Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-29393962-20161111215453/@comment-734582-20170118095131

Elveonora wrote: 2 souls in 1 body pretty much exactly QuakingStar wrote: Some things are more simple and we don't need to dig so deep to look for tedious info that isn't there. I agree with your analysis. LegionZero wrote: Giving Ashura SPSM/at the very least 6 Paths Chakra would only upgrade the power he already had, so he wouldn't have all/absolute power. The manga simply states that Hagoromo gave Ashura power, but leaves it unspecified what exactly that power was. He was made leader of Ninshu, which at the time basically meant he was World Leader, so political power isn't as lame as it sounds.

I disagree with Ashura's abilities looking like SPSM, the manga version shows something more akin to a Kurama Avatar wielding Bijudama. All the specifics of SPSM (IE cloak, eyes) are not distinguishable. It's possible the cloak doesn't match perfectly because Kurama only gave him chakra (which would also resolve a number of other problems, e.g. why Kurama wouldn't remember him as the first jinchuriki). I'm not saying that interpretation is fact, sadly Kishimoto wasn't terribly clear on this part of history, i'm saying that it's more likely.

Also, since you now suggest Hagoromo only gave him SPSM, does that mean that you agree that both transmigrants can awaken Rinnegan?