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Again and again, I've read theories about how The Sage is an Uzumaki, or rather formed the Uzumaki Clan by his own blood. While these theories are clearly thought out, they run into a few issues for me.
My first argument against this theory is that a reveal of the Sage being Uzumaki would have zero impact on the story.
We've been beaten over the head (especially in this War Arc) that Naruto is the reincarnation of the Sage. We get that already. It's rather obvious.
So why would Kishimoto be hiding this secret for the entirety of the Manga? It's a super small easter egg that would have next to no relevancy with the story. It's a lot of effort to hide something that, when revealed, our reaction wouldn't go far beyond, "Oh, that's nifty."
Would it tie up any loose ends? No.
Would it make us majorly rethink any plot points? No.
It has no impact.
The Lineage of The Sage in this theory makes no sense, especially with the newest chapter explaining how he became.
The Sage began with his mother (obviously) Kaguya, the first person ever to use chakra. When The Sage was born, he already had chakra in his veins; making him the second person to have chakra.
Many of the Pro-Uzumaki theorists suggest that the Uzumaki clan as a whole came before the Senju, contrary to popular belief. The Uzumaki clan as a whole had strong life forces and chakra, just as the Senju, except the Senju obtained this from the Uzumaki.
How can this be, when Kaguya only had one son, The Sage? If The Sage truly was Uzumaki, and he was only the second person ever to use Chakra, how did the rest of the Uzumaki clan obtain their strong life forces and chakra? The Sage only had two sons; The Elder and Younger, which we knew evolved into the Senju and Uchiha and adopted his signature Yin Yang chakras.
Knowing this, how did the Uzumakis adopt their strong life force chakras?
The only sensible answer is that the Uzumaki adopted their chakra from the Senju, since the Senju and Uchiha were the only others to recieve chakra (This goes into a theory I'm working on. How did the other shinobi recieve chakra then? Simple; The Senju and Uchiha line goes far back. They descended from them, through inter-family relationships. That's why their chakra isn't as potent, because it wasn't pure and was watered down through the years. But I digress.)
Theorists also like to justify the Rinnegan with the combination of the Uzumaki+Juubi to create the Rinnegan. They believe The Sage obtained the Rinnegan when he became the Juubi's jinchuriki.
However, this runs into issues as well. It's been suggested time and again the Rinnegan was used by the Sage before hand to defeat the Juubi.
Here, we can see that Obito used some Jutsu to become the Juubi's jinchuriki. We know this wasn't Kamui, because if it was what was used, Kakashi would have been crushed. On top of that, if Kamui was used to absorb abilities, Obito would have obtained Kakashi's power.
No, this was a Rinnegan Tech. Most likely the same one the Sage used to become the Juubi's Jinchuriki.
Other than that, the Sage being born with an influx of chakra implies he had The Rinnegan, the peak of chakra.
I have many more small issues with it, but these are the main points. Needless to say I do not believe the theory.
-Relevancy-
My first argument against this theory is that a reveal of the Sage being Uzumaki would have zero impact on the story.
We've been beaten over the head (especially in this War Arc) that Naruto is the reincarnation of the Sage. We get that already. It's rather obvious.
So why would Kishimoto be hiding this secret for the entirety of the Manga? It's a super small easter egg that would have next to no relevancy with the story. It's a lot of effort to hide something that, when revealed, our reaction wouldn't go far beyond, "Oh, that's nifty."
Would it tie up any loose ends? No.
Would it make us majorly rethink any plot points? No.
It has no impact.
-Lineage-
The Lineage of The Sage in this theory makes no sense, especially with the newest chapter explaining how he became.
The Sage began with his mother (obviously) Kaguya, the first person ever to use chakra. When The Sage was born, he already had chakra in his veins; making him the second person to have chakra.
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Many of the Pro-Uzumaki theorists suggest that the Uzumaki clan as a whole came before the Senju, contrary to popular belief. The Uzumaki clan as a whole had strong life forces and chakra, just as the Senju, except the Senju obtained this from the Uzumaki.
How can this be, when Kaguya only had one son, The Sage? If The Sage truly was Uzumaki, and he was only the second person ever to use Chakra, how did the rest of the Uzumaki clan obtain their strong life forces and chakra? The Sage only had two sons; The Elder and Younger, which we knew evolved into the Senju and Uchiha and adopted his signature Yin Yang chakras.
Knowing this, how did the Uzumakis adopt their strong life force chakras?
The only sensible answer is that the Uzumaki adopted their chakra from the Senju, since the Senju and Uchiha were the only others to recieve chakra (This goes into a theory I'm working on. How did the other shinobi recieve chakra then? Simple; The Senju and Uchiha line goes far back. They descended from them, through inter-family relationships. That's why their chakra isn't as potent, because it wasn't pure and was watered down through the years. But I digress.)
-Rinnegan-
Theorists also like to justify the Rinnegan with the combination of the Uzumaki+Juubi to create the Rinnegan. They believe The Sage obtained the Rinnegan when he became the Juubi's jinchuriki.
However, this runs into issues as well. It's been suggested time and again the Rinnegan was used by the Sage before hand to defeat the Juubi.
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Here, we can see that Obito used some Jutsu to become the Juubi's jinchuriki. We know this wasn't Kamui, because if it was what was used, Kakashi would have been crushed. On top of that, if Kamui was used to absorb abilities, Obito would have obtained Kakashi's power.
No, this was a Rinnegan Tech. Most likely the same one the Sage used to become the Juubi's Jinchuriki.
Other than that, the Sage being born with an influx of chakra implies he had The Rinnegan, the peak of chakra.
I have many more small issues with it, but these are the main points. Needless to say I do not believe the theory.
