Rinnegan contains powerful chakra which was never been seen before. Those who wield the Rinnegan are considered the 'God of Creation' who will take care of the world and make sure there is peace. It is usually purple in color but there are some users who have red, yellow or blue Rinnegan.
Name | Rinnegan |
Classification | Kekkai Genkai |
Rank | S Rank |
Users | Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Nagato, Sasuke Uchiha, Momoshiki |
Hagoromo Otsutsuki was the first person who obtained the Rinnegan, due to his mother possessing the Rinne Sharingan. Using the power of the rinnegan, Hagoromo saved the world from the Ten-Tails attack. After this, he began to be known as the Sage of Six Paths.
It's known that someone who possesses the Sharingan can also obtain the Rinnegan if they possess Hagoromo's chakra by combining both his son's (Indra and Asura) chakra and re-create their chakra.
Their full power can only be brought out by the original owner, who possesses both eyes. One rinnegan eye can grant the wielder an immense level of power.
It can see a person's chakra flow in the body, an invisible barrier but they can't see through smoke bombs. It also allows the user to master the five forms of nature transformation and it can also decipher the Sage of Six Paths tablet.
The six abilities of the Rinnegan are known as the Six Paths, which are:
Deva path: which controls the attraction and repulsive forces.
Asura path: which can alter a person's body.
Human path: which extracts the souls of things.
Animal path: which helps to summon various creatures.
Aretha chakra: which absorbs someone's chakra.
Naraka Path: This gives the user access to the deity of death, the King of hell.
There's is also a seventh ability known as the outer path which gives the user the ability to revive the dead.
His Rinnegan resembled the standard Rinnegan, the purple eye with a ripple-like pattern that spreads around the eyeball. With his rinnegan, he considered himself the Second Sage of Six Paths, as he could use the Six Paths Technique. After getting the ten tails, Madara awakened a third rinnegan on his forehead.
Sasuke's Rinnegan is a tomoe patterned rinnegan. This granted Sasuke to swap himself with people and objects, heightened perception, etc. He is unable to deactivate his rinnegan like other users.
Momoshiki's Rinnegan is rather unique. Unlike the usual Rinnegan, it is red and is present on his palms rather than his eye sockets. It does provide him with special techniques to absorb chakra and ninjutsu. Though if he damages the eyes, he will lose this ability.
It is said that Hagoromo obtained his rinnegan simultaneously with his Magekyo Sharingan. He was the only person to master the Rinnegan and this also allowed him to use the Six paths technique.
Madara was successful in obtaining the Rinnegan as he was Indra's reincarnation itself. He then later on implanted Hashirama's flesh (Asura's reincarnation) into his body. Thus, since he obtained both their chakras, it awakened his Rinnegan. Even though he was successful in acquiring both the chakras, Madara's eyes didn't become rinnegan until several decades later. It occurred during his life's final days.
Sasuke Uchiha received his Rinnegan after receiving half of Hagoromo's chakra. He awakened rinnegan in his left eye and even though he has obtained the Rinnegan in his left eye, his left eye still retains the abilities of his Magekyo Sharingan. If Sasuke overuses the Rinnegan, it causes his eyesight to diminish for a while. During this time he can’t use his Magekyo Sharingan and Susanoo.
Nagato thought he possessed the Rinnegan since birth. But in reality, Madara had planted his Rinnegan into Nagato when he was near the end of his life. Madara did this so that he could take back the Rinnegan from Nagato in the future. With the Rinnegan, Nagato could access all the Six Paths very well.
Obito Uchiha aka Tobi acquired the Rinnegan after killing Konan, who refused to give it to him. After killing Konan, he goes to where Nagato's body was buried and takes his Rinnegan. He acquired a lot of power from it and while it was tough to do with one eye, Obito was capable of performing all the Six path techniques.
A. Sasuke lost his Rinnegan after Momoshiki caught him by surprise and stabbed it out.
A. One likely reason is that Obito would have come after Naruto immediately and taken the Rinnegan as well as extracted Kurama, as Naruto wouldn’t be able to battle him in that state as he wouldn’t have become accustomed to the Rinnegan.
A. The only way Naruto can obtain Rinnegan is by having a blood transfusion from Sasuke or absorbing and combining his and Sasuke’s chakra.