Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25531508-20140921150550/@comment-25093611-20140924130732

this happens with many MC's, the reason is because only a incredible good plot or a parady story can handle a OP MC, like medaka or one-punch-man, and since sasuke is the rival he needs to stay over naruto because this will let naruto look like the underdog which manages to overcome the gap between them with sheer determiation and will-power, which also only works if it is made in a interesting way and not simply "he is angry because someone mocked him = temporary hatred power up" (like kishi did agaisnt kaguya)...

if you watch scyren (a anime/manga) it has similar MC's, a similar sasuke/naruto, in the beginning, the sasuke-char defeats the naruto-char with ease (the naruto char is the MC and the sasuke char is the rival who is first working for the bad guys without knowing it + being a good guy in his core),

than, the n-char trains, he comes closer to the s-char, they fight again, and with the way of the plot the s-char turned into a good guy (not a heel-face turn but realized how bad his side was), both of them are equal at that point...

than, both are groing stronger and stronger and finally master their abilitys, and in the end they have their last fight and are still equal...

i could bet my money that this manga will end like that, sasuke being TnJ and naruto being equal where he was always the weaker one because people cheer (more often) for the underdog o_O