enough of a capable ninja to wield their version of sage mode. I theorize this means a user of the byakugou seal is capable of balancing nature energy along with their physical and spiritual energy.
How one could enter Slug sage mode:
Entering Slug sage mode was and still is a tricky one for me to decide upon. I think that this one makes most sense considering the ninja who are potential users. Slug sage mode would kind of work like the way Ma and Pa would fuse with Jiraya and draw the natural energy for him.
While this was mainly to eliminate the being still part of their sage mode, they are still drawing the nature energy for him in a sense and feeding it into his body. His only job then is basically to balance it.
Now we know the byakugou seal, is linked with katsuya. The person possessing the byakugou seal can transfer chakra into katsuya for her to perform remote healing and possibly just allow katsuya to be around as I’ve stated before, katsuya seems to not be able to be in the human world without it, as she said she would vanish if Tsunade’s seal ran out.
So I am of the belief that slug sage mode will kind of work like Ma and Pa would for Jiraya. The seal could be opened as it usually would be and the katsuya could feed natural energy to the user. The slug would of course not have to be summoned for this, since it would be in the forest and are already linked to the seal. Unlike Jiraya who would have to summon them directly.
While this was mainly to eliminate the being still part of their sage mode, they are still drawing the nature energy for him in a sense and feeding it into his body. His only job then is basically to balance it.
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Now we know the byakugou seal, is linked with katsuya. The person possessing the byakugou seal can transfer chakra into katsuya for her to perform remote healing and possibly just allow katsuya to be around as I’ve stated before, katsuya seems to not be able to be in the human world without it, as she said she would vanish if Tsunade’s seal ran out.
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So I am of the belief that slug sage mode will kind of work like Ma and Pa would for Jiraya. The seal could be opened as it usually would be and the katsuya could feed natural energy to the user. The slug would of course not have to be summoned for this, since it would be in the forest and are already linked to the seal. Unlike Jiraya who would have to summon them directly.
How one could manage and execute the natural energy being received:
Before looking at my methods and before saying you need huge amounts of chakra, i believe Pa said you need huge amounts to be able to draw on the the natural energy not balance it. Unless this is a mis translation of interpretation on my part.
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Method 1:
The seal as we know is a container for chakra of the user, and we know 3 energies need to be mixed equally for the sage mode to work. Theory one deals with the idea of katsuya pumping a certain amount of natural energy into the seal itself.
In the seal of course the normal chakra inside it would kind of mess up the whole transmission of natural energy since it is of course a pool of chakra in itself already right? Well I thought of that and what if there was a totally different way to open the seal for SSM?
The third stage of the seal would act as how Tsunade is able to transmit Chakra to Katsuya, it would be activated in such a way that natural energy from katsuya along would flow out of it. At the cost of chakra that was used to form the seal the more it is transmitted.
Just as Katsuya is using Tsunade's chakra in conjuction with hers in the real world. Tsunade should be able to use Katsuya's power in conjuction with hers.
The patterns of the seal wrapping around the users body, function as if you are drawing nature energy into your body from all over. Then to which the user would mix it with their other energies and then close the seal once they have reached the balance they need. At this point of course they would already be in sage mode and would not need to relay anymore natural energy.
*pardon my edit it's just a rough thing*
In the seal of course the normal chakra inside it would kind of mess up the whole transmission of natural energy since it is of course a pool of chakra in itself already right? Well I thought of that and what if there was a totally different way to open the seal for SSM?
The third stage of the seal would act as how Tsunade is able to transmit Chakra to Katsuya, it would be activated in such a way that natural energy from katsuya along would flow out of it. At the cost of chakra that was used to form the seal the more it is transmitted.
Just as Katsuya is using Tsunade's chakra in conjuction with hers in the real world. Tsunade should be able to use Katsuya's power in conjuction with hers.
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The patterns of the seal wrapping around the users body, function as if you are drawing nature energy into your body from all over. Then to which the user would mix it with their other energies and then close the seal once they have reached the balance they need. At this point of course they would already be in sage mode and would not need to relay anymore natural energy.
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*pardon my edit it's just a rough thing*
Method 2: Not entirely loving this one
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The seal could be used in this way in that the user would perform the procedure to receive natural energy from katsuya. To which they would then use to do the techniques they wish which would be amplified on a larger scale thanks to the natural energy.
Bearing in mind that using techniques with chakra in the seal does not cause any depleted energy of the user. (byakugou and creation rebirth not included)
That would imply that there is not mixture of body with spirit (physical energy with chakra) when using techniques solely powered by the chakra of the seal which would then not cause any transformation into a slug of the user because they aren’t trying to mould the chakra internally so essentially the user is not in a ‘sage mode’ more than they are just spitting techniques boosted by natural energy without any cost to them.
Would most likely use this method in a mode looking like what i'll show below, with the seal being just partially open in which we've seen them use just to use some chakra for a general technique.
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is said to be a chakra container which the user can use to perform techniques without exhausting themselves or wasting any chakra in their base pool. The slugs may not have an actual mode to enter more than it just being a way to use techniques boosted by natural energy.The seal could be used in this way in that the user would perform the procedure to receive natural energy from katsuya. To which they would then use to do the techniques they wish which would be amplified on a larger scale thanks to the natural energy.
Bearing in mind that using techniques with chakra in the seal does not cause any depleted energy of the user. (byakugou and creation rebirth not included)
That would imply that there is not mixture of body with spirit (physical energy with chakra) when using techniques solely powered by the chakra of the seal which would then not cause any transformation into a slug of the user because they aren’t trying to mould the chakra internally so essentially the user is not in a ‘sage mode’ more than they are just spitting techniques boosted by natural energy without any cost to them.
Would most likely use this method in a mode looking like what i'll show below, with the seal being just partially open in which we've seen them use just to use some chakra for a general technique.
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Drawbacks of using Slug sage mode:
It’s always the question at this stage in the manga as to why Tsunade specifically has not used sage mode against any of her opponents (a whole two fights).
Well seeing as part 1 is irrelevant to sage mode basically. I’ll say Tsunade has a very good reason for not using it before.
Medical ninja need to sustain their team. Tsunade in either of these modes while trying to heal anyone other than themselves would potentially turn into a hoarde of slugs. Or the shinobi Slug alliance. Healing is most likely a big no no in sage mode. I don’t think anyone expected it to be possible.
This mode is most likely reserved strictly for when everything else is out of the window and you basically have no choice but to do something like this. Which is why I believe we have not seen it yet, because under what circumstances would any of them be able to use it right now?
Well seeing as part 1 is irrelevant to sage mode basically. I’ll say Tsunade has a very good reason for not using it before.
Medical ninja need to sustain their team. Tsunade in either of these modes while trying to heal anyone other than themselves would potentially turn into a hoarde of slugs. Or the shinobi Slug alliance. Healing is most likely a big no no in sage mode. I don’t think anyone expected it to be possible.
This mode is most likely reserved strictly for when everything else is out of the window and you basically have no choice but to do something like this. Which is why I believe we have not seen it yet, because under what circumstances would any of them be able to use it right now?
Potential abilities/benefits.
-Ability sorta like suigetsu where they would be able to turn their body into that of a slugs in terms of structure when hit physically.
-Ability to sense conditions in their surroundings as katsuya does. Potentially other ninja as katsuya has been able to sense chakra before.
- Ability to have a form of acid armour.
-A version of slug division.
-Ability to sense conditions in their surroundings as katsuya does. Potentially other ninja as katsuya has been able to sense chakra before.
- Ability to have a form of acid armour.
-A version of slug division.
