[Theory] Rikudo: Pre-sealing Rinnegan or Post-sealing

valandil988

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I'm just laying down some ideas for people to mull over.

Now I can see a lot of contention over whether the sage had the Rinnegan pre-sealing or post-sealing right now. The reason for this is Obito has yet to exhibit any change within his eyes at the current point in time.

This could be because of any number of reasons from the Juubi not being complete to not being the source of Dojutsu at all. However I will present a set of examples that should make logical sense, even without knowing for sure we can pretty much ascertain the truth just by looking at the general events surrounding the defeat of the Juubi.

For the Case of Pre-sealing Rinnegan Wielding Rikudo:

1. The powers of the Rinnegan are far reaching and pervasive, its purview seems to be unlimited at first glance and we haven't seen enough from Madara to really know the full depths of its capabilities. Lets just say if it can randomly drop meteors out of the sky in rather quick succession then its power must be great indeed. Another point to note is that Madara is not a Jinchuuriki yet he has demonstrated techniques that would take a huge amount of chakra to utilize. Now while Madara is an Edo he has the same overall chakra reserve he had in life hence these techniques would have been within his grasp during his life had he unlocked the Rinnegan earlier.

2. This can tell us that a "normal" persons chakra capacity can get large enough to preform these techniques hence if we assume Rikudo Sennin pre-sealing was a badass of badasses and if he was an natural user of the Rinnegan pre-sealing as some believe then these techniques would also have been within his grasp.

3. Banbutsu Sozo is one such technique that would have come under his purview the ability to make imagination reality, to create things from nothing....or in other words to change the form and existence of other beings and objects. If he had this godly ability, which nigh on sounds like reality manipulation do you really believe it would have been necessary for him to seal the Juubi inside him to preform this technique 80 or 100 years later on his death bed or at least close to it?

No the Rikudo could have likely restrained the Juubi long enough for him to split and alter the being of the juubi into the nine Biju. If he was a sage it is likely he could use Petra path to drain the Juubi's chakra from its body and use Banbutsu Sozo to imbue the Nine Biju into existence....All without becoming the Juubi's Jinchuuriki.

I believe that sealing it within himself was a desperate move made by him to buy him time enough to come up with a more permanent solution. Had he had the Rinnegan the answer would have been easy.

For the Case of Post-sealing Rinnegan Wielding Rikudo

1.The most telling fact that tells us the Rikudo did not have the Rinnegan pre-sealing is the fact that he sealed the Juubi at all. Previous points elude to this.

2.However a more telling point is that it was at the end of his life that Rikudo either "choose" or had only just discovered a way to defeat the Juubi in a more permanent fashion. Ie he didn't fully understand the Eyes he had gained from the sealing. Ie it took most of his life to discover how they worked. So in a way the Rikudo post-sealing may not have been a "natural" Dojutsu user but a artificial one due to the Juubi's influence, that is unless he had the Byakugan :p.

3.If the Rikudo had the Rinnegan and knew how to use it because he was born with it then why did he wait so long to use Banbutsu Sozo to create the Biju? Obviously we must assume that even if the Juubi was a thinking speaking being and could not be reasoned with Rikudo sealed it within himself as a last resort. If it could not be reasoned with why wait? Why not get it over with and use Banbutsu Sozo straight away after being sealed. No Pre-sealing Rikudo just has far to many plot holes for me to be comfortable with it.

Conclusion:

Simply put if the Rikudo had the Rinnegan previous to sealing the Juubi he would be far far too powerful, and that's even without any form of Sage mode lol. As right now Madara has shown himself using Rinnegan techs without Sage mode and hes pulled off some stupid ass stuff.

So a natural Rinnegan user + sage mode + chakra reserves of a level like Hashirama and Madara creates a being easily capable of defeating the Juubi without sealing it at all.

Anyway what do people think about my reasoning?
 
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I think it's pretty obvious that the Sage of Six Paths got it Post-Sealng. But does this mean that he had the Byakugan beforehand? I guess we shall see.
 

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well,lets say he had rinnegan from the start and accordiing to you

Simply put if the Rikudo had the Rinnegan previous to sealing the Juubi he would be far far too powerful, and that's even without any form of Sage mode lol.

so what if a match occures between sage and juubi..lets imagine that sage used some techniques to hold it down .
but what next?

how long will he keep on holding the juubi.

the solution is to seal the juubi.
and thats what he did.
 

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I believe that the sage did gain rinnegan after sealing the Juubi but the problem is that it's easier to disprove a theory rather than try to create one. People use as counter-argumemts to this theory some phrases taken by the manga but they forget that not all the things are as they first seem to be.
 

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well,lets say he had rinnegan from the start and accordiing to you



so what if a match occures between sage and juubi..lets imagine that sage used some techniques to hold it down .
but what next?

how long will he keep on holding the juubi.

the solution is to seal the juubi.
and thats what he did.

I mentioned he could drain the juubi using Petra path and use Banbutsu Sozo to split off the Juubi's chakra in exponential components. Overall the Juubi would get much easier for him to restrain as the process went on. While this happens he can create the Biju as he progresses, one up to the nine tails.

I think it's pretty obvious that the Sage of Six Paths got it Post-Sealng. But does this mean that he had the Byakugan beforehand? I guess we shall see.

Mm I was just wanting to put my thoughts down as to why its highly unlikely for the Rikudo to have the Rinnegan pre-sealing....well unless he was a dumbass like Naruto lol...
 
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I mentioned he could drain the juubi using Petra path and use Banbutsu Sozo to split off the Juubi's chakra in exponential components. Overall the Juubi would get much easier for him to restrain as the process went on. While this happens he can create the Biju as he progresses, one up to the nine tails.

It was stated that he split them up just before he died.
 

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I mentioned he could drain the juubi using Petra path and use Banbutsu Sozo to split off the Juubi's chakra in exponential components. Overall the Juubi would get much easier for him to restrain as the process went on. While this happens he can create the Biju as he progresses, one up to the nine tails.

lol man ..its not as simple as it looks.

do you really think juubi wont do anything while sage is using preta path?

as stated by nagato, sage was the one who created the moon by using chibaku tensei.
that means the sage had to use his strongest technique. its the juubi after all.
anyways, its mythology in fiction. we shouldn't use our day to day life logic.
 

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didn't you see kabuto had made madras body with more senju cells so he has a maiive chakra what do you say to that
 

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It was stated that he split them up just before he died.

I'm aware of this, its an exercise in logic to prove or disprove an idea, look at what happened and then look at what was possible depending of the scenario of the Rikudo having the Rinnegan or not pre or post sealing.

lol man ..its not as simple as it looks.

do you really think juubi wont do anything while sage is using preta path?

as stated by nagato, sage was the one who created the moon by using chibaku tensei.
that means the sage had to use his strongest technique. its the juubi after all.
anyways, its mythology in fiction. we shouldn't use our day to day life logic.

Hashirama managed to restrain the incomplete Juubi using Mokuton, pre-sealing Rinnegan Rikudo would likely use immense levels of gravity to restrain the Juubi while he works. I'm not saying its easy, its hard but very possible for the Rikudo to carry out without sealing the juubi. Hell if he had help from proto-ninjas of the time he could have done it easily.

didn't you see kabuto had made madras body with more senju cells so he has a maiive chakra what do you say to that

A good point yes, but thats still within the limits of "normal" human, Naruto likely has more Chakra than Hashirama because he is a Jinchuuriki. Hashirama managed to get to absurd levels of chakra without being a Jin, same for Madara while not as advanced as Hashirama in that department it shows that its very possible to reach Jinchuuriki lvls of chakra if one is motivated enough.
 
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I think he had it before
madara and obito said they were going to use the juubis power to boost their eyes(rinnegan)to the ultimate level and reflect them off the moon
I think the sage had that ultimate level doujutsu also
 

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Conclusion:

Simply put if the Rikudo had the Rinnegan previous to sealing the Juubi he would be far far too powerful, and that's even without any form of Sage mode lol. As right now Madara has shown himself using Rinnegan techs without Sage mode and hes pulled off some stupid ass stuff.

So a natural Rinnegan user + sage mode + chakra reserves of a level like Hashirama and Madara creates a being easily capable of defeating the Juubi without sealing it at all.

Anyway what do people think about my reasoning?

S06P didn't seal the Juubi because he didn't have the power to defeat it. He sealed him because it was the ONLY way to defeat it. the Juubi is immortal, he could have beaten it but it would have only just reformed later just like the other bijuu do.

How does one get the power to seal something like the Juubi w/o Rinnegan and huge chakra reserves? How would a normal "shinobi" be strong enough to get close to the Juubi without being instantly destroyed?
 

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S06P didn't seal the Juubi because he didn't have the power to defeat it. He sealed him because it was the ONLY way to defeat it. the Juubi is immortal, he could have beaten it but it would have only just reformed later just like the other bijuu do.

How does one get the power to seal something like the Juubi w/o Rinnegan and huge chakra reserves? How would a normal "shinobi" be strong enough to get close to the Juubi without being instantly destroyed?

Flawed logic.

Hashirama slammed gates on second stage Juubi and it couldn't move at all. Without Obito's intervention, it would still be under the gates of God. Now, logically, Rikudou was extremely strong, stronger than Hashirama. So saying that he couldn't subdue the Juubi to seal it without the Rinnegan is flawed.

OT: I believe he had it post-sealing. I made a thread that basically proved it. I like how you compiled the thoughts here.

Here's the thread if you want to take a read:
 

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Poor reasoning, biased opinions are all you've thrown around in the op:

- If banbotsu sozo was truly a no limits tech as you idiotically claim in the op, then the sage could just have decided to kill the juubi completely while it was sealed within him(since we both agree he had the rinnegan at that time), the fact that he was unable to means even this tech had SOME limitations. He couldnt magically do anything he wished with it.

- Lets assume banbustu sozo has the limits we know of. Sage with rinnegan faces the juubi, he can split its power to make 9 bijuus, but now he has to contain 9 monsters of chakra which could potentially become a huge threat for people if they were to roam free. The threat wont be alleviated, itll just be divided so of course hed rather seal it.

- Hashirama had mokuton, senju dna and sage mode yet he STILL decided to have the kyuubi sealed within his wife. His wife. Why didnt he just contain it since it was oh so easy for him? Because its not safe to leave a being of such power in the open for an unlimited time, it has to be contained via a jinchuriki because that works. You think he wanted his wife to go through the suffering of being a jinchuriki if there had been any other way?

There is far more evidence that he had the rinnegan pre sealing than there is for post sealing at this point. Also why dont you mention the uchiha curse of hatred? The juubi was stated to be free of feelings or emotions so why is the power passed on by it related to an emotion like hatred?
/thread.
 

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Flawed logic.

Hashirama slammed gates on second stage Juubi and it couldn't move at all. Without Obito's intervention, it would still be under the gates of God. Now, logically, Rikudou was extremely strong, stronger than Hashirama. So saying that he couldn't subdue the Juubi to seal it without the Rinnegan is flawed.

OT: I believe he had it post-sealing. I made a thread that basically proved it. I like how you compiled the thoughts here.

Here's the thread if you want to take a read:

My logic is no more flawed than your assurtion that if the Sage had Rinnegan he would have destroyed it, instead of sealing it =D

Ultimately I think the only proof you need is the fact Obito's eyes didn't change when he became Juubito. Also it doesn't make sense that, if the sage got his eyes from the Juubi, they wouldn't be identical.
 

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Hm.. If he didnt have the rinnegan.. I wonder how he did it.
 

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Hm.. If he didnt have the rinnegan.. I wonder how he did it.

So would I :p, if he had the Rinnegan his feat isnt anywhere near as impressive. Honestly I hope he didnt have it it makes the Sage into a class A Badass.

Poor reasoning, biased opinions are all you've thrown around in the op:

- If banbotsu sozo was truly a no limits tech as you idiotically claim in the op, then the sage could just have decided to kill the juubi completely while it was sealed within him(since we both agree he had the rinnegan at that time), the fact that he was unable to means even this tech had SOME limitations. He couldnt magically do anything he wished with it.

- Lets assume banbustu sozo has the limits we know of. Sage with rinnegan faces the juubi, he can split its power to make 9 bijuus, but now he has to contain 9 monsters of chakra which could potentially become a huge threat for people if they were to roam free. The threat wont be alleviated, itll just be divided so of course hed rather seal it.

- Hashirama had mokuton, senju dna and sage mode yet he STILL decided to have the kyuubi sealed within his wife. His wife. Why didnt he just contain it since it was oh so easy for him? Because its not safe to leave a being of such power in the open for an unlimited time, it has to be contained via a jinchuriki because that works. You think he wanted his wife to go through the suffering of being a jinchuriki if there had been any other way?

There is far more evidence that he had the rinnegan pre sealing than there is for post sealing at this point. Also why dont you mention the uchiha curse of hatred? The juubi was stated to be free of feelings or emotions so why is the power passed on by it related to an emotion like hatred?
/thread.

Banbutsu Sozo is still a chakra technique, and no where has it been said in the Manga that it can "kill" a tailed beast. Yes its a godly technique but as you say its not unlimited in its capability. In order for a chakra based technique to "destroy" the source of all chakra....well that would be the act of a real god.

But same point, tell me how for a pre-sealing Rinnegan wielding Rikudo this isn't a valid workable plan to defeat the juubi without any form of sealing technique?

Subduing the 9 tailed beasts would be a paltry feat for the Sage in comparison to restraining the Juubi. You are also forgetting that the tailed beasts a a product of the Rikudo's imagination. He could create them with a disposition anywhere from mindlessly following his orders to loving him as a father. If you create a life form in this manner you govern its birth and its early existence quite easily, its only later that the beasts own experience would allow them to grow beyond its original creation.

As for Hashirama, he could have ordered his wife to seal it within himself, end of story.

I have nothing to say on the Uchiha curse of hatred. I can't say where it comes from if the Juubi is emotionless. It could simply come from the Elder son on its own, whether that makes any difference to the argument is beyond me.
 

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Good Thread! Maybe both, i'm starting to think that Nature energy creates the rinnegan. The So6p used sage mode to get the rinnegan, defeated and sealed the Juubi to permanently get the rinnegan. Then passed the eyes to the uchiha and the body to the Senju.
 

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Good Thread! Maybe both, i'm starting to think that Nature energy creates the rinnegan. The So6p used sage mode to get the rinnegan, defeated and sealed the Juubi to permanently get the rinnegan. Then passed the eyes to the uchiha and the body to the Senju.

Mmm I to think Natural energy or Sage mode is the true Key to the Rinnegan how that ties into the Juubi I'm not really sure of.
 

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I still can't believe how ppl think that the sage created the moon .. Lmfao moon is a word the sage used for the huge ass stone seal madara shows obito after rin died. The deboaucary of some ppl SMH
 

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For the Case of Pre-sealing Rinnegan Wielding Rikudo:

1. The powers of the Rinnegan are far reaching and pervasive, its purview seems to be unlimited at first glance and we haven't seen enough from Madara to really know the full depths of its capabilities. Lets just say if it can randomly drop meteors out of the sky in rather quick succession then its power must be great indeed. Another point to note is that Madara is not a Jinchuuriki yet he has demonstrated techniques that would take a huge amount of chakra to utilize. Now while Madara is an Edo he has the same overall chakra reserve he had in life hence these techniques would have been within his grasp during his life had he unlocked the Rinnegan earlier.

2. This can tell us that a "normal" persons chakra capacity can get large enough to preform these techniques hence if we assume Rikudo Sennin pre-sealing was a badass of badasses and if he was an natural user of the Rinnegan pre-sealing as some believe then these techniques would also have been within his grasp.

Wrong. Pre-Edo Madara awakened the rinnegan because he rubbed Hashirama's cells in his wounds & Edo-Madara had his body even further enhanced with Hashirama cells by Kabuto/Orochimaru giving him even greater chakra reserves.
 
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