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Recently, in the _Boruto_ web series, Naruto is not using Six Path Sage Mode
even when both Naruto and Sasuke are losing the fight against Jigen.
Previously, Naruto used Sage Mode along with Tailed Beast power even though
nobody is teaching Sage Mode in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Why did Naruto stop using Sage Mode?


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Why did Naruto stop using Sage Mode?


**TL;DR: Naruto still has and uses Six Paths and Toad Sage Mode, although he
doesn't use much of the abilities it grants, just the mode in general. This
was likely because of the nerf that has been assumed to have happened to some
of his abilities.**

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I'm not sure if there is a definitive answer to why it _**appears**_ Naruto
stopped using Sage Mode in general, so some of the answer will be speculative
based off facts given in the series. (and assumptions that _seem true_ that
have been made by the fandom)

One major thing that has been noticed by quite a bit of the fandom is that
Naruto and Sasuke have seemed to be nerfed in Boruto. As explained here, one
of the most valid reasons:

> The answer is simple yet unfortunate: in order for the story of Boruto to
> truly come to be its own story it requires killing off Naruto and Sasuke.
> They were too powerful by the end of Shippuden to just kill them off as is.
> They had to be nerfed.
>
> Taken from Quora page: [Was Naruto and Sasuke nerfed in
> Boruto?](https://www.quora.com/Was-Naruto-and-Sasuke-nerfed-in-Boruto-Why-
> didnt-Naruto-use-the-Truth-seeker-Orbs-and-Sasuke-use-Inferno-Control-and-
> all-the-other-stuff-we-saw-in-Shippuden)

This is one thing that has been assumed by a good chunk of the fandom,
considering there has been tons of abilities that Naruto & Sasuke have yet to
use in the Boruto series, (most of them being what makes them so strong) such
as Sasuke's [Planetary
Devastation](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chibaku_Tensei) and _Naruto's_
[Truth Seeking Orbs.](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Truth-Seeking_Ball)

There has been an absence of a majority of Naruto's abilities as mentioned
above, as well as his Sage Mode abilities. One of the reasons it may appear he
doesn't use it is because of the nerf of his abilities, making him use the
mode but not its abilities.

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Away from the guesses/speculations/assumptions, there _is_ one final answer.
Naruto still has and uses Six Paths Sage Mode.

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aeMMY.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aeMMY.png)
>
> (Naruto's eyes whenever in use of Six Paths **Sage Mode,** not Rikudou
> Senjutsu.

This same eye pattern is found where Naruto was an adult, which was used
against both Momoshiki and Kinshiki, as well as when he fought Isshiki
alongside Sasuke.

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k148F.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k148F.png)
>
> The same eye pattern are present where Naruto was using Six Paths Sage Mode
> as a teen and as an adult.

As for _Toad_ Sage Mode, he has been using that as well, but not as frequently
as Six Paths Sage Mode, considering which one is stronger.

Naruto was using regular Toad Sage Mode during the [Naruto: Seventh Hokage and
the Scarlet
Spring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto:_The_Seventh_Hokage_and_the_Scarlet_Spring)
short story _on multiple occasions_ as well.

>
> [![Blockquote](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LKVqY.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LKVqY.png)
>
> Naruto using Sage Mode during Boruto.

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I think the most logical answer would be that Naruto still has access to Toad
and Six Paths Sage Mode, although he doesn't fully utilize the abilities they
grant, such as Frog Kumite.

Hes been shown on multiple occasions during the Boruto era that he still uses
Toad and Six Paths Sage Mode (as shown in the images above).


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