I meant that if he was Rikudou's reincarnation, the Rin'negan is inevitable.
Not really, None of Ashura's reincarnations had his power.
I see your point. That is well thought out, but I disagree with some points.
1.You mention Ashura not being hyped. You must remember however, that Indra wasn't hyped by modern shinobi either. Additionally, Ashura was actually hyper during his era because Hagoromo stated that he obtained large amounts of followers. Clearly he had some fame. Besides, even Hagoromo (who was more famous than both of his sons) faded into being seen as a myth. If Hagoromo's hype died down, then what makes you think that Ashura's hype would last to the modern era?
2. You said that Ashura was not the epitome of the bloodline. I disagree. First of all, you mention Hagoromo, Hashirama and Naruto all having senjutsu as if Ashura didn't have it, but you forget that Ashura got a powerup from Hagoromo that gave him a battle avatar reminiscent of Naruto's six armed 3 headed senjutsu of the six paths Kurama avatar. Furthermore, Ashura's avatar was seen holding what were most likely truth seeking balls. All of Ashura's powers that I just listed require both rikudou chakara (something Hashirama doesn't have) and senjutsu. Having said that, Ashura is one of the most powerful shinobis to have ever lived (much stronger than Hashirama). We know that with the Ōtsutsuki clan their power was genetically passed down through their bloodlines. No Senju up to Naruto (if you count Uzumaki as Senju) came close to Ashura's power. Therefore Ashura is the epitome.
3. You are right that Ashura didn't bring about peace, but he was impactful in that he and his brother started a centuries long war.
4. Finally, if Hashirama and Naruto were Hagoromo's transmigrants then what would become of Madara and Sasuke? Hamura didn't really start any of the world's problems and he wasn't really relevant so it wouldn't make sense for them to be Hamura's transmigrants. If they stayed Indra's transmigrants, well Hagoromo vs Indra is not balanced. A rivalry of destiny is supposed to be between two people of equal status (brother vs brother), not one higher power and his son
1. Rikudou was hailed as the creator.. he was a myth, he considered superior to Hashirama.. lol . His hype didn't die down man. Those from Hashirama's clan or Madara's knew of their existance. Thats why Hashirama knew the rinne tensei was rikudou's jutsu or w.e
2. No, that battle avatar is Ashura's own power, just like Naruto's is Tailed beasts and Hashirama's is Mokuton.. he hasn't displayed Senjutsu.. can't give him what he doesn't have. Notice that Naruto's senjutsu is called "RIKUDOU's Senjutsu" not Ashura's. And also, we don't know if those are truth seeking balls or just tbbs. so can't make that judgement either. And no, they really don't require rikudou's chakra.. because Ashura's own powers were never displayed by anyone but himself. And also, you do realize Hashirama had the power of Mokuton.. and Mokuton is as close you can go to "body". Mokuton is the substance that makes up the juubi... it is the power of the Juubi itself... so I don't see how Ashura is the epitome of this.
3. Yea but so what? a war his brother started.. nothing compared to Hashirama/Rikudou/Naruto..
4. Madara and Sasuke still could've been Hamura's transmigrants.. and i should've posted this in the OP, I'm actually talking about before the whole "older son, younger son" thing was introduced.. And at that time, we didn't know how it all started, we just knew they were destined to battle. And it could've played as Sasuke inheriting evil or something like that. OR maybe Hamura was the uchiha like figure that believed peace comes through power, but he also loved his brother and gave his life for him and so on. So there are many ways that could've turned out. There really wasn't any need for "brother vs brother" or "higher power vs his son"..
It wouldn't make sense if they were "Hagoromoo incarnate."
As Ashura incarnates you're suppose to awaken rikudou sagemode.
While Indra's are suppose to have rikudou's chakra.
Ashura's being Hagoromoo incarnate will skew the concept of naturally gifted ocular powerful chakra.
Because Indra needs to have some part of Hagoromoo.
@Bold... uh no.
@underline, thats not true either bro.
And no, if Naruto/Hashirama were Hagoromo's transmigrants, that simply means the "indra vs Ashura" would've been no longer there. And instead Sasuke/Madara would've had a new back story that made them clash with the senju.
Well, Hashirama seems more parallel to ashura than rikudou. Naruto on the other hand i felt that was a retcon.
- Unites clans through understanding
- Many tailed beasts under his control
- Most feared man alive
- God of shinobi (only person after Rikudou)
- possessed the power of Juubi's body itself.. aka mokuton
- father of the modern ninja world
- from seeing the manga hints.. he was pretty much the only one (except Naruto later on of course), who looked at the world, instead of brother vs brother.