Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32624156-20170721153715/@comment-24824859-20170729181406

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Maybe, Hagoromo didn't mention it in the beginning, but still, he mentioned it later on. Otherwise, Hagoromo wouldn't be able to parallel the sutiation between Naruto/Sasuke to the situation with his sons, since these two were technically two different cases (he hadn't have to choose a successor between Naruto/Sasuke after all). No, he did not. You are grasping at straws. The situation between Asura/Indra still parallels to the situation between Naruto/Sasuke. In the case of Asura/Indra, Hagoromo gave the former power (authority) to lead Ninshuu. This results in the sons fighting. In the case of Naruto/Sasuke, Hagoromo gave the duo power (SPS and the Rinnegan) to battle a world-ending threat. This results in the reincarnations of the sons fighting. How is this not parallelism? Ravenlot 27 wrote: Perhaps, it's possible to have two leaders, but it seems that Hagoromo didn't want to divide his legacy (because such a split in ninshu could've become a source of calamities as well). However, again, it doesn't exclude the decision of Hagoromo to give Asura some actual power. Although the main reason of the feud was Indra feeling bitter towards Asura being chosen as a successor, maybe, Hagoromo later (after his death) decided that if he had shared some power with Indra as well, it could've been seen by Indra as a sign of good faith and thus prevented the conflict (since Hagoromo has always repeated he did give everything to a single son without any attention to the other one). That's irrelevant as Ninshuu led to greater calamities (more intense wars, the capture of the Tailed Beasts, and etc). If Hagoromo did indeed give Asura actual power he would of mentioned it right after stating that he made him the successor of Ninshuu. But instead, he went right on to talk about the results of his decision. If Hagoromo meant actual power, how would sharing actual power with Indra prevent the feud when the latter so badly want to be the successor of Ninshuu? What would prevent the conflict is giving both Indra and Asura the leaders of Ninshuu, Indra would have gotten what he wanted and wouldn't be butthurt. That is exactly what Hagoromo contemplated on Ravenlot 27 wrote: Besides, I want to clear up one thing. I also think that the filler story of Indra/Asura messed up too many of the canon facts, but the moment with Hagoromo sharing his power with Asura is the one that doesn't contradict these facts, although its timing does (since it was established that Asura awoke his own power before Hagoromo's gift, but anime made it seem like it was only after). Hagoromo giving Asura actual power is still a contradiction as it didn't occur in the manga