Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25139119-20140705022956/@comment-23897148-20140813192131

I just would like to point out to everyone that Sasuke never really beat Naruto in Part II. The first reunion they had, Naruto was already weaken from using Kurama's chakra against Orochimaru as well as fighting Sai, whereas Sasuke was fresh. Also Naruto couldn't really bust out with any techniques as his teammates were nearby. So I understand that Naruto and Sasuke should be equal, but trying to use made up facts to help your argument only makes you look stupid. Sasuke has the potential to become stronger, but that is just it: potential. He needs time to nurture it, whereas Naruto is getting battle experience from fighting Kaguya and doing a good job with it by himself. The only thing of value so far that Sasuke attributed since getting his powers is preventing Naruto from becoming under the influence of IT, and even with that I still find it hard to swallow as Black Zetsu only thought that it might be the case. Like I said earlier, if Sasuke is unable to contribute in helping Naruto other than deriding Naruto on thinking of others, he will never be redeemed and the ultimate fight that is going to take place between Naruto and Sasuke is going to become highly predictable (at least to me).