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Jiraiya, Naruto, Hashirama and Kabuto were able to enter into Sage Mode. One
who enters Sage Mode possesses more abilities than a normal ninja. Why did the
Uchihas never try to learn Sage Mode? Is it because of the Sage of Six Paths
dividing his power among his sons?


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Why did the Uchihas never try to learn Sage Mode?


[Sage Mode](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode) requires a large chakra
pool. Most Uchihas can't learn it because of it.

> According to Fukasaku, only those who already possess "extreme chakra
> levels" can utilise natural energy to invoke senjutsu.


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## The Uchiha never tried learning Sage Mode, because, they never wanted it in
the first place.

Yeah, the Uchiha don't have a large chakra pool. But that couldn't be the only
reason.

The first quality that comes into mind when taking the Uchiha clan for
analysis, is **pride**.

The Uchiha's pride stems from their battle skills, dexterity, intelligence and
most importantly, their prized Sharingan. The joy of the clan members when a
Sharingan develops in someone, is boundless. They keep the Sharingan in _very_
high regard and consider it as the ultimate weapon.

Due to the amount of consideration and importance the Uchiha gives to the
Sharingan, it is highly likely that they felt there was no need for any
external enhancement jutsu, such as Sage Mode.

Another (incomplete) reason could be the Sage of Six Paths. He was the only
other person Indra Otsutsuki despised (other than Asura). And the Sage Mode
being something that stemmed out from the Rikudo Sennin, that hatred
indirectly and unknowingly influenced Indra's descendants.


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All of the people whom you mentioned (Naruto, Jiraiya, and Kabuto) were taught
Senjutsu even though they were eager or not. Not sure about Hashirama because
it was never mentioned in the anime or manga, but Orochimaru wanted to learn
it and failed. You see, whether it is the giant snake, the great elder frog,
or some guy from the Hidden Woods, where Hashirama must have learnt Senjutsu,
should decide to teach you the Senjutsu. Some Uchihas would have tried and
failed or gotten rejected.


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Other than the good theories everybody else have already listed, my guess is:
except Madara, Uchiha clan only focus on abilities and knowledge that came
from their doujustu rather than look outside of their clan's specialties. This
limit was something that made Madara, then later Obito, Itachi, and Sasuke
stronger and different from their clan history later on.

Other than that, the whole length of _Shippuden_ has been the creator wanking
out powers for the Uchiha whole way 700 chapters through. Did he really need
to give them _another_ power they really don't need?


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Suppose Sage mode is about balancing out your inner chakra with natural
chakra, doubling your body's total chakra. In that case, I think it logically
stands to reason that Fukasaku meant that those with higher chakra reserves
have less of a "sweet spot" when it comes to fine-tuning that balance. Ranking
them with numbers let's say ninja like naruto and hashirama have a rank of 10
in terms of large amounts of chakra and ninja like Kakashi and Sasuke have
chakra reserves in terms of 4 or 5. Naruto and Hashirama have more chakra to
gain before turning into a toad giving them the ability to train more
efficiently where as trying to gain the same amounts kakashi and Sasuke would
end up toads. This means that rather than being completely useless at it it
would take them more time to learn to sense the nature chakra because they
would require far more breaks to protect themselves from toad petrification. I
think it may be like others have said that rather it just wasn't on their
radar.


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