

In Naruto, it was said that you need both Senju and Uchiha DNA to achieve
Rinnegan, right? So why didn't Danzo get Rinnegan? He had Senju DNA holding
Uchiha DNA.


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Why didn't Danzo get the Rinnegan?


Well, that's becasue you also need to be competent enough to master both these
powers.

Madara was strong enough, and was able to awaken it. Danzo however, was not.

Danzo's DNA originates from experiments and body modifications. He wasn't a
"Natural", while Madara had natural mastery over the Uchiha powers, and after
being defeated by Hashirama, mastery over the Senju powers.

It was also implied that you need to be very close to the end of your lifespan
to awaken the Rinnegan.

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## Edit - Spoilers!

> Based on the recent chapters, it is implied that it isn't Senju + Uchiha
> which is needed to awaken the Rinnegan, but Indra's and Ashura's (Sage of
> Six Paths' sons) chakras. That is why Madara (the incarnation of Indra) was
> able to awaken them after implanting Hashirama's (the incarnation of Ashura)
> cells into his wounds.


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Danzo was not able to awaken the rinnegan because he had senju DNA and Uchiha
eyes but had neither enough chakra to effectively utilize either ability
(hashirama' s wood style or the sharingan in his arms). While madara was an
Uchiha who implanted hashirama's DNA throughout his whole body he did not
awaken the rinnegan until he was near death. It would not be expected for
someone like Danzo to be capable of manifesting the rinnegan, at least at the
point in time that he was living.


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Like many said, you kinda need the "blood" or "chakra" of the Uchiha and Senju
to awakened, which many stated to be implied at the end of one's life. Danzo
doesn't have any, only body modifications. Danzo had the Sharingan because he
STOLE them, he ripped them out of the Uchiha who had them, therefore he will
never awaken the Rinnegan. That's why he was bandaged, so it doesn't drain his
chakra. It's not that Madara was strong enough, he basically had the
requirements to do so, just at the end of his life did it awakened.

Nagato was implanted the Rinnegan at a early age by Madara before he died, and
Nagato is of the Uzumaki, hence how he could easily handle the Rinnegan (I am
sure if he had both Rinnegan or just the one).


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Danzo didn't awaken a Rinnegan because he is not a reincarnation of Indra.
Even if he did, he only has the chakra reserves for like one or two moves. The
manga and anime state that in order to awaken the Rinnegan without means of
transplantation, one must possess a Sharingan, be Indra's reincarnate, take
chakra from Ashura's reincarnate ( **these are Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths
two sons)** thus reforming Hagoromo's chakra, leading to the Rinnegan
awakening. If a non-Indra reincarnate does what Danzo did, all he would get is
Izanagi-spam, lesser cooldown on Kotoamatsukami wait, and Mokuton (wood
style.)

Put simply, Danzo didn't awaken a Rinnegan because he isn't an Indra
reincarnate.

Just in case you still don't understand, here's an image from the manga when
**Hagoromo himself** explains how Madara awakened the Rinnegan.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuHsW.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuHsW.png)


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Also, you need an EMS to evolve into the rinnegan unless you were born with
it, which hagoromo was.We all know that even if you have senju and uchiha
blood, you need the EMS to evolve into rinnegan. If hashirama wanted the
rinnegan, he would have to transplant madara's sharingan to get it. If someone
was the descendant of an incarnate of indra and also an incarnate of asura, he
would be able to awaken the Sharingan, just the sharingan unless he was an
incarnate of Asura.


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