with the recent events of learning that the rinnegan is actually part of the sharingan's development, i have a theory on why the real nagato looked the way he did (skinny and weak).
we all know (or assume) nagato is/was part of the uzumaki clan, which contains the senju half the so6p. we also know that "tobi" gave (by which i assumed he implanted) the rinnegan into nagato. if we go back, we know kakashi was always limited in using the sharingan extensively because he did not have the uchiha bloodline. so using that as my basis, we can assume that nagato looked like crap because he did not share the bloodline of the uchiha and it limited his powers as a rinnegan user.
what does that mean? imo it means that there is a lot more to the rinnegan than what nagato has shown us. its like comparing kakashi to itachi, where kakashi = nagato and itachi = madara (in the near future chapters). kakashi is pretty good with the sharingan, but we know itachi would mop the floor with kakashi in the sharingan vs sharingan battle.
we will see the full extent of the rinnegan when madara uses it, maybe even upto the level of the so6p using it in the past.
maybe this was obvious to begin with, but i dont know. just wanted to state it. i would like to hear your theories on this.
oh also... there are supposed to be "SIX PATHS". rumors stated that senju (life), uchiha (eyes), and rinnegan (eyes of the so6p?) were 3 paths. at least thats what tobi led us to believe. so now that the rinnegan and sharingan are part of the same evolutionary chain, are they still considered 2 of the 6 paths, or are they just 1 path?
we all know (or assume) nagato is/was part of the uzumaki clan, which contains the senju half the so6p. we also know that "tobi" gave (by which i assumed he implanted) the rinnegan into nagato. if we go back, we know kakashi was always limited in using the sharingan extensively because he did not have the uchiha bloodline. so using that as my basis, we can assume that nagato looked like crap because he did not share the bloodline of the uchiha and it limited his powers as a rinnegan user.
what does that mean? imo it means that there is a lot more to the rinnegan than what nagato has shown us. its like comparing kakashi to itachi, where kakashi = nagato and itachi = madara (in the near future chapters). kakashi is pretty good with the sharingan, but we know itachi would mop the floor with kakashi in the sharingan vs sharingan battle.
maybe this was obvious to begin with, but i dont know. just wanted to state it. i would like to hear your theories on this.
oh also... there are supposed to be "SIX PATHS". rumors stated that senju (life), uchiha (eyes), and rinnegan (eyes of the so6p?) were 3 paths. at least thats what tobi led us to believe. so now that the rinnegan and sharingan are part of the same evolutionary chain, are they still considered 2 of the 6 paths, or are they just 1 path?