Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32624156-20170721153715/@comment-24824859-20170728224759

Ravenlot 27 wrote: No, as I already said, authority =/= power. Hag really stated twise the way of Asura gaining power, but at the same time, he stated twise that Asura gained a special treatment from him by receiving his power, and that is also an undeniable statement.

You should understand that the thing isn't about becoming equals in the first place. It doesn't really matter how much power Hagoromo could give Asura, his battle with Indra would still turn out as a a stalemate, even with Asura eventually gaining the upper hand. And who said that Indra/Asura and their reincarnates are supposed to be completely equal in strenght? Roughtly at the same level, yes, but not one and the same. And since the conflict between them proved to be uneffective to end by merely winning or loosing, it already means that one side usually overpowered the other by the sheer force, thus giving the reason to continue the feud. So, there's nothing wrong in Asura becoming stronger than Indra via Hagoromo's power, it doesn't contradict anthing at all.

P.S. And again, Hagoromo had to choose between two of them about the leadership over ninshu, he didn't have an option of giving it to both simultaneously, since it was physically impossible to have two leaders. If Hagoromo regretted this, then he should've lamented about not giving the leadership to Indra, it was the only alternative. Yet the only regret he voiced was granting power to the one son instead of both. Authority = Power. During his conversation with Naruto, Hagoromo made no mention of giving actual power to Asura, only leadership of Ninshuu. It wasn't until he was about to give Naruto and Sasuke their respective power-up did he mention power. He mention power again when Naruto and Sasuke were about to fight. The power Hag was talking about in relation to Asura and Indra was authority You actually have a point here as the feud would still continue regardless of the victor, up until Naruto's victory against Sasuke It's entirely possible to have more than one leader, especially if it's something like a belief. Hagoromo choosing Asura to be the leader of Ninshuu, instead of Indra, is what started the feud in the first place. This has been stated in the manga on more than one occasion. He didn't consider on how Indra would feel.