Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33727162-20171121221649/@comment-30323490-20171122124953

It would've worked. Naruto doesn't use nine-tails chakra without SM/SPSM these days. And if Nue would've tried to absorb it, he would've turned into a statue. And there would've been more ways to deal with it. A rasenshuriken for instance would've cut his chakra network, and then Nue wouldn't been able to absorb chakra afterwards, since you know, it would either be dead or have his network cut, so no use of chakra there. He could've also just use Shukaku's seal like he did with Madara's limbo and restrain it.

Naruto not being "able to fight it" was just a dumb reason so that the story would allow Boruto to deal with Sumire in his way. There are plenty of ways to deal with Nue.