First off, I think the manga previous chapter aluded to Tsunade being a slug sage.I think Jiraiya being a Sage and Orochimaru being a Sage gives wieght to Tsunade being a sage.I believe that the Sannin titled isn't just a moniker giving to the three by Hanzo but also a titled uses by others to separate them from just being skilled shinobis but shinobi that have reach a plateau few others have reach, Sagehood.I'm not only basing my theory off of Tsunade being among Sages, but also the fact that her Slugs comes from one of the three places famous for Sages.Jiraiya toads and Orochimaru's snakes both coming from the other two places.
Now one thing that is being used against Tsunade's sagehood is that if she is a sage, why didn't she use her sage powers in the battle against Madara.I have a simple and logical explanation for that, how would she heal the other kages if she did? When a Sage enters Sage Mode, the sage's own chakra is mixed with the senjutsu chakra.If Tsunade had of enter Sage Mode that would have meant she could no longer heal the kages because as we saw when Nagato had Preta Path absorb Naruto's chakra when Naruto was in Sage Mode, too much sage chakra would turn a shinobi into stone frog;in the case of Tsunade, a stone slug.Now i know absorption isn't what Tsunade is doing when she heals the kages, but when a medical nin heals an ally they are channeling their chakra into said ally.Tsunade was constantly healing the kages and which would have meant death for them if she was in Sage Mode.Now that the five kages are going to the battlefield I see Tsunade entering Sage Mode because she no longer has to heal anyone thanks to Sakura awakening of the White Strength Seal.Sakura can do all the healing now while Tsunade can just go all out during the battle.
Now one thing that is being used against Tsunade's sagehood is that if she is a sage, why didn't she use her sage powers in the battle against Madara.I have a simple and logical explanation for that, how would she heal the other kages if she did? When a Sage enters Sage Mode, the sage's own chakra is mixed with the senjutsu chakra.If Tsunade had of enter Sage Mode that would have meant she could no longer heal the kages because as we saw when Nagato had Preta Path absorb Naruto's chakra when Naruto was in Sage Mode, too much sage chakra would turn a shinobi into stone frog;in the case of Tsunade, a stone slug.Now i know absorption isn't what Tsunade is doing when she heals the kages, but when a medical nin heals an ally they are channeling their chakra into said ally.Tsunade was constantly healing the kages and which would have meant death for them if she was in Sage Mode.Now that the five kages are going to the battlefield I see Tsunade entering Sage Mode because she no longer has to heal anyone thanks to Sakura awakening of the White Strength Seal.Sakura can do all the healing now while Tsunade can just go all out during the battle.
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