Yes but the manga showed madara awakening it as old man I think he awakend it in his prime.He told Obito that he awakened it near his death... you know Madara survived right?
No proof of this but he never told obito about his past with hashirama.What are those things?
he is right though. I remember Madara stating that it was awakened as he approached death's door. Then in the issue where obito 1st approached Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan they showed a flashback of an already withered Madara awakening the Rinnegan....Yes but the manga showed madara awakening it as old man I think he awakend it in his prime.
This guy said it correctly, theres a panel in the manga that shows Madara in his old age awaken it so it cant be after the fight.When Madara said that he awakened the Rinnegan right before his death, he meant that the Rinnegan appeared before his natural life-span expired. Before his life-force ran out, he summoned the Gedo Mazou, hooked himself up to it and pumped his body with Hashirama/Gedo Mazou chakra to keep himself alive.
As long as he was connected to the Gedo Mazou, he would remain alive, although his natural life-force ran out.