Sage Mode

## Also See

**Sage Mode** is a form that can be obtained when one who has studied the art of Senjutsu and learned to blend natural energy with one's own chakra, creating Senjutsu chakra. Sage Mode allows users to tap into the natural force of the world, allowing for then to preform feats and techniques they otherwise wouldn't be able to use.

## **Training**

Sage Mode is known to be taught in numerous places around the known world. Some of these places are Mount Myoboku the home of the Toads, Ryuchi Cave the home of the Snakes, the home of the Monkeys and Oracle Swamp the home of the Leeches just to name a few. Users of Sage Mode must possess "extreme chakra levels" to invoke Senjutsu and possess a body that is strong enough to contain the increase in power granted by the form.

It has been seen within the series that not all who learn to mold Senjutsu Chakra actually manage to achieve Sage Mode as certain people like Orochimaru could mold Senjutsu Chakra but not enter Sage Mode. For one too achieve Sage Mode one must remain completely still. This is to allow them to be one with nature and maintain balance with the Natural Energy and their own Physical and Spiritual Energies. If the user puts too little natural energy into using Senjutsu, the technique will not work. On the other hand if one was to if too much natural energy is taken in, their body will begin to shift into that of the animal they are training under. If this goes to far you will simply turn to stone and forever become a lifeless Statue.

Each of the speices that teach Senjutsu and Sage Mode tend to have different processes and tolls to assist with traning and to help stop the forced transformation and petrification.

## **Attributes**

### Advantages

* The users physical capabilities including things such as Strength, Speed, Stamina, Perception etc.
* The users jutsu and technique are enchnced to new levels when one enters Sage Mode.
* The ability to manipulate natrual energy.
	+ Those who have mastered the Sage Techniques of Mount Myōboku have shown the ability to turn the natural energy around them into an extension of their body to increase the reach of their attacks.
	+ Those who have mastered the Sage Techniques of the Ryūchi Cave have shown the ability to use natural energy to breathe life into inorganic substances and control them.
* Sage Mode grants one the ability to sense chakra around them and can sense attacks without the need to see them. For example the Monkey's and Sages of Sarushima can smell chakra and discern the strength of others.
* Those who drain chakra or utilise techniques that absorb chakra often are at a disadvantage against Sage's if they cannot control and balance the Senjutsu Chakra.

### Disadvantages

* In order to gather enough natural energy to initiate the transformation into Sage Mode, the user must remain perfectly still, leaving them vulnerable. Users have at times been shown entering Sage Mode without this preparation.
* Because the user needs to move during combat, the senjutsu chakra cannot be replenished, which means the user can't stay within this state for extended periods of time. Naruto states it is possible to lengthen the time limit.

### Bypassing the Disadvantages

There are certain techniques and other things that are known to allow for one to overcome these disadvantages:

* The Sage Art: Amphibian Technique is a technique that allows for one or more toads to join with a Toad Sage and allow them to gather and transfer Senjutsu Chakra to the Sage.
* Another option is to employ shadow clones. The clones can gather natural energy elsewhere and are dispelled when the energy is needed, thus transferring the gathered energy to the original. This limits the number of shadow clones that the user can have active at a time to five, for as long as the clones are gathering natural energy, as any more than that would disrupt the clones' focus.
* If one can manage to incorporate Juugo Clan DNA into their body they can passively absorb Nature Energy.
* Continuous and strenuous training can allow one to short the ti me needed to replenish Senjutsu Chakra.
* If the user is also a jinchūriki that has achieved harmony with their tailed beast, they can drastically speed up their ability to gather natural energy in tailed beast mode to the point of only needing a few seconds to fully charge or recharge their sage chakra. Tailed beasts can also assist their jinchūriki in gathering natural energy with their own chakra reserves.

## **Sage Transformations**

* Bird Sage Mode
* Toad Sage Mode
* Snake Sage Mode
* Bat Sage Mode
* Elephant Sage Mode
* Butterfly Sage Mode
* Slug Sage Mode
* Scorpion Mode (Through Symbiosis)

## **Trivia**

* The manifestation of animal-like traits is a reference to the Japanese folktale *Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari*, where Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru came to study specific animal magic into their ninjutsu use.