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Naruto can apparently have only 5 shadow clones gathering natural energy to
enable his sage mode. Why not use the following approach?

  1. Create 4 shadow clones for storing energy and one shadow clone doing nothing (at present)
  2. When one shadow clone is released, have the idle shadow clone create another one.
  3. Repeat as long as required

This way there will always be 4 shadow clones gathering natural energy and
there will be no limit of times Naruto can go into sage mode.

Please bear in mind that I've not read the manga and have seen the anime
episodes till 264.

Thanks


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Can Naruto go into Sage Mode repeatedly by using idle shadow clones?


Every time shadow clones are created, the user's chakra is divided equally
among the clones. If a clone creates further shadow clones, _that_ clone's
chakra would be evenly distributed among the newly created clones.

According to what Frog Sage Fukusaku explained to Naruto, to enter into sage
mode, the user needs to gather natural energy while balancing it with one's
chakra. It is difficult to maintain that balance with lower chakra. The user
turns into a frog if the natural energy overwhelms the user's chakra.
Moreover, if any of the shadow clones turns into a frog, the original user too
turns into a frog.

Hence, repeatedly making shadow clones to go into sage mode increases the risk
of turning into a frog, and hence, Naruto cannot use this trick practically.


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Every time a Shadow Clone is dismissed, all of the knowledge/chakra/experience
he has goes back to _all_ of the other clones (as demonstrated when he asked
for Asuma's advice about the wind element).

This means that eventually, the "spare" clone would also enter Sage Mode (and
his Sage chakra would supposedly increase more and more), eventually, that
clone won't be able to maintain balance (due to the overflow of Sage chakra,
and the division of his own chakra), and turn into a frog. Once the clones
turns into a frog, the original does too.


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