In particular, how Yoshitaka treated Haruhide OTOMO (Yoshinaga OUCHI) who later became his adopted son was greatly different from how he treated Harumochi (note, however, this was mostly due to the fact that a legitimate son Yoshitaka OUCHI (written with a different set of Chinese characters) was born to Yoshitaka after Haruhide was adopted).
後に養子となった大友晴英（大内義長）の扱いに比べると雲泥の差である（養子になった後、義隆に嫡男・大内義尊が生まれたことが大きいが）。