WOW! O.O This thread has just exploded since I was reading it last! but I think I've figured out the end to all this debate....
The sage tricked the juubi into positioning itself over a volcano. He cooked it, then ate it using the sacred spoon knife and fork, taking it into his body.He is the super "great" to the 10th power grand pappy of Naruto and Sasuke. He may have had red hair or it turned that way after eating such a spicy meat-a-ball-a!
He's from the uzumaki lineage, his family was a clan that was good at fuinjutsu, he just developed it more and figured out the secrets from it, then after his death, the lineage became a clan, Uzumaki clan.the sage isn't exactly an uzumaki. the uzumaki are said to be like cousins to the senju who descended from the younger son of the sage. the sage was basically a combination of the uchiha, the senju, and the uzumaki (as well as possibly some other clans we don't know about). picture a family tree that goes on for, lets say, 20 generations. there are branches that will only be distantly related to others, but you can't say that the original was from that branch, because he's not. get what I'm trying to say here? the uzumakis eventually came about from his kids and grandkids etc, so he's RELATED to the uzumakis, but he isn't one. just like how the uchiha got the sages eyes and the senju got the sages body, the uzumaki received the sages longevity and large chakra reserves, as well as his sealing abilities. as for the "pure uzumaki can't use ninjutsu" theory, the uzumaki used to have their own hidden village. I find it hard to believe that a clan that can't use ninjutsu would be the head of their own ninja village.
Ya ur dumb first because the sage was not an uzamaki retard he was half senju and half uchia thats why madra and 1st are direct decendants second nagato could use ninjutsu since all six of his pains used the power of the six paths yet he was considered the seventh path plus you cany prove narutos mom couldnt use ninjutsu the only one that was fact about no ninjutsu was lee and gai and last you saying sage couldnt use ninjutsu after stopping the juubi is something you made up there was no statement in naruto or hints ur just a retard making stuff up in your head tring to get us to believe u if ur gonna talk about theories use real facts dumb A$$.
Haha oh wow, that means a lot man, I've been working on this for hours. I feel like I posted it at a bad time though. Hopefully some people will join in on the discussion, Im curious to see the opposing opinions on this..
i hope you understand what im trying to say here... so no ninjitsu existed so why would there be ninja clans beforehand??
Anyone have an explanation on why the Sage didn't get the 9 tomoes in each eye if he did get the Rennigan from the Jubbi? I asked his a few pages back and only the OP responded.