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Tenseigan is a dojutsu originally used by Hamura Otsutsuki, the younger son of Kaguya Otsutsuki and the brother of Hagoromo Otsutsuki i.e. The Sage of Six Paths.
Since Hagoromo used the Rinnegan, many fans have wondered whose dojutsu is stronger for a while. Is it the Rinnegan? Or the Tenseingan? In this article, we’ll expand on this topic and compare both of the dojutsus to find out which one is stronger.
So without any further ado, let’s get right into it!
To find out both of the dojutsus, let’s understand their powers/abilities first and then compare them!
The powers of Tenseigan:
The Tenseigan grants its user with many abilities, like reanimating objects. Toneri was able to reanimate a Stone Monument of Hamura Otsutsuki. This Golem could even shower meteors! It was also able to overwhelm Kurama temporarily! Talk about a strong partner!
Tenseigan Chakra Mode: Considered to be as strong as Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode; the user gains Truth Seeker Orbs when using the mode.
The mode also grants the user the ability to cause massive destruction, as Toneri was able to create a silver-coloured Typhoon and a huge gold sword strong enough to cut the moon in half!
Strong, right?
Now, many of you will think Tenseigan’s chakra mode is weak because Naruto defeated Toneri with a single punch. But let’s not forget, Naruto had to channel all his chakra and Sage Powers at a single point. The massive power on the impact would have One-Shot anyone.
A great analogy would be that of Tsunade/Sakura’s punches, she gathers chakra in her fist and then releases it at the point of impact. Thus, causing massive destruction, even though she’s not even close to Naruto’s power levels.
It is an insanely strong Dojutsu; this goes without saying as Hamura Otsutsuki used it. The truth-seeker orbs can prove to be crucial in a battle, and the destructive power could do wonders against someone like Isshiki Otsutsuki.
The powers of the Rinnegan:
Being the strongest out of “The Three Great Dojutsu”; the Rinnegan provides its user with an array of abilities. While it provides its user with a base set of abilities common for every Rinnegan user, it also grants user-specific abilities.
For example, Sasuke can use the “Amenotejikara”, while Madara can use “Limbo”.
The common abilities provided by Rinnegan are:
- Ocular Prowess: The Rinnegan provides its user with strong Ocular powers. It allows the user to see the chakra flow inside one’s body and see invisible barriers.
- Nature Transformation Mastery: The dojutsu helps the user to master all the five basic nature transformations. This is also huge because only Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mu, and Kakashi Hatake have mastered all the five basic nature transformations naturally.
- Six Paths Technique: A Rinnegan can use six abilities; namely the Deva Path which lets the user use attractive and repulsive powers, Asura Path lets the user weaponize one’s body, Human Path lets the user extract souls, Animal Path lets the user summon various creatures, Pretha Path lets the user absorb chakra and finally, the Naraka Path gives the user access to King of Hell, who rules over life and death. It also grants the user with an Outer Path; which allows one to use the Reincarnation Jutsu.
User Specific Abilities: The Rinnegan also grants its users with abilities exclusive to the individual. Some known abilities are:
Limbo: Madara had the ability to create “Limbos”, i.e. Shadows of himself in an invisible world that coexists with the “original/real” world. This world is impossible to see/sense unless one has the Rinnegan or the Sage of Six Paths chakra. These Limbos are as strong as Madara and can be damaged only by using “Six Paths Senjutsu”
Amenotejikara and Portals: Sasuke’s Rinnegan grants him an ability called “Amenotejikara”, which allows him to switch places with people and objects in a specific range. The Rinnegan also lets Sasuke open space-time portals, allowing him to travel through dimensions.
Chakra Absorb: Although all Rinnegan users can do it, Momoshiki Otsutsuki can absorb chakra using his Rinnegan on his right hand, and amplify and release it using the Rinnegan on his left hand. Moreover, the dojutsu also allows him to convert any living being into edibles, which can be considered to be small fractions of the Chakra Fruit in a sense.
So, which Dojutsu is stronger?
To keep it straight, the Tenseigan is stronger than the Rinnegan. Wait, before you jump at me, hear me out!
As stated above, the Tenseigan grants its user with the Truth Seeker Orbs, which are weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, they provide superior control over the five basic nature transformations. The Tenseigan Mode is capable of mass destruction, as Toneri was able to slash the moon in half with just one hit!
The mode is considered to be on par with Naruto’s Rikudou Senjutsu enhance Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. It even provides the user with powers capable of trapping its opponents which is situationally better than Chibaku Tensei.
Its only backdrop is the fact that awakening Tenseigan is much rarer than Rinnegan; which could work out as a high-risk high reward ability since the recent villains in the series have been insanely strong and dealt heavy damage even to Naruto and Sasuke.
However, it’s a very close call, because Rinnegan is quite strong as well. The Rinnegan grants its user an array of abilities, while the Tenseigan is more “power” based.
However, it becomes completely different when we’re talking about the Rinne Sharingan. The dojutsu by far is the strongest in the Naruto and Boruto verse. With overpowered abilities like being able to cast the Infinite Tsukiyomi and transport through dimensions in the blink of an eye, and provide protection against Infinite Tsukuyomi etc.
To Conclude, the Tenseigan is stronger than the Rinnegan, but Rinne Sharingan is stronger than the Tenseigan.
What are your thoughts? Do you agree? No? Why? Let us know in the comments below!
I think all the facts are true, but I think you forgot mention that toneri told that he will crush moon with the planet earth and then revive planet and create new life. So isn’t possible that Tenseigan can create life and also revive people?
Tenseigan 100% takes the W, remember how Toneri cut the moon in half with a single beam as thin as a string, yeah, Tenseigan > Rinnegan at all costs!
No I think you guy are getting thing a little mixed up here , tensiegan is a dojutsu that has to do with more of raw power but that doesn’t make it more powerful than the reningan, power is measured by how much can be done and when I comes to that the reningan is so versatile we didn’t even get to understand it totally, and when it comes to mass destruction the reningan is really good at that, toneri saying he will move the moon toward the Earth was similar to Madara pulling large bodies from above down to the Earth, if the toneri can do that it depends on how much chakra his willing to invest in order to pull something as big as the moon, and since you guys are so pumped with him slitting the moon I half sorry but it was simple physics, he was only able to cut the moon in half because he had a very sharp photon, and we all know it take less work to cut than smash or whatever Naruto would have done that with a charged tail beast boom and Sasuke could have done the same or worse by smashing the moon to bits with indras arrow, I have more, reningan Grant you the ability to use black opp recieval which when used by powerful characters appears to be alot more dangerous than the truth seeking obb which has a down side when it comes to retrieval the truth seeking obbs can be taking away from the wielder and finally if you guys are impressed about toneri saying he will create life Naruto did that all with sage of sixpath power which Sasuke has due to his reningan all it take is to give chakra when Naruto saved guy and restored kakashi’s eye, the sage can do it also when he killed his brother and brought him back to life so we can say the tensiegan is powerful buh at a legendary worrior level buh for an eye gat grants you the ability to rip the soul of living things and even supress tail beast with ease that god level man
The Rinnegan doesn’t Grant you the truth seeking orbs that’s only if you take it all nine tailed beasts so from that alone that tenseigan wins because it gives you a infinite amount. However if you manage to get all nine tailed beasts it’s still only gives you 8 and after you use up those 8 that’s all you get because Madara could not produce more. The tenseigan wins you’ll never even make it to be in the air space of a tenseigan user I would make it rain truth-seeking orbs the moment it touches your flesh you gone sadly