It seems to me that the manga has hyped up both modes.
Hashirama, Jirayai (partially), Kabuto, and Naruto have sage mode and everyone seems to talk about it like it is the ultimate and hard to master.
On the other hand, we see how powerful Naruto, Bee, and Obito (granted he has the ten tails) are in tailed beast mode.
I struggle to decide myself. Why?
1. Naruto was in sage mode when he was initially defeated by Pain (before Hinata joined the fight and Naruto was kicked into tailed beast mode), Kabuto was in sage mode when defeated by Itachi (and please everyone, I'm not saying Itachi isn't strong...I'm just saying he defeated another character in sage mode), and Jiraiyia was defeated while in his partial sage mode.
2. On the other hand, all of the jinjuricki were defeated while in various stages of tailed beast mode, including Naruto and Bee.
3. The ten tails was nearly defeated before being absorbed by Obito.
4. We have yet to see other strong characters obtain sage mode (not even the other kage even), but several strong characters have been able to control/stop the tailed beasts.
So I don't know. What do you guys think?
Hashirama, Jirayai (partially), Kabuto, and Naruto have sage mode and everyone seems to talk about it like it is the ultimate and hard to master.
On the other hand, we see how powerful Naruto, Bee, and Obito (granted he has the ten tails) are in tailed beast mode.
I struggle to decide myself. Why?
1. Naruto was in sage mode when he was initially defeated by Pain (before Hinata joined the fight and Naruto was kicked into tailed beast mode), Kabuto was in sage mode when defeated by Itachi (and please everyone, I'm not saying Itachi isn't strong...I'm just saying he defeated another character in sage mode), and Jiraiyia was defeated while in his partial sage mode.
2. On the other hand, all of the jinjuricki were defeated while in various stages of tailed beast mode, including Naruto and Bee.
3. The ten tails was nearly defeated before being absorbed by Obito.
4. We have yet to see other strong characters obtain sage mode (not even the other kage even), but several strong characters have been able to control/stop the tailed beasts.
So I don't know. What do you guys think?