Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29332822-20170107171428/@comment-9782468-20170115045614

I'm pretty sure the beam itself is the speed of light, but the actual swing of the beam isn't. It can't be. So Naruto isn't reacting to attacks the speed of light. He's reacting to a beam that's moving as fast as Madara can swing his head.

Madara didn't "just kind of stand there." He simply wasn't fast enough to dodge it. It's like when Sasuke fought Lee for the first time. Just because you can see an attack coming, it doesn't mean you can dodge.