Madara gave him his eyes in the Rinnegan state.
Some plot-no-jutsu bullshit. Kakashi can switch his eye's state, why can't Nagato?
Some plot-no-jutsu bullshit. Kakashi can switch his eye's state, why can't Nagato?
Kakashi switches from 3 tomoe to MS, which he awakened when already in possession of the eye. So it's no surprise that he has no problem interchanging between the two. But he cannot turn his Sharingan off, because that is the form in which the eye was in when he received it. Nagato received the eyes in the Rinnegan state. The Rinnegan gives rise to the Rikudō no jutsu, the Mangekyō allows for the high level sharingan techniques. Madara has the power of both but the two dōjutsu are separate. Nagato was given the eyes as a pair of Rinnegan, so he has no Sharingan techniques. He can't 'downgrade' (to the EMS) or turn his Rinnegan off.
So you're saying if Madara gave him his eyes in the form of EMS he could switch between them freely?
If he had access to them , then he would have been the strongest ninja in the series.
Good point.
Possibility he would have been able to if he had known or trained for a slight bit more with them.