Rinnegan

* Draconic Indra's Arrow

Limbo: Border Jail (Madara)
Naraka Path
Outer Path
Preta Path
Tengai Shinsei
Sasuke Uchiha/Kiyomi's Space–Time Dōjutsu
Shinra Tensei
Six Paths Technique
Six Paths of Pain
Six Red Yang Formation
Summoning Rinnegan
Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path

The **Rinnegan** (輪廻眼, *literally meaning:* Saṃsāra Eye) is reputed as the most exalted eye amongst the "Three Great Dōjutsu", the others being the Sharingan and the Byakugan. It is said that in times of disorder, one who wields the Rinnegan is sent down from the heavens to become either a "God of Creation" who will calm the world or a "God of Destruction" who will reduce everything to nothingness. The Rinnegan is characterised by concentric circles covering the eyeball.

## **Acquisition**

The first person to wield the Rinnegan was Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, whose **mother** possessed the Rinne Sharingan. Using the power of the Rinnegan, Hogoromo were able to save the universe from the two of the **Seven Great Beasts** and created ninshū, the precursor to modern ninjutsu. For his contributions to the world, Hagoromo became revered as the Sage of Six Paths, and both he and his eyes rose to mythological status following his death; even when the Rinnegan was later proven to exist, some dismissed it as a random mutation.

It is possible for a Sharingan wielder to awaken a new Rinnegan by obtaining Hagoromo's power, mastering the Sharingan to its utmost limit to trigger an evolution, or by directly receiving it from Hagoromo himself. Sora displayed the ability to give someone an incomplete Rinnegan or unlocking their potential to awaken one like he did with Sasuke Uchiha.

However, Madara's eyes did not become Rinnegan until centuries later. Sasuke and Kiyomi Uchiha later hypothesised that the Sharingan can be evolved into the Rinnegan by polishing the Sharingan similar to an Abyss Side balance breaker.

To that end, Sora states that recreated the Rinnegan but the fake eyes could never match or rival the genuine rinnegan and their abilities.

After receiving half of Hagoromo's chakra from his spirit, Sasuke and Kiyomi awakened a Rinnegan in their left eye, which contains three tomoe on its two innermost circles for a total of six. In addition to the Rinnegan's power, this eye retains the abilities of both of their left Mangekyō Sharingan, including the ability to cast ocular genjutsu and use (Sasuke) Amaterasu as well as Crimson while (Kiyomi) Amanozako and Singularity. If Sasuke overuses the power of his Rinnegan, his ocular power will temporarily diminish, causing the tomoe in his Rinnegan to vanish until his full power returns. During this time, he is also seemingly unable to activate his right eye's Mangekyō Sharingan or use Susanoo.

## **Abilities**

Rinnegan contain extraordinarily powerful magic power and boast enormous ocular power, such that an unworthy wielder risks "losing themselves" upon implanting one. Their full power can only be brought out by their original owner, particularly when wielding both eyes, but possession of even a single transplanted Rinnegan can still grant overwhelming power. The Rinnegan is able to see the different types of energy and its flow within the body, as well as otherwise invisible barriers, but cannot see through obstructions such as smoke bombs. Possession of the Rinnegan allows one to easily master any jutsu as well as all five basic nature transformations.

One who wields the Rinnegan can utilise six abilities collectively known as the Six Paths Technique: controlling **attractive** and **repulsive** forces with the Deva Path; mechanically altering one's body with the Asura Path; extracting souls through the Human Path; summoning various creatures through the Animal Path; absorbing magic through the Preta Path; and access to the King of Hell through the Naraka Path. A seventh ability, called the Outer Path, is said to allow the user to preside over life and death, granting them the ability to revive the dead. The Outer Path also allows the user to transmit their chakra into black receivers, manifest energy chains to bind the tailed beasts, gods, or even dragons. The Rinnegan grants the user a shared field of vision with their clones, the creatures summoned through the Animal Path, and the King of Hell, all of which possess copies of the Rinnegan in their own eye.

The Rinnegan is the only means of breaking the **seal** placed on the **Demonic Statue of the Outer Path** and **summoning** it, though it cannot be summoned using a fake reincarnated Rinnegan. When one who wields the power of Rinne approaches the moon, they can awaken the Rinne Sharingan and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi. In turn, another Rinnegan wielder is able to repel the Black Sun's light, and this protection can be extended to others by using the Rinnegan in conjunction with Susanoo.

Certain Rinnegan abilities have only been demonstrated by single users: Madara can create corporeal shadows in the world of Limbo, which is only visible to the Rinnegan; Sasuke's Rinnegan allows him to shift spaces within a certain range of himself, as well as create **portals** to other dimensions.

Sasuke and Kiyomi's Rinnegans both have several sciences to it, and both of them is pattern recognition. It helps them analyse patterns inside codes, and by comparing them to similar patterns, decipher what is written. When put into use, they can take large amounts of information from a small amount of text.

## **Trivia**

* *Rinne* (輪廻, *literally meaning:* Wheel Cycle) is the Japanese term for Saṃsāra, the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in several Indian religions. This is reflected in the abilities of the Six Paths Technique, which share their names with the six Saṃsāric realms of reincarnation.
* The kanji "Rin" (輪, *literally meaning:* Wheel) is also used in Sharingan and Rinne Sharingan, potentially linking the three terms etymologically.
* Though usually depicted with six, Sasuke's Rinnegan has also been depicted with three and nine tomoe.