The Sage of the Six Paths defeating the Juubi might be half a story.

[Sanguis]

This post is based off Naruto Manga 613 so everything will be listed in a spoiler:

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This may be a bit far-fetched but it is just a theory, the Juubi seems to be taking a more human-like state as seen:

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You can see this by its body shape and the fact it has grown a human ear so it is possible there are more transformations yet to come and its final form may be a human, but what interests me the most is that it has horns quite similar to the So6p this is where my theory comes in:

I used to believe the Sage was an Uzumaki but now after reading this I have doubts:

Now this is going to be a big 'what if' and I cannot provide any information of this being true other than the fact the Juubi seems to be taking a bit more of a human form, hypothetically what if the sage was the Juubi? I mean it never really stated how the Sage specifically died or when he made the moon to imprison the Juubi.

 

[rollin]

he separated the juubi on his death bed

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[Zlad]

''I used to believe Sage was an Uzumaki''

now I know I won't take you serious. If you read the manga he was an Uchiha and Senju compined, in one person.

 

[Sanguis]

he separated the juubi on his death bed

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That is still debatable because of:

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[Champ]

Sage was a man Senju/Uchiha, not the Juubi.

 

[TheBrightSide]

''I used to believe Sage was an Uzumaki''

now I know I won't take you serious. If you read the manga he was an Uchiha and Senju compined, in one person.

Him being an Uzumaki or not is debatable.

 

[Naruto No Kami]

haha good try, but no... no hate

 

[BEASTLY NARUTO]

Nah one of juubi's hand got slashed by the sage lol I wonder what weapon could he have used because the juubi's hand didn't regenerate

 

[dirklyn]

The sage was the perfect combi of uchiha and senju.

 

[6pathofpain]

Tho I doubt this is true. It can't be denied that the 10 tails is begining to take a human form

 

[Niwdog]

I'm going to be the first to agree with you OP, mostly because there is a huge contradiction in the Sage of 6 Path's Story. According to the story, the Juubi is the Progenitor (spelling?), the creator of all things... Then somehow, a mere human seems to possess enough power to defeat this all-powerful universe creating Progenitor or at least seal this Progenitor within him. This would require that the Sage had jutsu before it sealed the Juubi. So a confusion occurs here. Is ninjutsu from the Sage? from the Juubi? Or the perfect combination of them both? And how did the Sage get enough power to seal the Juubi. If the Juubi is the Progenitor, then like all other things in the universe, the Sage came from him... This ontology is largely incomplete and there's not quite plausible and something fishy going on here.

In regards to your theory, it makes sense. There's quite a bit of evidence from this chapter, with the Juubi starting to take human form and possessing horns like the Sage did. For me, it's always been obvious that the Juubi would have a humanoid form because the Gedo Mazo had a humanoid form, and if the divided tailed beasts had all these animal-like features the most powerful of them all was bound to have the form of the most relevant animal of all - the human being.

 

[zinescience]

the sage was never the juubi ,he is senju+uchiha.

 

[Sanguis]

I'm going to be the first to agree with you OP, mostly because there is a huge contradiction in the Sage of 6 Path's Story. According to the story, the Juubi is the Progenitor (spelling?), the creator of all things... Then somehow, a mere human seems to possess enough power to defeat this all-powerful universe creating Progenitor or at least seal this Progenitor within him. This would require that the Sage had jutsu before it sealed the Juubi. So a confusion occurs here. Is ninjutsu from the Sage? from the Juubi? Or the perfect combination of them both? And how did the Sage get enough power to seal the Juubi. If the Juubi is the Progenitor, then like all other things in the universe, the Sage came from him... This ontology is largely incomplete and there's not quite plausible and something fishy going on here.

In regards to your theory, it makes sense. There's quite a bit of evidence from this chapter, with the Juubi starting to take human form and possessing horns like the Sage did. For me, it's always been obvious that the Juubi would have a humanoid form because the Gedo Mazo had a humanoid form, and if the divided tailed beasts had all these animal-like features the most powerful of them all was bound to have the form of the most relevant animal of all - the human being.

yeah, a lot of people posting on here are just saying I am wrong because they are just gong by what the manga has told them so far (e.g. the sage sealed the Juubi) what they don't realise is that this is just a story and is not very sufficient evidence because Kishi can change it at any moment (e.g. adding additional information). Anyway the point of this thread was to hear peoples arguments or contribution to the theory however instead I got people saying I am wrong without no argument to back it up but I think that was my doing due to not making it clear enough.

 

[KidGamer65]

How can the Sage be the Juubi when they clearly show the Sage here, after he split the Juubi into the 9 Bijuu and sent the Juubi's body into the moon.

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[Sanguis]

How can the Sage be the Juubi when they clearly show the Sage here, after he split the Juubi into the 9 Bijuu and sent the Juubi's body into the moon.

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It is a possibility that he split his chakra apart and used his remaining life force to seal himself within the moon.

 

[Niwdog]

How can the Sage be the Juubi when they clearly show the Sage here, after he split the Juubi into the 9 Bijuu and sent the Juubi's body into the moon.

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I admit there are many unexplained holes in the idea that the Juubi is the Sage but the Sage being separate from the Juubi is almost just as implausible yet we've accepted it cos that's the legend that has been stated in the manga, so it's been taken without question. If the Sage can divide the Juubi into 9 tailed beast then it cannot divide itself further into a human form and an empty shell. Alternatively, that image might be right before the Sage sends his own body to the moon, because his body is the body of the Juubi, with the Juubi's ultimate form being a transformation from the Sage's more human appearance to a more beastly form. Yes, it's a bit out there, and I'm not saying its' right. Just that I'm seeing this as somewhat possible even if I can't explain sufficiently exactly how. But Kishi's explanation also stands as somewhat insufficient and needs some explanatory gaps filled in, so he'll definitely elaborate on the Sage story, probably through Sasuke and Oro.

 

[TheCCV]

Really? The thing grows one ear and it's already jumping to this.
I'd be surprised if it did turn human, but I don't think that will happen.

 

[Prince Charles]

this isnt even plausible other than the fact that its taking similar human characteristics.
So ill have to majorly disagree, there are already many things in the manga i can post about the sage to prove this wrong.

But i wont lie, the idea sounds pretty damn cool.

 

[KidGamer65]

It is a possibility that he split his chakra apart and used his remaining life force to seal himself within the moon.

But if he split his chakra apart into the 9 Bijuu (which we see in the picture) then there is no way he could be alive since his chakra is out there while we see his body right there.

And the Gedo Mazo has been proven to be the Juubi's body so the man in the pic has to be the Sage.