Explaining Kakashi's potential for Rinnegan

This article contains spoilers for the Naruto series.



Key Takeaways

  • Kakashi's potential for the Rinnegan remains unexplored as he prevented Naruto from delivering the Rinnegan to Sasuke.
  • Kakashi gained great strength through the Mangekyo Sharingan and was offered the Rinnegan by Sasuke.
  • It's highly unlikely that Kakashi will get a new Dojutsu in the future, as the author doesn't seem interested in developing his character further.

Kakashi is a very powerful character. naruto It is also one of the important things in the series and in developing the plot. Over the years, fans have come to love Kakashi not only for his role, but also for the incredible strength he has shown over and over again. naruto. Kakashi has always been known for being a genius, and most of his power, at least throughout most of Naruto, came through his Sharingan. Kakashi has always been extremely dependent on Dojutsu, and it would certainly have been incredibly fun for fans to see him with even more powerful powers like the Rinnegan.

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In fact, some fans are even wondering where Kakashi could have gone to achieve Rinnegan himself. Even though this didn't ultimately come to fruition, it would still be a very interesting idea.



Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan Power

Kakashi gained the Mangekyou Sharingan at a very young age.

Kakashi lost his kaleidoscope

Kakashi gained the power of the Sharingan during the Third Ninja War. This happened especially after Obito Uchiha was trampled by the ninjas of Hidden Rock Village. The remaining Sharingan was given to Kakashi, who lost his eye shortly before that. The person who performed the medical transplant was Rin, and from that day on, Kakashi of the Sharingan became known as a legend. Over the years, Kakashi continued to grow in terms of power, and it was in this same war that he was actually able to achieve the Mangekyo Sharingan.

my left eye… Take it. You can receive it as a gift. – Obito


Kakashi's Mangekyo Sharingan was awakened when Rin was killed by his own hands. The trauma of that incident was so great that I even forgot that I even had the Mangekyou Sharingan until years later. It is unknown how Kakashi remembered that he had access to this power. However, after the Naruto series' timeskip, Kakashi revealed new eyes during his battle with Akatsuki. Kakashi's Mangekyo Sharingan gave him great power. He gained the abilities of Kamui, especially the long-range version. Using this power, he can distort everything he sees and send it to a separate dimension. His control over this technique was initially quite weak, but as the story progressed it rapidly improved and Kakashi became incredibly strong.

Kakashi Double Mangekyo Sharingan


During the Fourth Ninja War, Kakashi was able to instantly transport objects to another dimension, and was able to do it to something as large as the head of a Gedo statue. At the same time, Kakashi was also able to utilize Kamui multiple times a day, which essentially made it as if the author had removed any limitations he had with the jutsu. Unfortunately, Kakashi lost his Mangekyou Sharingan during the Fourth Ninja War. At this time, Madara took this eye from him, and it was eventually returned to Obito Uchiha. This ended the legend of Kakashi Sharingan, and fans knew there was no hope for him to grow further in terms of dojutsu. That said, Kakashi still had a chance to get the Rinnegan at one point later, but the author quickly dismissed that idea.

How Kakashi got the Rinnegan

Sasuke wanted his Rinnegan to go to Kakashi


After losing the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kakashi temporarily gained tremendous strength. This was done through Obito Uchiha, who granted him access to the remaining Six Paths chakra and both Sharingans, allowing him to fight against the likes of Kaguya. granted the ability. At this point in the story, Kakashi was incredibly powerful and fans couldn't believe what he performed against Kaguya at all. Unfortunately, this power outage was temporary. After some time, Kakashi lost access to this power, making him nearly invincible.

Kakashi may have lost access to all Sharingan jutsu after that, but he definitely had a chance to get the Rinnegan. But this opportunity was destroyed by Naruto. When Sasuke and Naruto fought, the latter actually offered Kakashi the opportunity to receive the Rinnegan. To be more specific, Sasuke knew that the weight of what he had done was truly enormous and he did not want to live because of it. His idea was to give the Rinnegan to Kakashi and form a seal with Naruto to end the Infinite Tsukuyomi.


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Technically speaking, this would have worked. Kakashi could have acquired other tajutsu and easily completed the seal with Naruto at the same time. Of course, the burden of carrying the Rinnegan is much greater than the burden of carrying the Mangekyou Sharingan, but if Obito could handle it, Kakashi could too.

If I transplant my left eye to Kakashi after I die, I can cancel Infinite Tsukuyomi. – sasuke

Unfortunately for Kakashi, this idea was crushed by Naruto, who showed no intention of giving up on his best friend. Naruto was adamant throughout the series that he wanted to save Sasuke. However, if Sasuke had allowed what he wanted to happen, he would have died and the Rinnegan would have been handed over to Kakashi, making him much stronger than before.


Will Kakashi ever get the dojutsu?

There is very little chance of Kakashi getting a dojutsu

As fans know, Kakashi no longer has any Dojutsu. After the war, Kakashi assumed an even more important position as the village's Sixth Hokage. But that doesn't mean he wasn't strong. In fact, there are many hints in the story that Kakashi gained more power after the war and became even stronger after losing his Sharingan. Kakashi trained his body and mind in ways he could not understand and gained more powerful jutsu. By the time of Boruto, Kakashi may have aged, but he is still a very powerful warrior, capable of pushing back opponents on the level of Kashin Koji.


The idea of ​​Kakashi gaining Tojutsu in the future is interesting, but it seems like it will never happen. This is because there is a high possibility that Kakashi will not be able to play the lead role. borutoThe author simply doesn't seem excited about this character. if boruto If handled properly, the series could have incorporated many of the fighting figures from past eras into the story in interesting ways and given fans even more interesting abilities for those characters. Unfortunately, that never happened, and even if it did, fans would only see him fight without these abilities.

The fact is that the Rinnegan currently only exists in Shinju. borutoAnd it is in this eye through other means. Nonetheless, Kakashi will forever be remembered as a legendary ninja who sacrificed much for peace while also raising the greatest generation of ninja in history. He will also go down as one of the greatest Hokages and overall his legacy will live on for many years to come. Fans can only hope that he appears more often and plays a more important role in the Boruto series.


Boruto can be read via Viz Media. The series is officially available for fans to read for free through Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for Boruto's next chapter, Boruto: The Two Blue Vortex Chapter 17, is set for December 20, 2024.

boruto cover

boruto

release date
April 5, 2017

creator
Masashi Kishimoto

network
TV Tokyo

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