Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34752936-20180312081824/@comment-30323490-20180318125800

Don't make the mistake of confusing chunin exams Naruto with shippuden Naruto.

In the battle vs Neji, Naruto was barely amped by Kurama. It didn't even come close to 1-tail version. Not even close.And the other versions of kyuubi chakra Naruto from shippuden (2-3-4-5-6 tails or KCM) completely obliterates the 1 tail version. So yes, chidori is miles away from a mere punch by barely kyuubi amped Naruto.

And honestly, are you for real? Post-rasengan mastery Naruto beats Neji, without any help from Kurama. Sasuke fought 1-tail version of Naruto, which is light years stronger than the version of Naruto that fought Neji.

By the end of part 1, Neji was like number 4 at best in terms of who is the strongest among the kids. Way behind Sasuke, Naruto and Gaara. And that's only because Lee didn't fully recover in part 1, otherwise he would've been 5th.