So why would there be different sage modes if...

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Sage Mode can be learned in two places, Mount Myōboku of the toads and Ryūchi Cave of the snakes. Learning Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave grants the user with a toad and snake style of Sage Mode respectively, which carries over the same advantages and disadvantages, only differing in application.

the bold part explains it, different application of nature energy gives you a different mode. its quite simple. your over thinking it

Well its their distinct appearances that grinds my gears (mostly)

 

[Amazeballs]

The only difference between Sage Modes is appearance. The abilities that come with Sage Mode are the same no matter how you enter the mode. Juugo's form is not a Sage Mode.

 

[Xāvî1]

Senjutsu , in essence , is just generated from blending natural energy with ordinary chakra?

Kabuto , hashirama , narutos’ transformation should have the same characterisrics and properties . They would all turn into frog statues if too much natural energy is drawn to their bodies.

Its just reckless of kishi to give them different features under their sage modes.

And lets just leave the six paths sage mode aside....

Cos they are different types of sage mode!

Naruto's is toad sage mode from Myōbokuzan (land of toads)
Kabuto's is dragon or snake sage mode from Ryūchidō (land of snakes)
Hashirama's is slug sage mode from Shikkotsu Forest (home land of katsuyu)

 

[ethris]

ok first.. wiki is not a reliable source.. i could go on there and say Tenten is the god of shinobi.. its a good source to get info from but in terms of sage mode we are aware there are different ones.. but why has not been explained..

Everyone that has sage mode are taking in natural energy the exact same way.. and its the exact same energy.. just because you learn how to do it somewhere else does not justify the different marks.. there is no difference in the energy being drawn

the manga clearly states that application of the natural energy is different for each sage mode, and we only know how naruto attains his sage mode so how can u say there the same, logic dictates they apply the chkara in different ways due to the different appearnences

 

[KingHashirama]

- Hashirama's SM provide regeneration or its medical ninjutsu.. i'm not sure. .. Naruto's and Kabuto's doesn't.

- Hashirama's SM furthermore provides 100x the power of normal .. as shown by how the buddha looks normally and compared to when done with SM on.

^^^^ His is on a completely different level

While Naruto and Kabuto's SM is on their animals.. Notice that Jiraiya's marking were also different in SM.

 

[Biju Mode]

The only real answer is...dun dum dum....PLOT ans kishis is the only one who can answer the question since all answers are simply assumptions sincr it didn't come from kishi

 

[Sapiens Sequax Sex Semita]

maybe they have affinities for nature chakra, to sign summoning contracts the animals have to accept you so maybe by being accepted into a summoning clan it shows your connection to said animal which acts sort of like a chakra affinity when under the influence of nature chakra. but that's all speculation an most likely way off.

EDIT: with hashi not having a shown summon (could be slug but might not be any) might explain why his sage mode just enhances him because he is just using pure nature chakra with no affinity.

 

[KingHashirama]

maybe they have affinities for nature chakra, to sign summoning contracts the animals have to accept you so maybe by being accepted into a summoning clan it shows your connection to said animal which acts sort of like a chakra affinity when under the influence of nature chakra. but that's all speculation an most likely way off.

Hashirama has no summoning contract with an animal, that we know of. o-o

 

[Chubbypanda]

ok first.. wiki is not a reliable source.. i could go on there and say Tenten is the god of shinobi.. its a good source to get info from but in terms of sage mode we are aware there are different ones.. but why has not been explained..

Everyone that has sage mode are taking in natural energy the exact same way.. and its the exact same energy.. just because you learn how to do it somewhere else does not justify the different marks.. there is no difference in the energy being drawn

Wiki is a reliable source and they have reference as to where they get it, and it is reliable but not too reliable because anybody can edit it but overall it is reliable. But i am sure if u went there and said ten-ten is the god of shinobi some body would correct it. Am i wrong or not.

 

[Sapiens Sequax Sex Semita]

Hashirama has no summoning contract with an animal, that we know of. o-o

check the edit.

 

[mohdzarif]

This is never explained. Nature energy is nature energy. What's the difference between each Sage Modes' nature energy?

 

[obito uchiha the wraith]

That is ALL speculation. Where the hell did eating the Jubi's flesh come from? Quite a wild theory..

None of its speculation jugos clan had backstory explaining how they worshipped the Jubi and took in its flesh.

 

[Alfred Pennyworth]

maybe they have affinities for nature chakra, to sign summoning contracts the animals have to accept you so maybe by being accepted into a summoning clan it shows your connection to said animal which acts sort of like a chakra affinity when under the influence of nature chakra. but that's all speculation an most likely way off.

EDIT: with hashi not having a shown summon (could be slug but might not be any) might explain why his sage mode just enhances him because he is just using pure nature chakra with no affinity.

Interesting. At this point we can really just speculate, which is part of the purposes of this thread. So i guess sasuke would have a dragon hawk sage mode lol

 

[BK 201]

The answer is plot. The fact is that natural energy is the same all around. Regardless if you learn it in one environment or from a certain animal, it doesn't change the essence of the natural energy one draws in. And we know it's not specific to animals if Hashirama was able to do it so we really don't know what causes that difference.

 

[Sapiens Sequax Sex Semita]

Interesting. At this point we can really just speculate, which is part of the purposes of this thread. So i guess sasuke would have a dragon hawk sage mode lol

XD yeah possibly but it might be the strongest one is what comes about or maybe he could switch back and forth on a whim combining them would be a nature chakra affinity kekkei genkai tho so i doubt that one.

 

[KingHashirama]

check the edit.

But what do you mean by "just enhances him". Isn't it the same for every other sagemode? lol

 

[Sapiens Sequax Sex Semita]

But what do you mean by "just enhances him". Isn't it the same for every other sagemode? lol

i mean enhances him without showing the traits of animals like the other ones do like toad shows toad like features and snake shows snake/"dragon" like features. hashi looks the same except for some paint on his face.

 

[UltimateDeadpool]

I really never understood the concept of animal motifs behind Senjutsu. It comes from nature/Shinju, not animals.

 

[KingHashirama]

i mean enhances him without showing the traits of animals like the other ones do like toad shows toad like features and snake shows snake/"dragon" like features. hashi looks the same except for some paint on his face.

Naruto also looks the same with simple markings on his face , since he has perfect frog sage mode? doesn't he? But whats preticular about Hashirama's SM is that it goes only with his dna. Notice that when Madara absorbed Hashirama's SM, it went on the head on Madara's chest, not Madara's own face.

 

[Sapiens Sequax Sex Semita]

Naruto also looks the same with simple markings on his face , since he has perfect frog sage mode? doesn't he? But whats preticular about Hashirama's SM is that it goes only with his dna. Notice that when Madara absorbed Hashirama's SM, it went on the head on Madara's chest, not Madara's own face.

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looks like toad eyes to me

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and like i said its just speculation i wasn't stating it as fact.

but aside from that the sage mode going on hashis face most likely has to do with madaras normal body not being able to handle sage mode on its own similar to how orochimarus old body wasn't fully compatible so with him having hashis dna it worked and was supported by hashis cells which just so happened to be the face grafted onto his chest