Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28319199-20160427133424/@comment-9782468-20160427145126

The whole basis of Naruto's power is that he gains it from the help of others, so it makes sense that he relies on others. Especially because they rely on him too.

But Naruto's story is over. He's the most powerful living thing on their Earth right now. And he's achieved his dream of Hokage. There's no point to continuing the story.

I think Boruto is a way for the writer to correct mistakes they've made with Naruto's development. The issues you mentioned, with lack of new jutsus and stuff. I think that'll be remedied.

Btw Sage Mode is quite powerful. It put Naruto up there with the Hokage. So he did get strong by himself too.