Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-29752445-20160826022014/@comment-25122992-20160826175922

Narutoka5 wrote: so obviously something isn't right here, first of all hagoromo was never inspired to split the jubi by ashura, never happened in the anime and never happened in the manga, and secondly, he never split the jubi right away, he was first the jubi jinchuuriki, so the anime messed up there obviously. but it was never stated when did he decide to split the jubi, the manga stated that at some point he realized that when he dies the jubi will break free and create havoc again, so he split it to 9 biju. Regarding that, in both manga and anime (the adaptation of this moment - during the meeting with Naruto) Hagoromo clearly stated that the Juubi split into 9 Beasts was inspired by Asura's way of life (bonds and other). Also, manga and anime adaptation mentions Hagoromo splitting the Juubi not long before his own death, since Hagoromo also said that this split and Asura's choose as a successor happened roughly at the same time, i.e. when he made the last preparations before parting with the life.