Thread:Ain Soph Aur/@comment-5076478-20121019160636/@comment-3317930-20121019194119

As much as I hate to admit it, the latest chapter has revealed that the Rinnegan is not an independent doujutsu, but is instead the evolved form of the EMS, evolved by one in possession of Senju DNA. I've had to drop it on a few characters, due to this - yes, they do have the resets for the Rinnegan, however, that doesn't necessarily make it legitimate for them to be claiming it any longer. They're better off claiming some other Sage Arts-classified power(s).

As for awakening the Rinnegan, I do not believe Senju resets are a neccessity, Senju DNA was mentioned to be a minimal-requirement, and one could simply obtain it by being a blood member of the clan, or of I suppose, the Uzumaki clan. Of this, I do not plan on enforcing the 'You Must Have Mokuton Resets In Order To Evolve Your EMS Into The Rinnegan' rule either, in light of this.

As I recall, Raifudo sold his account, which is now owned by somebody in Sunagakure, hence it has lost its RP-able Rinnegan due to well, losing its EMS, and as for Akihiro, I'm not quite sure he's even obtained the EMS at all through viable roleplay (implanting the MS' from another RP-established character... when he reaches a state of well, blindness).