Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25549954-20160609122618/@comment-24824859-20160611225851

Omnibender wrote: Unless there's mistranslation here, didn't Hagoromo himself mention more than once he bestowed some power to Asura? Once when he powered up Naruto and Sasuke (something like "this time, I'm entrusting power to both") and once when Sasuke decided to kill the Five Kage while they were still trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi (something like "even if I give power to both, the result is the same"). It makes no sense for this to have been just about choosing a successor when it comes to Asura, since he very clearly gave powers to Naruto and Sasuke, and compared that to having picked only Asura in the past. But what is the thing that has been stated over and over again that started the whole mess between the brothers? It was Hagoromo choosing Asura as a successor of Ninshu, which can be seen as giving "power", not actually giving him some of his literal power. I strongly believe what Hagoromo said has been misinterpreted. Heck, Hagoromo didn't even state that the power he gave to Naruto and Sasuke was the same as the one he gave to Asura, in that being Six Paths chakra. This may be off-topic, so we should make another thread