Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33485854-20180606215933/@comment-734582-20180609212916

HereComDatBoi wrote: tbh I just want to see Naruto fight in Base and/or regular Sage Mode and reserve his higher modes like some kind of semi-secret trump card. I agree. Power without drawbacks is boring. Back when Naruto could use Kurama's power at the cost of his free will, that was interesting. Back when Sharingan either cost chakra or the MS made you blind, you knew every use of a dojutsu meant something. Now it feels rather bland. I mean, i'm happy Sasuke can't just spam Amenotejikara and so there's a level of strategy that was lacking previously, but he's still pretty insanely powerful.

Naruto is worse because his usual weakness (he could spam but lacked power, or he could have power but not his crafty nature) is now completely gone. there's no downside to SPSM, no downside to KCM, no downside to Sage Mode. There's zero cost to everything he does.